Baxter baseball shuts out Dunkerton to snap two-game skid

DUNKERTON — Colton Moffit and Colten Damman combined to strike out 11 batters, Hayden Burdess led the offense with two hits and the Baxter baseball team snapped a two-game skid with a 4-0 win over Dunkerton on Friday.

The Bolts won the Iowa Star Conference cross-division matchup with only four hits, but the visitors walked five times and stole six bases.

Baxter broke a scoreless game with two runs in the second and then added single runs in the third and fourth to complete the shutout.

Moffit earned the pitching win after allowing no runs, one hit and one walk over four innings.

Damman allowed two hits in his three innings of relief and registered his first career save.

Moffit fanned six and now has 47 strikeouts in 28 1/3 innings. He improved to 5-0 and lowered his earned run average to .99.

Damman fanned five batters and his ERA is now 2.21.

Burdess posted two hits, tripled, scored one run and stole two bases to lead the offense.

Cody Spurgeon walked three times and scored one run, Moffit totaled one hit and one RBI, Aiden Johnson doubled, Liam Trent walked and stole one base and Cael Wishman drew one walk.

Moffit now leads the Bolts (8-3) with 11 RBIs and Spurgeon has walked a team-most eight times.

Cole Frasher had one RBI, Damman scored one run and stole one base, Blake Maxwell scored one run and James Esqueda and Tate Schnathorst each stole one base.

Baxter now leads the series with Dunkerton 4-3 since 2018. The Raiders (1-8) won the previous two meetings by one run each.

Janesville 10, Baxter 9

JANESVILLE — Wishman slugged his fourth home run of the season and Baxter out-hit Janesville but six errors plagued the Bolts in a 10-9 loss on Monday.

Baxter rallied from an early hole and used a six-run frame to rally late but Janesville tied the game with two runs in the sixth and won the ISC cross-division matchup in walk-off fashion in the seventh.

The Bolts trailed 2-0 after one, led 3-2 in the second and trailed 7-3 after five. The six-run sixth included Wishman’s go-ahead homer.

Wishman had two hits, three RBIs and was hit by a pitch in the loss. His fourth homer put the Bolts in front 9-7 and ranks him tied for second in Class 1A. He also leads Baxter with 13 runs and 25 total bases.

Johnson totaled two hits, one run and one walk, Trent contributed two hits and stole one base and Spurgeon, Jace Bottorff, Moffit and Damman all had one hit.

Moffit added one run, two RBIs and one walk, Damman chipped in one run, one walk and one steal and Spurgeon scored one run and walked once.

Burdess tallied two RBIs, Frasher had one RBI and one run, Esqueda scored one run and stole one base and Schnathorst and Miles McCord each scored one run.

Wishman, Moffit, Damman and Nolan Hill all pitched in the game.

Moffit started and went 1 1/3 innings. He allowed four runs — two earned on no hits, six walks and one hit batter and struck out two.

Damman tossed three innings and surrendered two earned runs on four hits and one hit batter with five strikeouts.

Hill gave up three runs — one earned — on one hit, three walks and one hit batter in one inning.

Wishman (1-3) took the loss after allowing one earned run on one hit and one walk with one strikeout in 2/3 of an inning.

Isaac Jones led Janesville (8-3) with three hits and two runs. Kole Haan and Talan Pietz both had two RBIs and Haan was the winning pitcher.

Don Bosco 15, Baxter 0

BAXTER — Damman had two hits, but the Bolts had as many hits (3) as errors (3) during a 15-0 home loss to Don Bosco on Wednesday.

The 1A No. 8 Dons led 4-0 after three and ended the game with 11 runs in the fourth. They out-hit the Bolts 7-3, and Baxter committed three errors.

Damman’s two hits improves his team-leading batting average to .471.

Wishman had the other hit and Spurgeon, Trent and Johnson all walked once.

Wishman took the pitching loss after allowing four runs — two earned — on two hits, five walks and one hit batter in 2 2/3 innings. He fanned two.

Johnson got two outs on the mound but not before allowing five earned runs on two hits, two walks and one hit batter.

Trent and Spurgeon both got one out. Spurgeon allowed one hit and one walk and Trent surrendered six runs — none earned — on two hits, one walk and two hit batters.

Payton Regenold led Don Bosco (13-4) with two walks and three runs and he was hit by two pitches. Jaren Lauver had two hits, three RBIs and three steals.

C-M, Baxter suspended due to rain

BAXTER — Colfax-Mingo led the Bolts 3-2 in the fourth inning, but the game on Thursday was suspended after heavy rains moved through the Neil Seales Sports Complex.

The game will resume from where it left off at if a date can be matched up later this season.