Newton baseball falls 6-1 twice to Oskaloosa

Skyler Milheiser tripled in the opener and doubled in the nightcap from the left side of the plate, but the Newton baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader against Oskaloosa on Friday night.

The Indians scored the season sweep over the Cardinals following a pair of 6-1 wins in Little Hawkeye Conference action at H.A. Lynn Baseball Field.

Oskaloosa scored two runs in the first inning of both games and never trailed.

The Cardinals answered the Indians’ two runs with their only run of the opener in the second inning. Milheiser tripled and his courtesy runner, Ian White, scored on Kreytein Wickliffe’s sacrifice fly.

It was the team’s only hit of the game though, and they were plagued by two errors.

Derek Wermager was hit by a pitch in the second inning. He stole second but was thrown out trying to score on a foul out down the right field line.

Wermager was ejected on the play as the home plate umpire determined he was “malicious” in his effort to score. The ejection also made him unavailable for Game 2.

Cade Bauer started on the mound and took the loss after allowing six runs — four earned — on eight hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Dakota Winkleman allowed no runs and one hit and he fanned two in his 2 1/3 innings of relief.

The Indians, who completed the season sweep of the Cardinals, scored twice in the first and fifth and once each in the third and fourth. They finished with nine hits.

Oskaloosa is 27-21 against Newton since 2009. The Indians are 6-1 in the last seven games of the series.

Caden Johnson (2-0) threw a seven-inning gem to get the pitching win. He allowed one hit and one earned run on 74 pitches and lowered his earned run average to .58.

Johnson, Trey Parks and Tyler Edgar all had two hits, Jake North and Maddux Ashman each drove in two runs and Cael Ashman scored two runs.

Newton (4-17, 2-12 in the LHC) fell behind 2-0 in the first inning of the nightcap, and Oskaloosa added three in the second and one in the third to go up 6-0.

The Indians (13-9, 7-7) out-hit the Cardinals 10-4, and Newton committed two errors.

Milheiser doubled, Winkleman had one hit and one RBI and Josh Lampe scored Newton’s only run in the bottom of the seventh.

Landry Rausch added one hit and two steals, Lane Rozendaal collected one hit and Creighton Andrew walked once.

Andrew also took the pitching loss after surrendering six runs — three earned — on seven hits, four walks and one hit batter in three innings. He fanned one.

Gabe Otto tossed 3 2/3 innings of relief and allowed no runs and three hits while striking out five. Rausch got one out and did not give up a run or a hit.

Jaden DeRonde (2-3) allowed one earned run on four hits and fanned seven in seven innings to lead Oskaloosa. He needed 90 pitches and lowered his ERA to 1.78.

Maddux Ashman scored two runs, Tate Peterson chipped in two RBIs and Jake North walked twice.

Pella 10, Newton 4

PELLA — The Cardinals scored first and led 3-0, but the Class 3A No. 2 Dutch rally for a 10-4 home win during LHC action on Thursday.

Pella and Newton were supposed to play their final game of the season series on Wednesday, but rain pushed it back a day.

The Little Dutch out-hit the Cardinals 13-9, but there were 13 total errors in the contest.

Newton’s eight errors gave Pella just four earned runs and only one of the Cardinals’ four runs was earned thanks to five Dutch errors.

Newton led 1-0 after one and pushed the margin to 3-0 with two runs in the top of the second.

Pella answered with one run in the second, third and fourth to tie the game and then used a four-run fifth and a three-run sixth to pull away.

The Cardinals scored once in the top of the sixth, but it wasn’t enough.

Bauer had two hits, two runs, one RBI and one steal to lead the Cardinals. Andrew tallied two hits, Otto doubled and had one RBI and Milheiser totaled one hit and one walk.

Mason Mendez chipped in one hit, one run and one steal, Wermager and White finished with one hit and Winkleman registered one RBI and was hit by a pitch. Rausch walked once and scored one run.

It was the first career varsity hit for White.

Carter Lehrman pitched the first five innings and took the loss after surrendering seven runs — one earned — on 10 hits and one hit batter.

Drew Bauer got two outs but not before giving up three earned runs on three hits, one walk and one hit batter. He fanned one.

Wermager got one out, walked one and struck out one.

Pella is 34-17 against Newton since 2009. The Little Dutch have won 13 straight in the series.

Samuel Carlson led Pella (18-5, 11-4) with three hits and two RBIs, while Lake Cowman, Isaiah Kettler, Lincoln Kocour and Lucas Jablonski all registered two hits.