St Joseph At Carroll Merchants
St Joseph 5
Carroll 3
The game on Tuesday was suspended in the 9th inning with the game tied a 3 as a storm rolled through Carroll. They finished the game on Wednesday morning with St Joseph scoring twice in the top 9th and holding the Merchants to win 5-3. Jordan Brandenburg hit a 2-run home run in the 4th inning, putting Carroll up 2-0. St Joseph cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 5th, scoring on a ground out early in the inning. A single, driving in a pair of Mustangs in the 7th put them up 3-2. The Merchants tied the game in the 8th with Aiden Cizek singling to score Sammy Harris. St Joseph scored twice in the 9th on wild pitches. Justin Ricketts singled with 2-out in the bottom 9th, putting the tying run on base but the Merchants weren’t able to rally.
Jordan Brandenburg hit a 2-run home run, Logan harris had a pair of hits and Aiden Cizek had a single, driving in a run and scored a run. Noah Dutler pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
The loss dropped the Merchants to 10-16 overall and 10-15 in the MINK. They traveled to St Joseph for a game on Wednesday.
Carroll Stats
Jake McClure 1-4, BB
Logan Harris 2-4
Sammy Harris 1 RS, BB, SB
Aiden Cizek 1-2, RBI, RS, 2 BB
Nolan Oliver 1 BB
Jordan Brandenburg 1-4, 2-Run HR, 2 RBI, RS
Justin Rickets 1-4
Noah Dutler 5 2/3 IP, 4 Hits, 1 RA, 1 ER, 5 K’s, 5 BB
Lake Hagen 2 1/3 IP, 3 Hits, 2 RA, 2 ER, 2 BB
Bishop Woods 1 IP, 2 RA, 2 ER, 2 BB
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
St Joe 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5
Carroll 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
