JULY 2, 2024 EDITION SPORTS EDITOR: BECKY WALZ + BECKY.WALZ@DRIFTLESSJOURNAL.COM
SW moves closer to UIC title
Baseball fans couldn’t have found a better game to watch in Calmar Thursday night as the South Winn baseball team (18-8, 15-2 UIC) hosted MFL MarMac (22-7, 14-3) in a big UIC matchup. The Warrior entered the evening with just one conference loss and MFL Mar-Mac with two, both with hopes of taking the Upper Iowa Conference top spot. Game one was a pitcher’s duel between Warrior pitcher Carson Streeter and Bulldog pitcher Jacob Schellhorn. The Warriors struck first, scoring in the home half of first inning on a Braiden Todd double and then being driven home by Parker Timp. That lead didn’t last long, as the Bulldogs struck back in the top of the third inning to take a Parker Timp gets to the bag safely between the legs of the Bulldog shortstop. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
2-1 lead. It took until the bottom of the fifth for the Warriors to tie the game when Braiden Todd led off the inning with a single and Carson Streeter doubled him in. The Bulldogs were able to get out of a jam allowing just the one run, but South Winn got right back into scoring mode in the sixth inning when Cody Meyer singled, Nolan Sabelka bunted Meyer to second, and eventually Carson Streeter would help his own cause driving in the go ahead run. Streeter would finish it out on the mound pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the seventh to secure the win, 3-2. Todd the of Warrior offense, going 3-for-3 with a double, while Streeter, Timp and Meyer all had two hits.
SW catcher Kole Hageman rises above the Bulldog runner to snag the throw at the plate. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
In game two, the big inning proved to be the difference and that big inning was struck by the Bulldogs in the second inning scoring five runs. The Warriors tried to play catchup cutting the lead 5-2 and then made things interested in the seventh getting the tying run to the plate with the bases loaded and score 7-3. “Our guys have been looking forward to this rematch since our first loss to them a couple of weeks ago. MFL MarMac has had a great year and they are solid in all facets of the game. Game one was a great back and forth between the pitchers and both teams coming up with big hits when needed. Ideally we would have picked up a couple of wins on the night, but one win puts us in a great position for a conference title, and unfortunately we just didn’t have it going for us in the second
game with the Bulldogs really pushing on us on offense to putting up that big inning,” said Coach Alex Smith. Eric Greve and Jordan Baumler paced SW with two hits apiece with Greve driving in two of the Warriors’ runs. R H E MFL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 SW 1 0 0 0 1 1 x 3 9 1 Carson Streeter (WP) – 7IP, 2R, 5H, 8K 2B – Braiden Todd 1; Streeter 1; 1B – Todd 2; Parker Timp 2; Cody Meyer 2; Streeter 1; RBI – Streeter 2; Timp 1; SB – Todd 1; Timp 1 R H E MFL 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 7 11 3 SW 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 7 1 Todd (LP) – 5-2/3IP, 7R, 8H, 2BB, 5K; Carver Wenthold (RP) – 1-1/3IP, 3H 1B – Eric Greve 2; Jordan Baumler 2; Todd 1; Brody Tieskoetter 1; Meyer 1; RBI – Greve 2; SB – Kole Hageman 1