Rock Island baseball coach Andy Campbell was extremely pleased with what he saw from his team Tuesday afternoon. Moline coach Derek Lindauer didn't see a whole lot he liked from his squad. Guess who won?

Yep, Moline. The Maroons scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to break a 5-5 tie and win the non-conference game at Holmgren Field.

``I thought our guys gave a great effort,'' said Campbell after watching his team fall to 9-6. ``Justin DeGeeter pitched a whale of a game and I liked the way we battled for seven innings.''

On the flipside, Lindauer saw plenty of room for improvement from his 11-2 Maroons.

``I thought we made way too many physical and mental errors that cost us runs,'' Lindauer said. ``Then, we missed a bases-loaded, none-out scoring chance with some poor execution. The one thing I did like is the way we battled back when we were down 5-2.''

Three Rocky errors allowed Moline to take an early 2-0 lead as the Maroons scored unearned runs in each of the first two innings.

The Rocks drew even with some help from the Moline defense and then went ahead with a two-out rally in the fourth. Steve Mumma rapped an RBI single, Nick Carmack followed with a hit-and-run single and Jake Vroman doubled home those two to make it 5-2.

The Maroons got two of those back in the bottom of the inning with a couple of key two-out hits of their own. Eric Boster singled in a run and Brent Anderson, who didn't start the game, had an RBI hit to make it 5-4.

Execution got Moline even in the fifth. Zach Esterdahl doubled, moved to third on a ground ball and scored on a Scott Malcolm sacrifice fly.

``That was one of the real bright spots,'' said Lindauer. ``Our execution was perfect in that inning.''

Boster held the Rocks' bats after that and Anderson started the seventh with a single. He moved to third on a Jay Molina hit and after Campbell walked Esterdahl to load the bases, Ben Martin singled through the drawn-in infield to win it.

``These are the kinds of games you're going to see a lot of in the Western Big 6,'' said Campbell. ``Everyone is so tightly bunched, it's going to be a lot of fun this spring.''

While Lindauer was glad to get the win, it wasn't without a price. Second baseman Matt Jasper may have pulled his hamstring trying to beat out a double-play ball in the second inning.