Varsity baseball picks up three big wins over Ottawa Hills
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Senior Adam Tellier went 6-7 with 3 walks, an RBI, and 10 runs scored across three games to lead the Rangers to three quick mercies in Saturday morning’s tripleheader against Ottawa Hills.
After a slow start offensively in the first game, FHC exploded in the fourth inning to put up 9 runs and seal the 20-0 mercy after four innings. Seniors Luke Herzog, Joe Szczepanek, Kyle Wojczynski, and Cole Coughlin all hit doubles in this inning to lead the charge.
The Rangers outhit the Bengals 13-1 with Joe, Kyle, Cole, and senior Ethan Vredenberg leading the team with 2 hits apiece. Luke also led the team in RBIs with 5 while senior Dylan Tucker had 3 of the team’s 11 stolen bags.
Senior Jacob Hornbeck earned a 1-hitter shutout on the mound while walking 0 and striking out 7. The defense was perfect behind him, committing 0 errors.
The second game was more of the same, as the Rangers put up 11 runs early to seal the win. A single run in the bottom of the third inning wouldn’t be enough for the Bengals to escape the mercy rule, and FHC took this one 19-1 in three innings.
Joe, Kyle, Dylan, and Adam all drove in runs in the first inning, and Joe led the team with 5 RBIs this game. Joe and Adam both went 3-3 at the plate and combined to score 5 runs while Kyle and junior Liam Nyberg both earned 3 hits in 4 at-bats en route to the win.
Liam allowed 1 run on 2 hits with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts from the mound. The Rangers again didn’t commit a single error.
The Rangers continued to pour on the runs in the third game of the day, as a 14-run second inning led them to their third mercy of the day over Ottawa Hills, this one coming 17-1. Adam went 2-2 with a walk and 3 runs scored, and Luke went 3-3 with 3 RBIs and 3 runs scored.
Senior Sam Boezwinkle had a standout game, going 2-2 with a walk, 4 RBIs, and 2 runs scored.
Junior Grant Coughlin took the mound in this game, allowing 1 run on 5 hits with 0 walks and 5 strikeouts. FHC remained errorless throughout this game as well.
The Rangers move above .500 to 9-8 (9-3) on the season and will have a very tough conference series against Lowell on tap for this week.
Molly is writing for the FHC Sports Report for her second year, and she has taken over the Sports Editor in Chief role. She is excited to be part of another...