MMCRU overcame a one-run deficit by scoring four runs in the fifth inning and defeated Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 7-3 May 26 at Remsen. The Hawks had taken a short-lived 3-2 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the top of the fifth. “We lost a tough one to a very solid MMCRU team,” said HMS coach Jeremy Gloden.
An HMS error allowed the Royals to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third. The Hawks tied the game in the fourth. Jacob Cates led off the inning with a base hit but he was out at second on Samuel Heyn’s ground ball. Trenton Vollink’s single moved Heyn to third. Heyn then scored on Ben Haack’s base hit.
In the bottom of the fourth a single, followed by an RBI double allowed MMCRU to retake the lead at 2-1. Keaton Graves walked to lead off the top of the fifth. He got to second on a passed ball and Dawson Schiphoff’s base hit advanced him to third. Both baserunners scored on separate Royal errors.
MMCRU’s four-run fifth included three walks, combined with four hits, one of which was a double. HMS stranded a pair of runners in the sixth and one more in the seventh. For the game, the Hawks left 10 men on base compared to nine for MMCRU.
Vollink was on base all four times with two singles and a pair of walks. Hawks with one hit were Graves, Schiphoff, Cates, Haack, Jordan Ortega and Nick Bronstad.
Dawson Schiphoff got the starting nod and pitched 4-2/3 innings. He yielded six runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts and a walk. Four of the runs were earned. Ben Haack came on and got the final out of the fifth inning. He faced three batters in the sixth before giving way to Jordan Ortega. Haack allowed no hits but one earned run. He walked three and fanned two. Ortega pitched to three batters, walking one and giving up a hit.
HMS 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 – 3
MMCRU 0 0 1 1 4 1 x – 7