Goldbugs Baseball ends with fall in Game 3 of district championship

 

April 28, 2017

Leslie Nation

Second baseman Jacob Faulkner (2) fields the ground ball and throws the runner out at first for the routine ground out against the Perry Maroons.

Though the Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Perry Maroons for Class 3A District Championship, it was a tough three-game battle that ended in a loss for the Goldbugs as they ended their season with an overall record of 19-13.

Game One

The Goldbugs trailed early, as the Maroons picked up the lead in the top of the first off a two-out fly ball to left field to score a runner from third.

After Perry scored another run in the second, both teams went scoreless for four innings before the Maroons rallied for a big finish. Perry closed out their final turn at bat with a four-run inning in the seventh to seal a shutout victory, 0-6.

Alva struggled at the plate against Perry as they were out-hit 2-11. Their two hits came from Zeth Warren who hit 1-for-2 and Jacob Faulkner (1-for-3).

Rafferty Brown was the starting pitcher for Game One, pitching for 7.0 innings allowing six runs off 11 hits while walking two and striking out three batters.

Game Two

Fortunately, Alva finished Wednesday strong as they traded victories with Perry in a tightly contested Game Two. Though a sixth-inning rally from Perry was able to tie the game at 9-all, the Goldbugs were able to pick up a solo run in the seventh for the one-run win over the Maroons, 10-9.

After T.W. Beiswanger hit a single line drive to right field, the Maroons picked up two quick outs to try and hold the Goldbugs to that one hit. Fortunately for Alva, Perry walked the next three batters to score Alva's first run. Alva scored two more runs before ending the first inning off a single line drive from Dalton Hess to lead Perry 3-0.

The Goldbugs plated two more runs in the second, and rallied for a four-run inning in the third to lead Perry 9-0.

The Maroons finally responded in the fifth inning, as they scored their first two runs. The first run came off a hard ground ball to right field to plate a runner from third, and the second was off a sacrifice fly ball to center field to make it a seven-run game, 2-9.

After holding Alva to no runs in the top of the sixth, Perry rallied big in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game, 9-9.

Leading off for the Goldbugs in the top of the seventh, Stanton Earnest answered with a double fly ball out to center to put himself in scoring position. After a single from Hess put runners at first and third, and Dalton Rose took a ball four, the bases were loaded with no outs as Alva put pressure on the Perry defense.

Alva got their winning run as Beiswanger was hit-by-pitch to score Earnest from third and get the 10-9 win over the Maroons.

At the plate, Beiswanger and Hess contributed hitting 2-for-4 each to go along with their two RBIs apiece. Beiswanger was also able to pick up two runs for Alva. Also contributing were Earnest (1-1, 1 RBI, 2 runs) and Brooks Hadwiger (1-3, 2 RBIs, 1 run).

Alva had four different pitchers on the mound in Game Two with Ethan Swanson getting the win pitching 5.0 innings. Swanson allowed seven runs off six hits while walking three and striking out eight.

Others contributing on the mound were Hadwiger pitching for 0.2 innings allowing just one hit while walking one and striking out one. Earnest pitched for 1.1 innings striking out four at the plate while allowing just one run off two hits.

Game Three

The Alva Goldbugs continued the district championship against the Maroons in a tough battle on Thursday.

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Shortstop T.W. Beiswanger covers second base to take the throw down from homeplate as a Perry runner steals second.

Though the first inning went by quickly as each team picked up their three outs, Perry picked up the early lead in the top of the second. With two outs and a runner on third, the Maroons got their first run off a passed ball to allow that runner from third across home. After that single run, Alva was able to pick up their third out off a groundout to third baseman, Swanson.

Four innings went by scoreless for both teams, before Perry plated their final run in the seventh.

With Alva trailing 0-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Earnest led off at the plate with a hard ground ball to left field to put him on first.

Alva needed two runs to send the game into extra innings, and though Earnest was able to make it to third base, Alva couldn't pick up those needed runs as they took the game-three loss 0-2.

The only two hits for the Goldbugs came from Earnest and Swanson as they each hits 1-for-3 at the plate.

Earnest pitched all 7.0 innings on the mound, allowing just two runs off two hits while striking out nine total batters at the plate to end the season.

 

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