The Effingham Lady Hearts pounded out 19 hits, scored in five of the seven innings and rolled to an 11-5 win Friday at Champaign Central.

Sidney Donaldson and Ryley Engel both had four hits and Natalie Armstrong belted a home run.

Effingham led 5-0 at one time, but the hosts came back to tie the game with a five-run third.

The Lady Hearts took the lead for good with a run in the fourth and then scored three times in the sixth and twice in the seventh to take control.

What proved to be the winning run scored in the fourth inning without a hit. Raegan Boone walked, stole second, stole third and then scooted home on a throwing error by the catcher.

Armstrong started the three-run sixth with a solo home run. Then with two outs, Saige Althoff got a base hit and came around to score on a triple by Madi Kirk. Engel drove home the third run with an RBI double.

In the seventh, Boone singled and scored on a triple by Donaldson. It was her second triple of the game and fourth for the Lady Hearts. Mya Harvey then capped the scoring with a run-scoring single.

Boone, Jerzi Bierman, Armstrong, Harvey and Althoff all had two hits.

Althoff got the win. Armstrong pitched the first three innings, giving up eight hits and five runs. Althoff came on in the fourth and didn’t allow a run the rest of the way. She gave up just three hits, while walking one and striking out three.

Effingham, now 7-4, is scheduled to play an Apollo Conference doubleheader today (Saturday) at Mattoon.