Ahnapee’s Collin Everard (proper) dives again to first base to beat the tag from Mishicot’s Quinn Sand throughout Monday’s Legion baseball recreation at Sturgeon Bay’s Memorial Subject. Picture by Kevin Boneske.
After a two-year hiatus from fielding a workforce, the Ahnapee Trailblazers returned to American Legion baseball with a 9-6 victory over Mishicot in Monday’s season opener at Sturgeon Bay’s Memorial Subject.
The Trailblazers, who embody gamers from the Sevastopol, Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay college districts in Door County in addition to the Algoma district in Kewaunee County, broke open a scoreless tie with six runs within the backside of the second.
Jack Schwader drove within the first three runs with two outs on a bases-clearing double. The rally inning additionally featured a double by Rylan Ruenger off Mishicot beginning pitcher Eli Skarda.
Ahnapee added two runs within the third inning by capitalizing on Mishicot’s fielding errors to increase its result in 8-0.
The Trailblazers’ beginning pitcher, Jacob Massey, tossed 4 scoreless innings earlier than leaving the mound. He was capable of work his manner out of bases-loaded jams within the second and third innings with out giving up a run.
Mishicot didn’t rating till the fifth inning when the Indians tallied 5 runs off Ahnapee reliever Jack Jeanquart.
The Trailblazers’ lead narrowed to 8-6 within the sixth inning when Mishicot added a run with Ruenger pitching.
Ahnapee added an insurance coverage run within the backside of the sixth when Ethan Kratcha singled, superior to 3rd on a throwing error and scored on a wild pitch.
Kratcha closed out the seventh inning on the mound by retiring all three batters he confronted to finish the sport.
Trailblazers Coaches, Dwelling Fields
Ahnapee’s Senior Legion workforce is coached by Justin Massey, and the Junior Legion workforce, which misplaced Monday’s season opener to Mishicot in 5 innings, 15-3, is coached by Mike Propsom and Matt Higginbotham.
Ahnapee’s groups will subsequent play on the highway Wednesday in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Hornets at Joannes Park.
The Trailblazers will break up their residence video games this summer time between Perry Subject in Algoma, Memorial Subject in Sturgeon Bay and Sevastopol City Park.
Their subsequent residence recreation for the Senior Legion workforce shall be June 27 at 7 pm at Perry Subject in opposition to Wrightstown.
