Carroll Merchants Baseball Monday, May 29th
Des Moines Peak At Carroll Merchants
Merchants 17
Des Moines Peak 9
The Carroll Merchants opened the season at home on Memorial Day, scoring enough in the 1st inning to help them cruise to an easy win. The Merchants sent 13 batters to the plate, scoring 8-runs. They used 3 walks and 2 hit batters along with 4 hits. Cullen McBride drove in a pair of runs on a single to right field and Joe Scarborough, Kasey Carter and Blake Tigges also drove in a run the first time through the order. Michael Alt added an RBI as the tenth batter in the inning and was followed by a 2 RBI double from Dillon Kuehl, who had three doubles in the game. The Merchants didn’t let up, scoring 2-runs in each of the next three innings, taking a 14-3 lead into the 5th. Des Moines got on the board in the 2nd inning, scoring a run in the 2nd through the 4th inning, before getting a pair of runs in the 5th. The Merchants answered in the 5th with 3-runs with Joe Scarborough leading off the inning with a single, Cullen McBride walked and Kasey Carter reached on an error. Those three scored, putting the Merchants up 17-5. They had a chance to end the game in the 7th, up 17-7, but the Peak scored twice to extend it to a 9 inning game.
Michael Alt, Dillon Kuehl and Joe Scarborough all had 3 hits with Kuehl having 3-doubles and 4 RBI. Alt added 3 RBI and Scarborough doubled, drove in a pair of runs and scored 4 times. Scarborough also started on the hill, going 3 1/3 innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs with 3 K’s. Cullen McBride added 3 RBI and Blake Tigges had a pair of hits and 2 RBI. Noah Dutler picked up the win, going 2 2/3 innings, allowing 4 hits and 3 earned runs with a pair of strikeouts.
The Merchants will host Chillicothe on Tuesday.
Carroll Stats
Michael Alt 3-6, 3 RBI, RS, SB
Dillon Kuehl 3-4, 3-2B, 4 RBI, 2 RS, BB
Bryce Yosko 1-4, RS, 2 BB
Jordan Brandenburg 1-5, RS
Joe Scarborough 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 RS, BB, SB- Pitching 3 1/3 IP, 3 Hits, 3 RA, 2 ER, 3 K’s, BB, HBP
Cullan McBride 2-4, 3 RBI, 2 RS, BB
Kasey Carter 2 RBI, 2 RS
Blake Tigges 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 RS, SB
Lane Spieker 1-3, RBI, RS, 2 BB, 2 SB
Noah Dutler WP, 2 2/3 IP, 4 hits, 4 RA, 3 ER, 2 K’s, HBP
Tyler Rupe 3 IP, 4 Hits, 2 RA, 1 ER, 3 K’s, 4 BB
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Peak 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 9
Merchants 8 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 x 17
