Saydel gets walk-off win against CMB

DES MOINES — Rece Martin had three hits at the plate and struck out 11 on the mound to lead the Saydel baseball team to a 3-2, eight-inning win over Collins-Maxwell/Baxter on Friday night in a battle between two teams that entered the night tied with Roland-Story for second in the Heart of Iowa Conference.

Saydel struck first in its opening at-bat. The Eagles took advantage of a two-out error to plate an unearned run.

The lead held up all the way to the sixth inning, but the Raiders took advantage of one of their few scoring chances.

Brady Stover led off the game with a single and then took second on Seth Balke’s one-out infield single. An error at first base allowed Stover to score and Balke to reach second and Balke eventually got to third on a wild pitch.

CMB (5-3 in HOIC) then took the lead when sophomore clean-up hitter Brady Kemp laid down a suicide squeeze bunt that scored Balke.

Saydel, helped out by another CMB error, answered with a single run in the bottom of the sixth to tie it at 2. The Eagles won it in the bottom of the eighth inning when Martin singled, took second on a sacrifice bunt by Joe Boehler and then scored on T.J. Stephenson’s walk-off RBI single.

Balke went the distance on the mound for CMB. He allowed three runs — two earned — on 10 hits and struck out five while walking one. Balke also went 2-for-3 with a run scored at the plate and reached base three times.

Singles by Stover and Kemp were the only other hits by CMB.

The Raiders committed four errors and left three on base. Saydel had two errors and stranded eight but still won its seventh in a row.

Martin tossed the first seven innings for Saydel (10-4, 6-2) and allowed no earned runs on four hits and fanned 11.

PCM goes 1-1 at East Marshall Tournament

GILMAN — The Prairie City-Monroe baseball team wiped out a five-game losing streak with a win over Hudson in the first round of the East Marshall Tournament on Saturday.

The Mustangs rallied from a 7-3 deficit with two runs in the fifth and six in the sixth and won 11-8 to reach the championship game.

In the title game, host East Marshall scored four runs in the first and then plated three apiece in the sixth and seventh innings to close out the win.

Trey Lindsay had two hits, three runs, one walk and one stolen base to lead the offense against Hudson. Clay Cooper had two hits, four RBIs and a run scored, while Chase Keuning drove in two runs and scored another in the win.

Lindsay got the win in relief after allowing one earned run on two hits in 2 2/3 innings. Keuning got the final two outs for the save.

Keuning led the Mustang offense against the East Marshall Mustangs. The senior went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs. Tyler Foster had two hits and two RBIs, while Austin Brown had one hit, one walk and one run scored.

Noah Henkenius started on the mound and took the loss. He allowed two earned runs on six hits in five innings.

The Mustangs (3-8) play two varsity Heart of Iowa Conference games Monday. The first one is against Gilbert at Principal Park at noon. PCM also hosts Greene County at 7:30 p.m.

CMB goes 0-2 at

Colo-NESCO

Tournament

ZEARING — Minus two starters and a make-shift pitching staff, the Raiders went 0-2 at the Colo-NESCO tournament on Saturday.

CMB had just three hits in an 11-0 loss to Class 1A No. 4 Pleasantville and then committed three errors and walked 13 batters in an 8-5 defeat to the host Royals.

Pleasantville had 14 hits in the game and eight of them came from Josh Luna, Trever Zoss and Cassin Garr.

Luna hit two homers, scored four runs and drove in four, Zoss homered, scored twice and had three RBIs and Garr was 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI in the win.

On the mound, Nate Sowers went the distance, allowing three hits and fanning six in the shutout.

Brady Stover, Brady Ross and Hunter McWhirter each had a hit for the Raiders. Brady Kemp surrendered seven hits and five earned runs in three innings, while Brad Ritter gave up six runs on seven hits with seven walks and five strikeouts in four innings.

The Royals scored three in the first and five in the fourth in their win over CMB. The Raiders out-hit Colo-NESCO (5-7), but CMB pitchers walked 13 and the defense committed three errors.

Tucker Maxwell hit his second homer of the season and drove in three runs to lead the CMB offense.

Kemp had two of the team’s six hits and he also scored a run and drove in one. Seth Balke walked, was hit by a pitch and scored two runs. Ritter, Spencer Gauch and Stover each had a hit.

McWhirter started and allowed one earned run on three hits in 2 1/3 innings but he also walked four.

Bryce Bacon did not allow a hit but walked six and allowed four earned runs in recording two outs. Maxwell was the most effective as he allowed two hits and no earned runs with three strikeouts in the final three innings.

CMB (5-6) has lost three straight game and travels to Heart of Iowa Conference leader Gilbert on Monday. First pitch is slated for 7:30 p.m.

North Polk 12,

Colfax-Mingo 1

COLFAX — The defending Class 2A champion Comets won their third straight game and improved to 6-7 on the year following a rout of the Tigerhawks.

Colfax-Mingo falls to 0-11 on the season. The Tigerhawks travel to Nevada on Monday. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.