By Jean Doran Matua, Editor
The chill in the air wasn’t the only problem for the Eden Valley Hawks Friday evening, May 28. The Cold Spring Rockies shut out the Hawks, winning 9-0.
The Hawks managed only 4 hits on the game: a double each for Jordan Kelm and Austin Schlangen, and a single each for Riley Geislinger and Austin Berg.
“Our defense continues to be solid, although tonight we did have a few errors,” said manager Troy Thielen.
Jake Brinker earned the win for the Rockies, pitching 8 innings. Brock Humbert pitched in relief.
Tanner Olean would take the loss, allowing 5 runs on 15 hits during his seven innings on the mound; he struck out 7 and walked 1. Ben Arends pitched the final two innings, allowing another 4 runs on 5 hits while striking out 4.
Alex Geislinger hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning as well as a single and a double for a total 3 RBI. Brady Linn hit a triple and a pair of doubles. Calvin Kalthoff hit three singles for 1 RBI. David Jonas hit a double and 3 singles.
The Eden Valley Hawks next host the Spring Hill Chargers in a non-league game at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 4. They play at the Watkins Clippers at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 6.
COLD SPRING AB R H BI
TJ Neu 5 1 0 0
David Jonas 5 1 4 0
Blake Tylutki 0 1 0 0
Alex Geislinger 6 2 3 3
Brady Blattner 1 1 1 1
Nick Skluzacek 3 0 1 0
Calvin Kalthoff 6 1 3 1
Tyler Lardy 0 0 0 0
Collin Eskew 6 1 1 0
Sam Distel 4 0 1 1
Luke Humbert 1 0 0 0
Austin Dufner 5 0 3 1
Brady Linn 4 0 3 1
Peyton Randall 0 1 0 0
Evan Acheson 1 0 0 0
Jake Brinker – – – –
Brock Humbert – – – –
TOTALS 47 9 20 8
EDEN VALLEY AB R H BI
Tanner Olean 4 0 0 0
Jordan Kelm 4 0 1 0
Austin Schlangen 4 0 1 0
Matthew Pennertz 3 0 0 0
Riley Geislinger 4 0 1 0
Joshua Johnson 3 0 0 0
David Pennertz 3 0 0 0
Stephen Pennertz 0 0 0 0
Austin Berg 3 0 1 0
Matt Unterberger 3 0 0 0
Jackson Geislinger – – – –
Travis Thielen – – – –
Cain Renner – – – –
Jeff Haag – – – –
Ben Arneds – – – –
TOTALS 31 0 4 0
R H E
Rockies 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 20 1
Hawks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1