C-M baseball falls to pair of SICL foes

BROOKLYN — Kyle Wood had two hits, Alex Teed drew two walks and Wyatt Jay was on base two times, but the Colfax-Mingo baseball team fell behind early and never recovered during a 13-3 loss to BGM on Wednesday.

The Tigerhawks trailed 4-0 after one inning, 5-0 after two and the Bears plated six in the third to go up 11-0. C-M scored all three of its runs in the fifth, but BGM secured the run-rule victory with two runs in the bottom half of the frame.

“We’re hitting a reset,” Colfax-Mingo head baseball coach Joss Teed said. “It’s going to be an open tryout for positions. It’s not acceptable to get run-ruled every game. I don’t want that to be the culture here. We’re going to fix some things hopefully.”

The Bears out-hit the Tigerhawks 11-5, and Colfax-Mingo (1-9, 1-8 in the conference) was plagued by six errors in the South Iowa Cedar League game.

Wood produced one RBI and one steal to go with his two hits and Teed finished with one hit, one run, two walks and three steals.

Wood is batting a team-best .417 and has a team-most five steals and Teed is tied with Jay with seven steals.

Jay totaled one hit and one walk, Ayden Sloan tallied one hit and one run and Jadyn Patten walked once and scored one run.

Jace Lewis (0-2) took the pitching loss after allowing eight runs — seven earned — on five hits and four walks in two innings.

Sloan tossed two innings and surrendered three earned runs on five hits, one walk and two hit batters with one strikeout.

Parker Metzger gave up two earned runs on two hits, two walks and one hit batter and did not record an out.

Tucker Wright led BGM (7-5, 6-2) with two hits, three runs and four steals and Cael Coburn finished with three hits and four RBIs.

Belle Plaine 12, Colfax-Mingo 0

COLFAX — The Plainsmen scored four runs in the first inning and ended the game early with a seven-run fifth during a 12-0 road win over the Tigerhawks on Monday.

Belle Plaine’s third straight win over Colfax-Mingo included a 7-2 advantage in hits, and the Tigerhawks committed six errors in the SICL contest.

“We’re youthful, but we’re not helping our pitchers at all with errors and not scoring runs,” Coach Teed said. “They always want to hit more, but they also have to work on defensive skills. It’s not just about hitting.”

Teed had one hit and walked once, Chase Trotter got the other hit and Sloan, Jay and Lewis all drew one walk. Metzger also was hit by a pitch.

Jay (1-2) took the pitching loss after surrendering four runs — two earned — on four hits and one walk in two innings. He struck out four.

Camden Cunningham surrendered five runs but none of them were earned. He allowed one hit and walked three while striking out five in 2 2/3 innings.

Patten got one out but not before surrendering three unearned runs, two hits and one walk.

Ty Alcott led Belle Plaine (4-5, 4-4) with two hits, two runs and four RBIs.

He also tossed a five-inning shutout on the mound, surrendering two hits and four walks while fanning nine.

“The main thing is, we’re young. So there is hope,” Coach Teed said. “We have some guys who are athletes and not necessarily baseball guys. It doesn’t help though when we get down 7-0 and the kids get dejected and can see the loss coming. That’s not helping anything. They are giving up before it’s over.”

Collins-Maxwell 15, Colfax-Mingo 5

COLLINS — Another early hole was too much to dig out of it during a 15-5 non-conference road loss to Collins-Maxwell on Friday.

The Tigerhawks trailed 7-0 after two, and the Spartans added four in the fourth and four in the sixth to end the game early.

Colfax-Mingo, which was limited to four hits, scored three in the third and two in the sixth and was plagued by two errors.

“It’s more of an attitude right now,” Coach Teed said. “They’re not taking responsibility for striking out or making an error. They are looking for excuses. We need to get some attitudes straight and if they are going to play, you have to do more than one thing right.

“Our answers can’t be at least I got a hit or at least I didn’t make any errors.”

Wood had two of C-M’s four hits and added one run and two steals. Trotter totaled one hit, one run, one walk and two steals, Teed posted one hit, one run and one walk and Sloan walked once, had one RBI and swiped one base.

Trotter has a team-best six runs and a team-high nine total bases this summer.

Patten walked twice, scored one run and stole one base, Lewis walked twice, Wyatt Carpenter had one walk and one RBI, Fisher Grove scored one run and stole one base and Jay totaled one RBI.

Cunningham (0-4) started on the mound and took the loss. He allowed eight runs — four earned — on seven hits, three walks and one hit batter and fanned four in three innings.

Patten pitched 1 2/3 innings and gave up four runs — none earned — on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

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

Trotter allowed three unearned runs on one walk and one hit batter, but he did record an out.

Josef Dvorak led Collins-Maxwell (5-7) with four hits, one home run, three runs and four RBIs.

He also tossed four innings on the mound, gave up one earned run and fanned seven while walking five and earned the pitching win.

C-M, Baxter suspended due to rain

BAXTER — The Tigerhawks 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.