Alva Review-Courier -

After getting a big victory on the road against Watonga Tuesday, the Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Fairview Yellow Jackets for their final home of the regular season.

Alva had a slow start against the Jackets as the two teams remained scoreless for the first two innings of the matchup. But the Goldbugs quickly turned the tide in their favor in the third as they rallied big to get a commanding lead.

As the Goldbugs went to bat for the third time that afternoon, it looked like Fairview would close out another quick inning as they go two quick outs to start Alva's turn at bat. However, with two outs, and two runners on first and third, Chase Jones hit a bouncing ground ball that hugged the third base line causing confusion for Fairview's third baseman. With the third baseman assuming that the ball had bounced foul, Jones was able to reach first base on the error, while Ethan Swanson and Brooks Hadwiger took advantage of the confusion to get Alva's first two runners on the board.

Alva continued to take advantage of Fairview's costly mistakes, scoring 12 total runners in the bottom of the third while the Jackets committed six errors.

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Senior Rafferty Brown was the starting pitcher for the Goldbugs against Fairview on Senior Night. Brown pitched 4.0 innings allowing only one run off two hits while striking out three.

Fairview was able to plate one earned run in the top of the fourth, but the damage was done as the Goldbugs were able to cruise to an easy 12-1 victory over Fairview.

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Alva finished with a total of seven hits against the Jackets two with Stanton Earnest and Michael Todd hitting a perfect 1-for-1 to go with Earnest's one run. Other contributors at the plate were Zeth Warren (1-2, 2 RBIs, 1 run), Hadwiger (1-2, 2 runs), Max Parsons (1-3, 1 run), Swanson (1-3, 2 runs) and Chase Jones (1-3, 2 runs).

Brown had a solid 4.0 innings on the mound for the win, allowing only one run off two hits while striking out three hitters. Cade Madsen closed out the game, pitching 1.0 innings striking out one batter.

The Goldbugs will close out their regular season on the road starting with Chisholm today starting at 3:30 p.m. Alva will then travel to Woodward on Tuesday, April 25, at 4:30 p.m.