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Game Summary
3.0 years ago @ 6:42AM
Varsity Baseball Sweeps League Foe Charlotte
- Game Date
- May 4, 2021
- Score
- : 8
CHARLOTTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: 0
Game 1 @Frank Ciangi Memorial Field Ionia
Ionia 8
Charoltte 0
Cal Yalacki 6 innings, 10 K/'s, 0 Walks, 0 Runs
- onia HS Bulldogs defeated Charlotte 8-0 on Tuesday as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Will Anderson induced a fly out from Seth to finish off the game.
- Ionia HS Bulldogs notched four runs in the fifth inning. Ionia HS Bulldogs's offense in the inning came from groundouts by Tanner Gregory and Ethan Bowen, a single by Ethan Castillo, and a double by Anderson.
- A double by Seth in the second inning was a positive for Charlotte.
- Cal Yalacki was credited with the victory for Ionia HS Bulldogs. The southpaw allowed two hits and zero runs over six innings, striking out ten and walking zero. Anderson threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
- Chade led things off on the mound for Charlotte. Chade went four and a third innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and striking out one. Smits threw one and two-thirds innings in relief out of the bullpen.
- Ionia HS Bulldogs collected nine hits on the day. Yalacki, Trevor Arens, and Collin Palmer each managed multiple hits for Ionia HS Bulldogs. Palmer, Arens, and Yalacki each collected two hits to lead Ionia HS Bulldogs. Ionia HS Bulldogs was sure-handed and didn't commit a single error. Matthew Meyer made the most plays with ten.
Game 2 @Ionia
Ionia 14
Charlotte 1
- Eight runs in the fourth inning led Ionia HS Bulldogs past Charlotte 14-1 on Tuesday. The big inning was thanks to walks by Ethan Bowen and Cal Yalacki, singles by Matthew Meyer and Bowen, a groundout by Ethan Castillo, and an error on a ball put in play by Owen Delvin.
- Ionia HS Bulldogs opened up scoring in the first inning, when Meyer singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.
- Ionia HS Bulldogs notched eight runs in the fourth inning. Bowen, Delvin, Meyer, Yalacki, Castillo, and Bowen all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.
- Bowen was credited with the victory for Ionia HS Bulldogs. The pitcher went four innings, allowing zero runs on three hits, striking out three and walking zero. Trevor Arens threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
- Connor was on the hill for Charlotte. The pitcher went three innings, allowing six runs on eight hits, striking out one and walking one. Sobeck and #5 entered the game as relief, throwing two-thirds of an inning and one-third of an inning respectively.
- Ionia HS Bulldogs racked up 13 hits on the day. Bowen, Meyer, Delvin, and Tanner Gregory all managed multiple hits for Ionia HS Bulldogs. Bowen went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead Ionia HS Bulldogs in hits. Ionia HS Bulldogs didn't commit a single error in the field. Yalacki had six chances in the field, the most on the team.
Ionia is now 10-7 overall, 4-4 in league play. They will play @Mason on Friday, May 7th and @Alma on Saturday, May 8th.
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