High
school baseball gives way pretty seamlessly to Legion. The 2012 prep
campaign is now history, so the Legion action is in full swing. It
provides lively diamond entertainment in those lazy, hazy days of
summer.
The Morris Legion nine upped its record to 3-0 with Thursday (6/14)
success. Four runs were plenty for backing hurler Chandler Erickson.
Chandler
wasn't even touched through the first three and two-thirds innings of
this 4-0 win. His perfect game bid was thwarted when Luke Schwarz
singled with two outs in the fourth.
Erickson was unfazed and stayed very much in the groove. There was
only one more hit after the Schwarz success: a single by Taylor
Holleman.
Erickson was on the mound for the last out of the
game. He shone in the control department, issuing zero walks. He set
down eight Hancock batters on strikes.
Morris got on top 1-0 in the first inning. Then came two runs in
the fifth and one in the sixth. Neither team committed an error. Post
#29 (Morris) outhit Hancock 8-2.
The Hancock pitching was
divided between Holleman (who took the loss) and Bryan Shaw. Holleman
pitched four innings and Shaw two.
Holleman fanned four batters but struggled with control, walking
five. He gave up four hits and one run (earned). Shaw fanned three
batters, walked three and gave up four hits and three runs (all earned).
Tom Holland gave lots of spark for the Post #29 offense, going
two-for-three with a run scored and two stolen bases. Tanner Picht was a
speed merchant and stole two bases also. Tanner went one-for-three with
a run scored.
Tyler Henrichs had a hit in his only at-bat. Mac Beyer added to the
stolen base list with one, plus he had a two-for-four boxscore line
with two ribbies.
Lincoln Berget was off to the races for a stolen base, plus he went one-for-two with two runs-batted-in.
Luke Schwarz and Taylor Holleman both went one-for-three for Hancock.
Amateur: Eagles 6, Benson 4
The Morris town
team continued on a roll with a home win over the Benson Chiefs on June
13. It was the Eagles' third straight win and seventh in their last
eight games - a stretch of success pushing their record to 7-3.
Benson had given the Eagles some trouble earlier in the season. The
Eagles turned things around in the 6/13 rematch, winning despite being
outhit 12-10. Each team committed one error.
The Eagles kept
Benson at bay through the first six innings. The score stood 5-0 through
six, but Benson did summon some offensive momentum by game's end.
Benson plated one run in the seventh and three in the eighth. The Eagles
scored their final run in the eighth, so if you add 'em all up, the
home team had six runs at game's end, the Chiefs four.
Nate Haseman went out to the mound as the Eagles' starting pitcher.
The Chiefs had him figured out pretty well, pounding out 12 hits versus
him. But Haseman got the most important boxscore symbol next to his
name: the "W." It was his second pitching triumph of the summer against
no losses.
He struck out four batters and walked two. He had his pitching arm retired after seven innings.
On
came Kirby Marquart and Craig Knochenmus each to pitch one inning.
Marquart gave up no hits or runs, walked none and struck out one.
Knochenmus notched his second straight save as he set down the Chiefs
1-2-3 in the ninth. One of those outs came via strikeout.
It's always great watching the bottom of the batting order excel.
This was one of those games where those relatively unsung guys performed
like the stars. Spokesman Matthew Carrington lauded that threesome on
going seven for 12 with four RBIs. Hats off to Brett Anderson
(two-for-four, two RBIs, one run), Mitch Carbert (two-for-four and an
RBI) and Jamie Van Kempen (three-for-four and an RBI).
Knochenmus had a boxscore line of 3-1-1-1 (at-bats, runs, hits,
RBIs). Cole Riley pounded two hits in four at-bats with two runs scored.
Dusty Sauter stole a base and scored a run.
Viva all the exciting summer diamond action!
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment