Published: July 04, 2009 12:46 am      

Baseball roundup: Sabers sweep Williamsburg

Herald Staff Report

DEWITT — Central DeWitt scored three times in the fourth inning to break open a tie game and beat Williamsburg 7-6 in the second game of a doubleheader Thursday to complete a sweep in WaMaC Conference baseball.

The Sabers (23-8, 12-7 conference) won the opener 16-1 in a game shortened to four innings by the 15-run rule.

Ryan Cady pitched a four-hitter in the first game and also had three hits and drove in four runs for the Sabers. Brandon Jasper had a big night in each game, getting two hits in each, driving in three runs in Game 2 and two in Game 1.

GAME 1

Williamsburg 010 0 — 1 4 3

C. DeWitt 573 1 — 16 14 1

Carder and Greiner; Ryan Cady and Zach Posey. Two or more hits — Central DeWitt (Brandon Jasper 2, Posey 2, Cady 3, Ryan Lechtenberg 2). 2B — Central DeWitt (Jasper 2, Cady). RBIs — Central DeWitt (Jasper 2, Cady 4, Keaton Mueller 2, Paul Choate 2).

GAME 2

Williamsburg 400 002 0 — 6 4 1

C. DeWitt 013 300 x — 7 6 1

Schultz and Greiner; Jasper, Cady (4), Mueller (6), Posey (7) and Choate. Two or more hits — Williamsburg (Kniffen 2); Central DeWitt (Jasper 2). 2B — Central DeWitt (Cady). 3B — Williamsburg (O’Rourke); Central DeWitt (Choate). HR — Williamsburg (Hulseberg). RBIs — Williamsburg (Hulseberg 3); Central DeWitt (Jasper 3, Cady 2).



Camanche wins back-to-back games

The Camanche baseball team won a pair of road games Tuesday and Wednesday to raise its record to 9-14 and finished the Big East Conference baseball season with a 5-6 record.

The Indians defeated East Central 7-3 on Tuesday in Miles, getting four hits and three RBIs from Austin Stahl.

Camanche then defeated Andrew 8-7 on the road Wednesday.

Jalan Bertrand and TJ Runge drove in two runs each for Camanche.

CAMANCHE 7, EAST CENTRAL 3

Camanche 011 040 1 — 7 13 2

East Central 200 000 1 — 3 4 2

Taylor Fisher and Jacob Klone; Nate Wall and Kyle Johnson. Two or more hits — Camanche (Logan Hilgendorf 2, TJ Runge 2, Klone 2, Stahl 4, Jordan Moore 2). 2B — Camanche (Klone 2, Stahl 2); East Central (Austin Daniels, Cody Johnson). RBIs — Camanche (Sahl 3, Klone, Fisher); East Central (Daniels 2, Cody Johnson).

CAMANCHE 8, ANDREW 7

Camanche 201 221 0 — 8 10 6

Andrew 100 105 0 — 7 7 1

Hilgendorf and Klone; Ben Althoff, Jesse Bliss (6), Chase Coakley (7) and Alex Gephart. Two or more hits — Camanche (Runge 2, Klone 2); Andrew (Althoff 2). 2B — Camanche (Stahl). HR — Camanche (Brady Grell, Hilgendorf, Runge 2); Andrew (Althoff). RBIs — Camanche (Grell, Jalan Bertrand 2, Hilgendorf, Runge 2, Stahl, Shawn Iben); Andrew (Althoff).



Preston tops East Central

MILES — The Preston baseball team scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning, and they were crucial, as East Central scored two in the bottom half but couldn’t overcome the Trojans, who won 8-5 on Thursday in Big East Conference baseball.

PRESTON 3, EAST CENTRAL 2

Scoring by innings

Preston 020 021 3 — 8 11 3

East Central 100 200 2 — 5 9 5

Austin Hughes and Assenmacher; Daniels and K. Johnson. Two or more hits — East Central (Hildebrandt 2). 2B — Preston (Hughes); East Central (Rathje). HR — Preston (Josh Feddersen, Dave Jacobs). RBIs — Preston (Jacobs, Alex Hinrichsen 2, Feddersen, Hughes, Derek Meier); East Central (Daniels, Hildebrandt 3, Rathje).