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NRHEG tripped up by Bucs
Published Wednesday, May 30, 2007
By Mike Simmons, staff writer
WATERVILLE — Playing with the same starting lineup for just the second time this season the New Richland-Hollandale-Ellendale-Geneva baseball team fell to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 9-4 Tuesday afternoon in sub-section 2AA action.
The Panthers took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Alex Wagner lined a single to left with two outs that scored Gaven Schlaak who drew a walk earlier in the inning.
Dakota Tracy got the start for the Panthers and had WEM’s hitters baffled by his curveball through four full innings striking out nine and only surrendering one walk but trailed 3-1.
NRHEG trimmed that lead to just one at 3-2 in the top of the fifth, but a two-run blast over the right-center field fence by WEM’s starting pitcher Kenny Wollin in the bottom half of the inning stretched the Buccaneer’s lead to 5-2.
The top of the sixth could have been the inning the Panthers were looking for when Justin Stieglbauer singled to get things started but was called for an illegal slide trying to break up a double play. Colton Schlaak was called out at first on the play and NRHEG was left with no runners on base and two outs.
Lance Perkins came up next, doubled and was driven home by Corbin Pederson’s towering home run to left that pulled NRHEG back to within one at 5-4.
The Buc’s put the game away in the bottom of the sixth with four runs off four hits, two of those home runs and held on for the five run sub-section win.
“We played pretty well, just not well enough to win,” said Panthers head Jeff Reese. “With the season we have had, I believe the kids are looking at it as having nothing to lose at this point. Because of that we are playing more loose and probably playing better ball in the process.”
With the loss NRHEG falls back to the .500 mark on the year at 11-11. The Panthers tournament hopes are still alive as they move to the losers bracket and will be in action again Thursday on the road against the winner of the Maple River and St. James contest.
WEM 9, NRHEG 4
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WEM
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WP- Kenny Wollin, LP- Dakota Tracy
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