Davenport, FL – The Polars Baseball team faced off with Illinois College on Friday falling 0-4 and winning the second 8-3.
The Polars struggled early on, unable to string many hits together. With a total of 3 hits in the first game Crown left 5 runners on base. Illinois College notched the only three runs of the game with two runs coming in the 4
th and two in the 7
th.
Mason Brock,
Ashton Long, and
Tristan Shoemaker all notched hits for Crown. The Polars would fall by the score 4-0.
Aidan Volk-Specht started on the mound for Crown pitching 4 innings giving up 2 earned runs and struck out one batter on 66 total pitches.
Danny Gallardo pitched 2.2 innings for the Polars giving up 2 earned runs and striking out one as well.
Caleb Keen finished the game pitching two-thirds of an inning.
The second game saw Crown's bats come alive as Crown scored 2 runs in the first inning as
Howie Hatton sent a double into left field scoring both
Seth Betts and
Cael Magill. The Polars notched another run in the top of the 3
rd inning after Betts singled and stole two bases on back to back pitches and Hatton brought him in off a sacrifice fly. Illinois College answered back in the third scoring 2 runs of their own cutting the score to 3-2. Crown would notch two more runs in the top of the 4
th as Magill and Betts both doubled. Three more runs in the top of the 6
th inning came after a double from Magill, double from Long, and a triple from Hatton. The score would stay there with Crown coming out on top 8-2.
Howie Hatton led the way offensively with 4 RBIs on a double and a triple.
Cael Magill had himself a three-hit game as well. Both
Seth Betts and
Jack Becker also added two hits.
Jacob Worley started on the mound pitching 3 innings allowing 2 earned runs on only 2 hits.
Liam Jones came in to pitch for 2 innings, only allowing one hit. Followed by
Jacob Van Dam and
Blake Cramer who both pitched 1 inning, neither allowing a run.
Crown moves to 3-1 on the season and returns to action tomorrow March 11
th for an 8am contest with Marian University (WI).