Carter Cappellin threw an absolute gem with a no hitter, 6 K's, 5 walks, and 7 innings pitched as Taylorville shut down the Mahomet Seymour Bulldog baseball team handing them only their second loss of the season. 

The Tornadoes jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning with a walk from Isaac Repscher  who scored after a wild pitch from Adam Wike with Fallon Turner at the plate.  In the fourth inning, the Tornadoes added two more, as Lucas Gerlick got a base hit along with a walk from Drew Morgan, followed by a error on a Repscher at bat, and a hit that fell in no man's land out in center between center fielder, Bradley Jones, and second baseman Cole Henderson. The Tornadoes led 3-0 at the end of 4. 

The floodgates burst open in the 5th when the Tornadoes led the 5th off with 7 straight walks.  The Tornadoes added 5 runs giving them an 8-0 lead.  They had a chance to walk it off with the tying run at 2nd, but couldn't push the winning run in.  

In the 7th, Cappellin gave up a lead off walk to Nolan Sanderson, who got to second on a wild pitch, Bradley Jones reached on an error at second, Max Young lined out to first, Matthew Kirby flew out to first, and Ryan Pruitt struck out to end the game. 

Head Coach Brian Sample says he was thrilled with Cappellin's effort.  "What a game from these guys.  Just ecstatic.  Any time you can go out and shut these guys down that's a big deal.  They came out ready to go today.  We battled. We're excited.  That's a good team that we beat today."

The Tornadoes head to Mahomet tomorrow (Wednesday) night.  Taylorville, who has been dealing with some pretty significant injuries improve to 4-4.  Mahomet falls to 8-2.  Carter Cappellin was named the Nicole Patrick Country Financial Player of the Game.