Carroll Merchants Results Friday, July 15th
St Joseph At Carroll
Merchants 6
St Joseph 3
The bottom of the 1st inning was huge as the Merchants snap a 6 game losing streak, moving a percentage point ahead of the Des Moines Peak for 3rd place in the North Division in the fight for the final playoff berth. The 3-run lead was nearly enough as the Merchants got a good start from Seth Christiansen and Noah Dutler was able to close out the final two innings. They added runs in the 5th and 6th innings, building a 6-1 lead.
Andrew Schroeder leadoff the bottom of the 1st getting hit-by-pitch. He moved to 2nd base on an infield single by Michael Alt. Kaleb Freeman reached on a fielders choice and Schroeder scored on a Mustangs error. Danny Schweitzer walked to load the bases and B Freiter singled to left field, scoring Alt and Freeman. The Merchants scored 3 runs on a pair of hits and a Mustangs error and lead 3-0 after the 1st inning. St Joseph scored in the top of the 5th, pulling within 3-1 but the Merchants responded in their half of the inning. Jordan Matthewson singled and scored on a double to left field by Danny Schweitzer. The run gave the Merchants the momentum, putting them ahead 4-1. Jacob Rochester walked to lead off the 6th inning and moved to scored on a Mustangs error on a bunt single by Kyle Berg. Berg would move to 3rd base on the error and scored the second run of the inning on a sac fly by Michael Alt. The Merchants were up 6-1 heading into the 8th inning. St Joseph got a 2-run home run in the 8th but weren’t able to score again.
Seth Christiansen was sharp through 7 innings for Carroll, allowing 5 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 4 in picking up the win. The Merchants out hit the Mustangs 11 to 9 with Kyle Berg, Jordan Matthewson and Danny Schweitzer all having a pair of hits for Carroll. Schweitzer doubled, driving in a run while Matthewson and Berg both scored a run. B Freiter, in his first game for the Merchants had a big 2 RBI single in the 1st inning. Andrew Schroeder doubled and scored a run while Michael Alt singled, drove in a run and scored once.
The win improves the Merchants to 17-18 just ahead of Des Moines at 16-17. The Merchants travel to Chillicothe on Sunday while Des Moines is at Clarinda on Saturday.
Merchants Stats
Andrew Schroeder 1-4, 2B, RS
Michael Alt 1-4, RBI, RS
Kaleb Freeman 1-4, RS, SB
Jordan Matthewson 2-4, RS
Danny Schweitzer 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB
B Freiter 1-4, 2 RBI
Jacob Rochester 1 RS, BB
Garrett Freeman 1-1
Kyle Berg 2-4, RS
Seth Christiansen 7 IP, 5 Hits, 1 RA, 1 ER, 4 K’s, 4 BB
Noah Dutler 2 IP, 4 Hits, 2 RA, 2 ER, 3 K’s, BB, HBP
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
St Joe 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
Merchants 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 6
