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Hilltoppers just fall short in late inning comeback - fall to
Midwest Central 5-4
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 [April 13, 2018]
The Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers returned to Bob Gasaway Field on
Thursday afternoon and a huge crowd turned out to support the home
team under a spectacular sunny sky. Logan DeRight took the mound
against a very tough Midwest Central team.
The Raiders scored runs in the fourth and sixth innings to build a
5-0 lead over the Hilltoppers. But the Mount Pulaski boys never gave
up and mounted a comeback that surprised the Raiders.
Mount Pulaski squeaked out a run in the sixth inning on an RBI
single by Brandon Kretzinger. With the Hilltoppers trailing 5-1
going into the bottom of the seventh inning, a fielder's choice by
Todd Kelly scored a run. Logan DeRight then knocked in a run on a
groundout. Next up hot-hitting Ben Fricke got a hold of one and
knocked it out of the ballpark. The solo shot was Fricke's third of
the season and second home run this week. The Raiders ended the
Hilltoppers hopes on a strikeout but the boys from MP received quite
the applause from the crowd on their tremendous comeback effort.
Ben Fricke leads the
pack back to the dugout after his seventh inning home run.
Mount Pulaski Coach Joel Washko was very positive following the
tough loss and was proud of the Hilltoppers.
"It was a good ballgame. We fought hard til the last pitch and
that's one thing we talk about all the time. Just battling, you
know," said Coach Washko. "We had couple tough breaks early in the
game and a couple weird bounces that didn't go our way. Logan threw
a really nice game. He hung in there and gave us a chance. Todd came
in and got out of a very big jam. I mean, we were down 5-1 headed
into the seventh inning and he's got bases loaded and nobody out and
he gets out of it with nothing. That gave us a chance to be that
close. I thought we had good at bats. They are a good team. They had
a good kid on the mound. But we put good at bats together and we
made him work. Eventually we got him out of the game. Defensively I
thought we did some good things. There were some miscues here and
there. All in all I thought the best thing was just competing hard
until the last pitch. So that's a good experience for us. You'd love
to win 'em but we were in a good close ballgame at the end. One play
away."
Logan DeRight took the loss for Mount Pulaski. The junior went six
innings and allowed eight hits and five runs while striking out
three batters and walking three. Sophomore Todd Kelly pitched an
inning in relief and he gave up two hits while striking out two
batters.
The Mount Pulaski offense continues to impress. Brandon Kretzinger
was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Drew Martin and Ben Fricke were each
2-for-4. Martin crushed a triple while it was Fricke getting all of
the ball for his third home run of the season. Todd Kelly and Logan
DeRight were the other Hilltoppers with hits and RBIs. A solid
effort and a tough loss. Wait til next year.
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Teammates Ben Fricke and Logan DeRight cheer from the
dugout
Mount Pulaski will host a doubleheader on Saturday at 10 a.m. and
2 p.m. with Winchester and Arthur. It's a round robin sort of
day of baseball with Winchester and Arthur playing each other at
noon. Now for Mother Nature to cooperate.
MOUNT PULASKI
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LINEUP |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
|
DREW MARTIN |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TODD KELLY |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
LOGAN DeRIGHT |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
BEN FRICKE |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
TANNER FARRIS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
GRANT DAVIS |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
BRANDON
KRETZINGER |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
AUSTIN KILLON |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
IAN SCHNEIDER |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
DAWSON COMBS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
GARRETT FRITZPATRICK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
TOTALS |
28 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
Batting3B: Drew Martin
HR: Ben Fricke
TB: Logan DeRight, Ben Fricke 5, Todd Kelly, Brandon Kretzinger 2,
Drew Martin 4
RBI: Logan DeRight, Ben Fricke, Todd Kelly, Brandon Kretzinger
FC: Grant Davis, Todd Kelly
HBP: Tanner Farris
SB: Tanner Farris
PIK: Grant Davis
TotalsTeam QAB: 16 (45.71%)
Grant Davis, Logan DeRight 2, Tanner Farris 2, Ben Fricke 2, Todd
Kelly 2, Brandon Kretzinger 2, Drew Martin 4, Ian Schneider
Team LOB: 10FieldingE: Ian Schneider
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PITCHING |
IP |
#P |
S% |
H |
R |
ER |
SO |
BB |
HR |
|
LOGAN DeRIGHT |
6 |
95 |
0.589 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
TODD KELLY |
1 |
16 |
0.688 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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TOTALS |
7 |
111 |
0.604 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
PitchingL: Logan DeRight
HBP: Logan DeRight, Todd Kelly
Pitches-Strikes: Logan DeRight 95-56, Todd Kelly 16-11
Groundouts-Flyouts: Logan DeRight 8-5, Todd Kelly 0-1
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Logan DeRight 19-29, Todd Kelly
4-6
[Teena Lowery]
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