Baxter baseball shuts out North Tama, edges BCLUW

BAXTER — Colton Moffit struck out 10 over seven innings and the Baxter baseball team posted its second straight win over North Tama following a 7-0 home win on Wednesday.

The Bolts scored once in the third and then broke the Iowa Star Conference South Division game open with a six-run sixth.

Baxter out-hit the Redhawks 10-2. Cody Spurgeon led the bats with two hits, two runs, two RBIs and one walk and Jace Bottorff had two hits, one run, one RBI and one walk.

Cole Frasher tallied two hits, Hayden Burdess finished with one hit and two RBIs and he was hit by one pitch and Liam Trent posted one hit, one run and one steal.

Cael Wishman was hit by one pitch, scored one run and stole one base, Aiden Johnson doubled, scored one run and had two RBIs and Tate Schnathorst scored one run.

Moffit, who had one hit at the plate, improved to 2-0 on the season following a complete-game shutout on the mound. He allowed no runs, two hits, two walks and one hit batter and fanned 10. He now has 19 strikeouts in 13 innings this summer.

North Tama (2-3, 1-2 in the conference) is 13-2 against Baxter since 2018, but the Bolts have won two straight in the series.

Josh Dostal had one hit and one walk at the plate and took the pitching loss for the Redhawks. He allowed seven earned runs on 10 hits, two walks and two hit batters in six innings.

Baxter 8, BCLUW 7

BEAMAN — The Bolts couldn’t hold an early lead but a late run pushed the visitors to an 8-7 road win during Iowa Star Conference South Division action on Friday at Byron Rhodes Field.

Baxter scored five runs in the first inning and led 7-2 after three, but BCLUW rallied with two each in the fourth and fifth and one in the sixth before the Bolts scored the winning run in the top of the seventh.

Baxter (3-1, 2-1) won the game despite being out-hit 9-8 and committing two errors.

Eight different players had one hit for Baxter. Trent, Bottorff and Johnson all produced one hit and one run, Trent and Bottorff both had one RBI and Johnson was hit by one pitch.

Spurgeon posted one hit and two runs and he was hit by two pitches, Moffit finished with one hit, two RBIs and one walk and James Esqueda and Frasher each had one hit and one RBI.

Wishman doubled and scored one run, Burdess was hit by a pitch and Schnathorst and Derek Rominger each scored one run.

Wishman and Spurgeon have a team-best five runs this summer. Spurgeon is batting a team-best .429 and Wishman has a team-most four RBIs.

Nolan Hill (1-0) earned the win on the mound after allowing five runs — four earned — on six hits, two walks and two hit batters in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out three.

Colten Damman surrendered two runs — one earned — on three hits and six walks in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out one.

BCLUW lost for the first time and fell to 2-1 and 2-1 in the conference.

Baxter 10, North Mahaska 4

NEW SHARON — Wishman belted two homers and drove in four runs and the Bolts scored nine runs in the sixth to down North Mahaska 10-4 in the season opener on May 21.

Baxter led 1-0 after four. The game was tied at 1-all after five, but the Bolts won the sixth 9-3 to win the non-conference game by a half dozen.

Wishman produced three hits, two homers, three runs, four RBIs and two steals to lead the Bolts’ offense.

Bottorff doubled and tallied one run, one RBI and one walk, Rominger chipped in one hit, one run, one RBI and one steal and Moffit drew two walks.

Spurgeon was hit by two pitches and scored one run, Burdess walked once and scored one run, Trent scored one run and had one RBI and Hill walked once and stole one base.

Frasher tallied one run and one RBI and Schnathorst scored one run.

Moffit earned the pitching win after allowing four runs — one earned — on eight hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out eight.

Damman tossed the seventh and struck out one and walked one but allowed no runs and no hits.

Jack Kelderman registered two hits, one walk, one run and one steal to lead the North Mahaska offense and was the losing pitcher.

The Warhawks (2-2) out-hit the Bolts 9-5 but committed three of the game’s five errors.

Collins-Maxwell 6, Baxter 0

COLLINS — The Bolts were limited to two hits and they committed three errors during a 6-0 road loss to Collins-Maxwell during Iowa Star Conference South Division action on Tuesday.

Burdess and Wishman each had one hit and one steal to lead the Baxter offense. The Bolts struck out nine times at the plate.

Wishman (0-1) took the pitching loss after allowing four earned runs on six hits and three walks in four innings. He struck out eight.

Damman pitched two innings and gave up two runs — one earned — on three hits. He struck out five.

Carson Myers had two hits and two runs and Cade Veren led the Spartans’ offense with three hits. Collins-Maxwell (3-3) improved to 3-0 in conference play.

Cooper Wierson, who had one hit, two runs and one walk at the plate, was the winning pitcher after striking out nine and allowing no runs and just two hits over seven innings.