Tri-County News

High-scoring Express squash Hawks


By Jean Doran Matua, Editor

The Eden Valley Hawks hosted the Kimball Express on a sweltering Friday evening, June 11. The Hawks were outnumbered, and out-batted. The Express went home with the 14-1 win.

Ben Johnson hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, a long inning that saw 9 Express runs. Jordan Joseph hit a double and a pair of singles for 3 RBI. Tommy Friesen and Cade Marquardt also hit a pair of doubles apiece.

Zak Wallner earned the win for the Express, striking out 8 and walking 1 while keeping the Hawks to 1 run on 5 hits during his 6 innings on the mound. Andy Dingmann pitched the final inning, denying the Hawks any further hits.

Tanner Olean would take the loss for the Hawks. He pitched three innings during which the Express scored 10 runs on 8 hits; he struck out 3 and walked 4. Austin Berg allowed 4 runs on 4 hits during his 2 innings, and Austin Schlangen allowed only 1 hit during his 2 innings pitching.

Austin Berg hit a double for the Hawks. The team’s other 4 hits were all singles, including an RBI by Cain Renner for the Hawks’ solo run on the game.

KIMBALL AB R H BI

Austin Ruehle 3 3 1 1

  Cody Leither 1 0 0 0

Tommy Friesen 4 2 3 0

  Gabe Smail 1 0 0 0

Jordan Joseph 4 2 3 3

Adam Beyer 3 2 2 2

  Zak Wallner 2 0 0 0

Cade Marquardt 4 1 2 2

  Zach Dingmann 0 0 0 0

Scott Marquardt 2 1 1 1

  Ashton Hanan 2 0 0 0

Ben Johnson 4 1 1 4

  Jake Traurig 0 0 0 0

Joe Pennertz 3 1 0 0

Brooks Marquardt 2 1 0 0

  Matt Friesen 1 0 0 0

TOTALS 36 14 13 13

EDEN VALLEY AB R H BI

Tanner Olean 4 1 1 0

Jordan Kelm 3 0 1 0

Austin Schlangen 3 0 1 0

Matthew Pennertz 1 0 0 0

  Steven Pennertz 1 0 0 0

Cain Renner 3 0 1 1

Matt Unterberger 2 0 0 0

  Sam Nistler 1 0 0 0

Travis Thielen 3 0 0 0

Austin Berg 2 0 1 0

  Chris Klaphake 1 0 0 0

Jackson Geislinger 3 0 0 0

TOTALS 27 1 5 1

R H E

Express 0 0 5  9 0 0  0 0 x 14 13 1

Hawks 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 x x   1   5 3

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