Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers swept in doubleheader by Lanphier

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[April 23, 2018] 

The Mount Pulaski Baseball Team hosted Lanphier on Saturday and it was the Hilltoppers dropping both contests to the Lions. The Lions edged Mount Pulaski 3-2 in extra innings in game one and then proceeded to crush the Hilltoppers 17-2 in game two.

Mount Pulaski took the lead in game one in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Logan DeRight that scored Garrett Fitzpatrick.

In the top of the fourth inning Lanphier took a 2-1 lead over Mount Pulaski with Todd Kelly on the mound for the Hilltoppers.

In the bottom of the sixth inning Mount Pulaski tied the game at 2-2 after Ben Fricke hit a one-out single, stole second base and came around to score on an error by Lanphier.

Lanphier scored the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning off Logan DeRight. DeRight struck out three batters in the inning but gave up a run on three singles.

Lanphier got Mount Pulaski batters to ground out, fly out and strikeout for the final three outs of the ballgame. The final in game one was 3-2.

Logan DeRight was the losing pitcher in relief. Todd Kelly pitched seven innings, giving up just three hits and two runs, both unearned. His seven strikeouts led all pitchers and he allowed just three walks.

BATTING:

Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Drew Martin 3 0 1 0 1 0
Todd Kelly 4 0 1 0 0 0
Logan DeRight 3 0 0 1 0 1
Ben Fricke 3 1 1 0 1 1
Tanner Farris 4 0 2 0 0 0
Grant Davis 4 0 0 0 0 2
Brandon Kretzinger 3 0 1 0 0 1
Austin Killion 2 0 1 0 0 0
Ian Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett Fitzpatrick 2 1 0 0 1 2
Dawson Combs - - - - - -
Totals 28 2 7 1 3 7

Batting2B: Drew Martin
TB: Tanner Farris 2, Ben Fricke, Todd Kelly, Austin Killion, Brandon Kretzinger, Drew Martin 2
RBI: Logan DeRight
SAC: Ian Schneider
SF: Logan DeRight
ROE: Tanner Farris
FC: Drew Martin
SB: Tanner Farris 2, Ben Fricke, Todd Kelly, Drew Martin 2

TotalsTeam QAB: 16 (48.48%)
Logan DeRight, Tanner Farris 3, Garrett Fitzpatrick, Ben Fricke 4, Todd Kelly, Austin Killion, Brandon Kretzinger 2, Drew Martin 2, Ian Schneider

Team LOB: 7FieldingE: Logan DeRight, Ben Fricke, Brandon Kretzinger

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Todd Kelly 7 98 0.602 3 2 0 7 3 0
Logan DeRight 1 15 0.8 3 1 1 3 0 0
Totals 8 113 0.628 6 3 1 10 3 0

PitchingL: Logan DeRight
WP: Todd Kelly
Pitches-Strikes: Logan DeRight 15-12, Todd Kelly 98-59
Groundouts-Flyouts: Logan DeRight 0-0, Todd Kelly 6-5
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Logan DeRight 5-6, Todd Kelly 14-28
 

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Game two

In game two Lanphier's bats were on fire and the northenders scored in each of the fist six innings. The Lions tagged Mount Pulaski starter Drew Martin for six runs, only two were earned, in the first two innings. Martin gave up just two hits and struck out three batters. Brandon Kretzinger pitched the final four innings and he gave up eleven runs on eleven hits.

Mount Pulaski scored just two runs in the losing effort. The first run came in the bottom of the second inning when Ben Fricke led off with a double. Fricke moved to third on a groundout by Tanner Farris. Fricke scored when Grant Davis singled to centerfield.

The Hilltoppers scored their second run of the game in the bottom of the third inning on back-to-back doubles by Drew Martin and Todd Kelly.

Lanphier had an 8-2 lead heading into the fourth inning and the slugfest just continued for the Lions. Their big inning of the day was in the sixth inning when they scored seven runs to put the game away. The final score in game two was 17-2.

Drew Martin took the loss for Mount Pulaski.

BATTING
Lineup AB R H RBI BB SO
Drew Martin 4 1 2 0 0 0
Todd Kelly 4 0 2 1 0 1
Logan DeRight 1 0 0 0 2 1
Ben Fricke 2 1 1 0 0 0
Tanner Farris 3 0 0 0 0 1
Grant Davis 3 0 1 1 0 1
Brandon Kretzinger 3 0 1 0 0 1
Austin Killion 2 0 0 0 0 2
Dawson Combs 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ian Schneider 2 0 0 0 1 1
Garrett Fitzpatrick - - - - - -
Totals 25 2 7 2 3 9

Batting2B: Ben Fricke, Todd Kelly, Drew Martin
TB: Grant Davis, Ben Fricke 2, Todd Kelly 3, Brandon Kretzinger, Drew Martin 3
RBI: Grant Davis, Todd Kelly
HBP: Ben Fricke

TotalsTeam QAB: 12 (41.38%)
Grant Davis, Logan DeRight 2, Ben Fricke, Todd Kelly 4, Austin Killion, Brandon Kretzinger, Drew Martin, Ian Schneider

Team LOB: 9FieldingE: Brandon Kretzinger 2, Ian Schneider

PITCHING
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER SO BB HR
Drew Martin 2 56 0.518 2 6 2 3 3 0
Brandon Kretzinger 4 81 0.63 11 11 7 1 4 0
Totals 6 137 0.584 13 17 9 4 7 0

PitchingL: Drew Martin
HBP: Drew Martin 4
WP: Brandon Kretzinger 2, Drew Martin 2
Pitches-Strikes: Brandon Kretzinger 81-51, Drew Martin 56-29
Groundouts-Flyouts: Brandon Kretzinger 2-9, Drew Martin 2-0
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Brandon Kretzinger 18-29, Drew Martin 8-15

The Hilltoppers record falls to 6-7 on the season.

[Teena Lowery]

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