April 19, 2024

Hawks break losing skid at home; Mustangs lose at North Polk

Area Baseball Roundup

By Jocelyn Sheets

In a game last week, Trey Lindsay follows through on his swing at the plate. On the road at Alleman Tuesday, Lindsay didn’t have hit, but did drive in one of Prairie City-Monroe’s two runs in a 4-2 loss to host North Polk. (Troy Hyde)

SULLY — Lynnville-Sully’s baseball team made a turnaround quick. The Hawks faced second-place standing English Valleys in South Iowa Cedar League play at home Tuesday.

“What a difference 24 hours can make,” said Bob Scandridge, Lynnville-Sully head coach, following 1 4-1 win over English Valleys. The Hawks were coming off two SICL losses where they had been outscored 21-2 and had just three hits.

“We got good pitching from Jake Brand Monday against Iowa Valley, but struggled in the field, Scandridge said. “Tonight, Tyler Van Zante pitched a good game, and the defense responded by making the plays needed to hold EV to one run.

“This was a good confidence game for this team after two tough loses.”

Scandridge said there were technical problems with the statistical program and did not have game statistics available.

Lynnville-Sully (9-6, 8-5) hosts Keota Wednesday in a 6 p.m. SICL contest.

North Polk 4,

PCM 2

ALLEMAN — Prairie City-Monroe’s Mustangs went to the lead on host North Polk in the second inning. The Comets tied it at 1-1 in the fourth.

The Mustangs responded with a go-ahead run in the top of the fifth. Unfortunately, North Polk plated three runs in its half of the inning to gain a 4-2 lead. That’s where it stood at the end.

PCM dropped to 4-8 in Heart of Iowa Conference action and 5-11 overall. The Mustangs play at Collins against Collins-Maxwell/Baxter in HOIC play Wednesday. First pitch is at 7:30 p.m.

Ethan Thomas led the Mustang offense with a single and a double. Austin Brown doubled. Clay Cooper, Jerod DeVries and Noah Clark each hit a single. Connor Warrick drove in a run with a single. Trey Lindsay had the other RBI for PCM.

Gunnar Davis took the loss on the mound, giving up seven hits, walking one, hitting two batters and striking out one.

Colfax-Mingo at Melcher-Dallas

There was no report available on the Tigerhawks’ non-conference road game at presstime.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at
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