Ike DeMuth’s walk-off RBI single in the seventh gave the Harrisburg Bulldogs a 10-9 win over the Schuyler County Rams to wrap up baseball action at Brian T. Simpson Memorial Field Saturday. The bottom half of the seventh was necessary after Schuyler rallied for six runs in the top half, as nine straight batters reached for the Rams, and Travis Wise scored the tying run on a wild pitch.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. Schuyler County scored first on an RBI single by Mason Windy in the opening frame. Harrisburg responded with three. Ike DeMuth had an RBI single, Keagan Morris drove in a run on a groundout and Hunter Caldwell hit a sac fly. Morris and Caldwell had four and three RBI respectively. DeMuth earned the Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game.
The Bulldogs scored four runs in the fifth following a costly two-out error.
Caldwell started for Harrisburg and gave up three runs, two earned, in 5 1/3 innings with three walks and seven strikeouts. Chase Gray was tagged for all six runs in Schuyler’s big seventh and was credited with the win.
For Schuyler, Lathan Martin gave up four runs, Elliot Sevits surrendered five and Cace March entered in the seventh to take the loss.
Montgomery County won both of its games to start the day. The Wildcats defeated Harrisburg 5-1. A sac fly in the top of the fifth by Montgomery was the first score. Chase Queatham added to it.
Austin Ward with the call. The Wildcats added two more in the sixth. Harrisburg scored its lone run in the bottom half. Montgomery’s Mac Farrar (3 IP), Adrian Combs (3 IP) and Marshall Bishop (1 IP) combined to hold the Bulldogs to two hits. Combs was also 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI to get Player of the Game.
The Wildcats used that momentum to score three runs in the first inning of their second game and it was all they needed in a 3-1 victory over Schuyler County.
Jackson Benny led off the game with a double, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a Seth Walton sac fly. Noah Beck pushed a run across on a groundout. Mac Farrar followed up.
A pitchers’ duel ensued, with Schuyler going scoreless until a Mason Windy RBI single in the sixth.
Montgomery’s Edwin Garcia got the win, pitching six innings and giving up one run, three hits, three walks and he struck out seven. He was our Player of the Game. Walton earned the save with a scoreless seventh.
Cohan Meade went all seven innings for Schuyler. Just one of his three runs surrendered was earned. Meade also gave up five hits and one walk while striking out four.
