Outside The County-Peru
Results from Peru for Wednesday, May 1st
Tigers scalp the Apaches 16-6 for 8th straight win.
Peru hosted Wabash last night in a TRC contest looking to stay atop the conference standings.
Ian Potts was the starting Tiger hurler and managed to get through a funky 1st inning in which he gave up a single to the lead-off batter, who stole 2nd base. Then in the process of stealing 3rd, Catcher Lucas Musser tripped over the leg of the umpire resulting in a dead ball umpire’s interference call putting the runner back on 2nd. He was then caught in a run down for the first out of the game at 3rd base. The next batter walked. The 3rd batter of the inning struck out swinging and then was ruled to have interfered with a throw to 2nd base resulting in a batter’s interference call to end the inning.
The Tigers’ offense busted things open early with the first 8 batters reaching safely. Gavin Eldridge lead-off with a double. Ian Potts reached on an error by the Wabash shortstop, allowing Eldridge to advance to 3rd. Reis Bellar doubled to left scoring both Eldridge and Potts. Jaxson Manriquez singled to center to knock in Bellar. Matthew Roettger singled, Jackson Rogers walked to load the bases, and Bryce Hill then drew a walk scoring Manriquez. Lucas Musser doubled to center scoring both Roettger and Rogers. Hill came home to score on a wild pitch. Eldridge grounded out to 2nd but drove in Tel Smith who was running for Lucas Musser giving the Tigers an 8-0 advantage after 1 inning of play.
Potts only needed 14 pitches for a 3 up 3 down top of the 2nd. Peru then took advantage of Wabash’s miscues in their half of the inning. Bellar grounded out to 2nd. Manriquez reached on an error and stole 2nd, Roettger was hit by the pitch, and Rogers reached on an error to load the bases. Hill reached on the 3rd error of the inning driving in Manriquez. Musser drove in Roettger on a sacrifice fly to right field. Fox Huppenthal joined in with a double driving in Rogers. Hill tacked on the last Tiger tally scoring on a wild pitch. The Tigers led 12-0 after 2 innings.
3 errors and a couple of walks led to Wabash getting on the board for 3 runs in the top of the 3rd. The Tigers responded and got 2 of those back in the bottom half. Potts led off with a walk. Manriquez doubled to deep left, scoring Potts. Roettger reached on an infield single scoring Manriquez. Tigers led 14-3 after 3 innings.
Both teams went quietly in the 4th inning with each getting a lone base hit.
An error, a walk, 3 singles, and a sac fly led to Wabash adding 3 runs in the top of the 5th, setting the stage for a second straight walk-off game, with this one not quite the nail-biter that the evening before was. Potts flew out to right. Bellar smoked a line drive double to right. Manriquez struck out. Roettger ambushed the first pitch he saw in his at-bat with a rocket to left field that cleared the fence for a walk-off 2-run shot to put the Tigers up 16-6 to enact the mercy rule of 10 runs after 4.5 innings(if the home team is ahead by 10, 5 innings if it is visiting team).
Potts picked up the win pitching a complete game. He went 5 innings giving up 6 runs(1 earned) on 5 hits, walked 4 batters, and struck out 6.
The Tigers were led offensively by Eldridge, Huppenthal, Manriquez, Musser, Roettger, and Bellar who all had extra-base hits. Bellar with 2 doubles and Roettger with a home run. Musser(3), Roettger(3), Bellar(2), Manriquez(2), Hill(2) all with multiple RBIs.
The win improves the Tigers record to 10-(5-0 TRC) on the season. They are back in action tonight at Pioneer at 6 pm and host Argos at home on Friday night(weather permitting) for Senior Night at 6 pm.
