After extending their losing streak to a season-high four games in Sunday's opener with the Iowa City Firehawks, the Warriors closed the regular season with a 14-4 victory heading into next weekend's state tournament.
The Warriors pounded out 15 hits in game two, and were led by Mitch Blades, who was 4-4 at the plate and drove in three runs while scoring two. Robert Hogg (2-2 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored), Dalton Weems (3-4 with 3 RBI and 1 run scored) and Zach Zingula (1-2 with 1 RBI and 3 runs scored) also shined for the Warriors. Zingula scored after reaching on a walk, a single down the left field line and getting hit by a pitch thrown by a son of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz. How cool is that?!
Michael Daughtery got the win after pitching a hitless first inning (having also allowed no hits in the final two innings of game one). Will Teubel and Max Versteegh closed out the victory.
The Warriors led 9-0 before the Firehawks scratched across a run in the bottom of the second inning. One run each in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings kept the mercy rule at bay. But the Warriors tacked on four runs in the sixth inning and the Firehawks had no answer.
In game one, the Firehawks shattered Warrior head coach John Morgan's rear window in the first and scored seven runs (only two earned) in the top of the second inning for the 7-4 victory.
Zingula started on the mound (and was the pitcher of record when the aforementioned window shattering occurred), but was pulled after one inning because of arm soreness. Patrick Karamitros took the loss, allowing four runs (two earned) while getting just one out before giving way to Blades. Ryan Niemeyer also pitched a shutout inning before Daughtery closed out the game.
The Warriors head to the state tournament with a 17-15 record and a #5 state ranking. Most importantly, they end the regular season with a decisive demonstration of Warrior baseball.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Fired up! Ready to go!
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