Baseball Sweeps Three from Perry
The varsity baseball team had a strong start to the 2022 season by sweeping a three-game series from Perry last week.
The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the third Jack McLennan scored on a Rambler error for a 1-0 lead.
Perry tied the game in the fourth, but the Panthers went back on top in the bottom half of the inning when Dalton Satkowiak tripled home Keegan Collins. Satkowiak would score on a wild pitch to make it 3-1 after four.
The lead grew to 4-1 in the sixth when Drew Bristol walked and would later score on a wild pitch.
Perry would score one in the seventh and had the tying run at the plate, but Drew Philipp struck out the final two batters to end the game.
Philipp pitched a complete game, striking out 13 and allowing five hits. He also went 2-2 at the plate.
Satkowiak had the triple and RBI and Collins a single for the Panthers other hit.
The Panthers took the second game by the same score of 4-2.
Stockbridge scored three runs in the first with Zach Fletcher collecting an RBI single and Satkowiak and Drew Robinson scoring on wild pitches.
Fletcher drove in Philipp with a single in the third to make it 4-0, but Perry would rally.
The Ramblers cut the lead to 4-2 with two runs in the fourth and had a runner on second in the fifth, but Collins struck out the final batter to end the game.
Fletcher finished with two hits and two RBI, while Robinson, Philipp, and Collins each had a hit and run scored. McLennan earned the win on the mound, striking out three and allowing one hit.
The Panthers used a big seven-run fifth inning to take down Perry 10-8 in the third game of the series to finish the sweep.
Perry led 5-3 when the Panthers put their first seven batters on in the fifth and scored seven times to take a 10-5 lead.
The Ramblers got runs in the 5th, 6th, and 7th, but Collins struck out the final two batters to end the game.
Philipp had a big night at the plate with three hits, two RBI, and two runs scored.
Ashton Knoll added three hits, two runs scored, and one RBI. Fletcher and Collins each had a hit and two RBI, and Robinson a hit and two runs scored. Collins got the win in relief, striking out five.
