By Mike Petersen
Sports Editor & Staff Writer 

Bats come alive against Wolverines, Tigers

Baseball team wraps up regular season with 2 wins

 

July 7, 2022

MIKE PETERSEN/SENTINEL-NEWS

Leftfielder Keith DeBoer gets the ball back to the infield during action in the Hawks' 5-3 win over South O'Brien.

South O'Brien's first-inning lead was no stumbling block for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's baseball team, which came back to claim a 5-3 win on June 27 in Hartley.

Two hits and an error allowed the Wolverines to go ahead 2-0, but H-M-S answered with a pair of runs on singles by Tanner Tesch and Nick Bronstad. Jordan Ortega's two-run double in the second inning and two Wolverine errors helped the Hawks take a 5-2 lead.

"I was very happy with the way we responded after a rough top of the first," Hawk coach Jeremy Gloden said. "We were able to take advantage of some miscues."

Each team had a scoring threat after the Wolverines scored a run in the third inning, but neither could capitalize.

"It was a well-played game for the most part," Gloden noted. "Jordan (Ortega) pitched very well and the defense made a lot of good plays behind him."

Ortega allowed six hits, walked three and struck out seven in the complete-game win.

Offensively, Jacob Cates hit two singles; Ortega's double was H-M-S's only extra base hit; and Jonathan Ortiz, Trenton Vollink, Bronstad and Tesch each finished with one hit.

• vs. Trinity Christian

Contributions throughout the lineup were a key component in H-M-S's 15-5 win over Trinity Christian on June 29 in Hartley.

The offense started things in the first inning when Cates doubled in the first run, Tesch doubled in two more and Bronstad followed with a two-run homer.

Trinity Christian scored twice in the top of the first and tied the score with three runs in the third.

H-M-S then put together one of its best offensive innings of the season in the fourth, sending 14 hitters to the plate and scoring eight runs. Evan Eilers and Ortiz hit two-run singles; Vollink and Tesch each singled in a run; Jack Mastbergen walked to force in a run and Bronstad added an RBI when he was hit by a pitch.

"I was really proud of our guys and how they came out and executed offensively," Gloden observed. "It was fun to see the bats come alive. We had guys contributing up and down the lineup in some way."

Bronstad picked up his fourth RBI with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Another run scored on an error.

H-M-S finished with 12 hits, led by Cates and Tesch with three and Ortiz with two.

Bronstad was the winning pitcher. He allowed three runs and two hits, walked three and struck out 10. Cates allowed one hit and two unearned runs, walked one and struck out three in the first inning.

"I was really proud of Nick's effort on the mound. He really threw well," Gloden said.

The win gave the Hawks a final War Eagle Conference record of 2-8.

 
 

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