Baseball Update
A-A Warriors Sneak Win Over Hosts
by Mari Radtke
The Alta-Aurelia Warriors took on the MMCRU Royals in Marcus on Monday July 1. The Warriors put the first runs on the board in both the 2nd and 3rd innings, but lost their lead during the bottom of the third when the royals brought 3 runners home. Scoreless innings through 5 made for an exciting game. The visiting Warriors drew 2 runs in the 6th taking a 1 run lead through regulation, giving them a 4-3 win.
Senior Cale Brechwald started from the mound. He threw 1 inning facing 4 batters allowing just 1 hit and striking out 2. He was followed by sophomore Sam Sennert who got the win. He faced 25 Royals, allowing 5 hits and 3 runs. Seven Royals fanned his pitching.
Senior Cody Evans and Sophomore Cayben Olson shared pitching duties Monday. Evans controlled for 4 innings, facing 17 batters. Six opposing hitters were sent back to the dugout. Evans hit 2 batters, allowed 2 hits and 2 runs. During Olson’s 3 innings on the mound he K’s 5 Warrors. He also allowed 2 hits, 2 runs and hit 2 batters.
Royals’ hitters were Gage Johnson and Lucas Braun (2) each with Braun bringing in a runner, and a hit each from Parker Glassmaker, a RBI double, and Eli Schlenger. Johnson, Glassmaker and Braun were the Royals’ scorers Monday.
Sioux Central at Marcus Ends Regular Season
by Mari Radtke
The Tuesday night game at Marcus facing the Sioux Central Rebels was a crowning end to the baseball regular season. MMCRU held their opponents scoreless while putting 10 runs on the board. The Royals opened a 2-run lead in the bottom of the first. It was a quiet game until the bottom of the 5th when the Royals added another pair of runs. Through the 6th, held the Rebels scoreless. The Royals had a big 6th inning getting 6 runners around the diamond. Apparently the 5-run rule had the Royals to a score of 9.
The Rebels went through three pitchers. They started with senior short stop Konnor McKeever throught the opening 2.1 innings. He walked 7 out of 15 batters in that time. Junior Peyton Otto threw .1 innings. The Rebel loss went to sophomore pitcher Boden Bright. Bright pitched 5.2 innings facing 32 batters. Bright struck out 3 batters and hit walked 3, while hitting 1. Pitcher stats allowing runs doesn’t work with the box scores.
Eli Schlenger commanded the mound for all 6 innings. He faced just 20 batters, allowing only 1 hit. Two batters got a free base while 5 went down swinging.
Gavin Poekes put 2 out of 2 into play for the Royals. He marked 2 RBIs. Other hitters for the Royals were Lucas Braun, Own Schroeder, Michael Peterson and Wyatt Alesch. Gage Johnson and Parker Glassmaker each scored 2 runs. Others were Braun, Peterson, Alesch, Eli Harpenau, Luke Kintigh and Brandon Dreckman.