Baseball Off to Slow Start
The Stockbridge baseball team has gotten off to a slow start for the season with a 1-9 record.
The Panthers dropped a pair in the season opener falling to Lake City 3-2 and 18-3 April 5.
Lake City scored three in the fourth in the opener, but the Panthers rallied for two in the sixth to make it 3-2.
The Panthers had a chance in the seventh, but could not tie the game.
Zach Fletcher led the Panthers with two hits and an RBI. He also took the loss on the mound, striking out six.
The Panthers led 2-1 after one in the second, but Lake City blew the game open with nine in the third and eight in the fourth to pull away for the win.
Xavior Zimmerman drove in a run for the Panthers, while Fletcher, Collin Trost, and Kyle Cheeseman scored runs.
Stockbridge then dropped a pair to Grass Lake 15-3 and 23-2.
Nick Graves had a hit and RBI to lead the offense. Trost had a double and two runs scored and Fletcher had a hit a a run scored.
The second game Jayden Pilch rip a triple and drive in a run, and Trost collect a hit for the Panthers.
Stockbridge fell to Columbia Central 15-0.
Noah Sandecki and Pilch had hits for Stockbridge.
The Panthers then fell to Napoleon 4-3 in a game where the Pirates walked off with a run in the bottom of the seventh.
Trost had two hits and Pilch a hit and RBI for the offense.
Stockbridge scored six runs in the fourth to take a 6-2 lead, but Perry scored one in the fifth and nine in the sixth for a 12-7 win.
Trost, Sandecki, and Kayden Nielsen had two hits and an RBI each to lead the Panthers.
Fletcher had two hits and two runs scored and Pilch a double for the Panthers.
Stockbridge scored 10 runs in the first inning to take the nightcap 10-2.
Sandecki had a triple and RBI, while Connor Fitzsimmons had a hit and RBI. Trevor Patterson had a hit and Graves earned the win on the mound, striking out one.
Springport earned a sweep of the Panthers 12-2 and 12-7.
Pilch and Fletcher had the only hits for Stockbridge in the opener.
Patterson had a big game in the second with two hits and four RBI. Pilch had a double and two RBI Trost and Sandecki a hit and run scored each, and Cruz Medina one hit.
