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Hilltoppers get walk-off 1-0 win over Cardinals on Senior Night
Victory gives Mount Pulaski first 20-win
season since 2005
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 [May 14, 2019]
The 2019 Mount Pulaski
Hilltoppers made Senior Night a memorable one on Friday night.
Mount Pulaski and Warrensburg-Latham were caught up in a
pitcher's dual at Veteran's Park as Drew Martin was on the mound
for the Hilltoppers versus Jackson Cook for the Cardinals.
With no score going into the
bottom of the seventh inning and the Hilltoppers batting, the
home team definitely held a slight edge. But with two quick outs
recorded by Jackson, it looked like the game could be headed to
extras. A two-out walk to Lucas Kuhlman started the seventh
inning rally for the Hilltoppers.
Todd Kelly then followed up with
a perfect bunt down the third base line and with runners on
first and second the Hilltoppers Drew Martin stepped into the
batter's box. The right-handed hitting sophomore wasted no time
jumping on the first pitch and driving it to deep center just
off the glove of the Cardinals centerfielder. Kuhlman came
racing home for Mount Pulaski with the winning run. The
Hilltoppers win 1-0 on Senior Night over Warrensburg-Latham.
Tanner Farris was credited with
the win for Mount Pulaski. Farris tossed one-third of an inning
of shutout baseball. Drew Martin started the game for the
Hilltoppers and he threw six and two-thirds innings, allowing
zero runs on five hits. Martin struck out eleven batters and
allowed one walk.
Jackson Cook suffered the loss
for Warrrensburg-Latham. Cook tossed six and two-thirds innings.
He gave up one run on two hits and struck out seven batters.
Joey Young pitched in relief of Cook.
Todd Kelly led Mount
Pulaski with a 2-for-4 performance at the plate.
Garhett Allen was 2-for-4 for
the Cardinals at the plate.
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2019 MPHS Baseball
Seniors ~ Tanner Farris, Logan DeRight, Jonathan Shehorn, Ben Fricke
and Ian Schneider
This is win no. 20 on the season
for Mount Pulaski. According to senior catcher Ben Fricke, this
season's win total equals that of the last three seasons for
these boys. Their freshman year they won four games. Their
sophomore year they improved to five wins. And last season
as juniors this group finally hit double-digits in wins with
eleven.
Head Coach Joel Washko has
been through the struggling years with the boys and this season
is one that everyone has looked forward to for quite some time.
"Twenty wins is a great accomplishment for this group and I am
especially happy for our seniors," said Washko. "They have given
so much time to this program with the intent of getting it to a
place where it really hasn't been for a long time. These five
seniors have been there for the good and bad and they have
fought hard for four years to turn things around. I can't tell
you how great it is to see how much fun they are having this
year. They mean so much to this program and they have earned
everything they have got. They all are also outstanding
individuals from great families. They still have bigger goals
they want to accomplish this year, but I know that they will
be successful in their future endeavors and I look forward to
seeing what they all achieve."
The Hilltoppers record is 20-4. Mount
Pulaski will start regionals on Wednesday.
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Lowery]
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Batting2B: Garhett
Allen
TB: Garhett Allen 3,
Brendan Taylor, Connor Henne, Gage Jones
SAC: Jackson Cook
HBP: Alex Short, Connor Henne
SB: Jathan Thompson
TotalsTeam
QAB: 16 (55.17%)
Parker Hopkins 3,
Jackson Cook 2,
Garhett Allen 4,
Brendan Taylor 2,
Josh Newton, Brayden Closs 2,
Connor Henne, Gage Jones
Team LOB: 8
Batting2B: Drew
Martin
TB: Garrett Fitzpatrick, Drew
Martin 2,
Todd Kelly 2
RBI: Drew Martin
SAC: Jonathan Shehorn
FC: Jonathan Shehorn
HBP: Tanner Farris
SB: Todd Kelly
TotalsTeam
QAB: 12 (41.38%)
Jonathan Shehorn 2,
Ian Schneider, Garrett Fitzpatrick, Grant Davis, Logan
DeRight 2,
Drew Martin 2,
Todd Kelly, Tanner Farris, Lucas Kuhlman
Team LOB: 6FieldingE: Logan
DeRight
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Pitching |
IP |
#P |
S% |
H |
R |
ER |
SO |
BB |
HR |
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Jackson Cook |
6.2 |
110 |
.527 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
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Joey Young |
0.0 |
4 |
.750 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
6.2 |
114 |
.535 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
PitchingL: Jackson
Cook
HBP: Jackson Cook
Pitches-Strikes: Jackson Cook 110-58,
Joey Young 4-3
Groundouts-Flyouts: Jackson Cook 5-6,
Joey Young 0-0
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Jackson
Cook 14-27,
Joey Young 1-2
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Pitching |
IP |
#P |
S% |
H |
R |
ER |
SO |
BB |
HR |
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Drew Martin |
6.2 |
105 |
.648 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
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Tanner Farris |
0.1 |
3 |
.667 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
7.0 |
108 |
.648 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
PitchingW: Tanner
Farris
HBP: Drew Martin 2
WP: Drew Martin
Pitches-Strikes: Drew Martin 105-68,
Tanner Farris 3-2
Groundouts-Flyouts: Drew Martin 4-5,
Tanner Farris 0-1
First pitch strikes-Batters
faced: Drew
Martin 16-28,
Tanner Farris 1-1
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