Baseball Roundup: Yellowjackets beat Wells; now 6-0 in district

After Hunt worked one inning and a walk being the only thing keeping it from being flawless, the freshman Dawkins took over and tossed four innings of shutout baseball. The tide turned in the third as the L-E pushed across three runs to grab a 4-0 lead.

With the win, the Bulldogs evened their season record to 1-1.

And the offense came through when it needed to.

Wildcat Jordan Smith scored the first run, with a single to right and keeping the bases loaded. At the plate, where he holds a.435 batting average, one of three hits was a double.

Hunter Bush got credit for the pitching win for the Jackets.

Visiting Deerfield Beach, struggling at the plate the entire game, erupted for an unexpected six runs to take its first lead.

But Tyler Martin lined the go-ahead single into right field to score two, and winning pitcher Lance Kluesner stranded two Dragons in the bottom of the ninth to secure a 5-3 victory. Justice Crosnoe and Carson Branes each added a single.

Beck struck out the first nine batters he faced on Wednesday, and after the Rochelle offense broke through with seven runs in the top of the sixth innings, the Hubs cruised to its second win of the season, topping Belvidere by a final score of 8-2. The dramatic come from behind win was the team’s Valley Oak League season opener as well as their only game of the week.

Senior Logan Sircy got the start and fired off four effective innings, keeping the Falcons unbalanced and off the scoreboard. One of the best high school pitchers – I don’t mean throwing 90, but getting his breaking ball over where he wanted it, commanding the zone – and he’s only a junior. Chase Randolph pitched the final 1.2 innings and got credit for the save. Petty has been swinging it really good lately so for him to take one down the line in the first inning was good.

“Brooks was good in relief”. “Coach Farmer is doing a great job with everyone”.

The Islanders turn around and host Class A No. 6-rated Millard North Thursday at 4 p.m. “I couldn’t ask for a better senior class”.

“I’ve always been a starter, and this is the first time I’ve been the closer in college – although I did it a little bit last summer (for the Nashua Silver Knights)”, said Klingensmith, who has a dozen strikeouts in his 10 appearances and also has a win in addition to his five saves.

“We’ll have Gage (Rose) on the mound and everybody else ready to go because we have a couple days off after that”. It’s a big game for us, and the kids realized that. “I just had to throw strikes and if they hit it, they hit it to my defense”.