Squires Take Two From Dekalb

The Manchester baseball team took a double header from Dekalb Saturday.

Manchester won game one 3-2.

The Squires hosted the Dekalb Barons today for a double header. It was a beautiful day to play two games. The Squires were led at the plate by Ethan Heandrix and Payton Jones. Both were 2-2. Hendrix scored 2 runs and had a stolen base. Jones had an RBI and two stolen bases.

Other offensive stats included the following:

Dallas Martin 1-2 with a run scored and RBI

Garrett Sites 1-4 with a double

Gavin Martin threw a complete game. He had 5 Ks and picked up the win.

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The Squires took game two 11-4

The Squires took the momentum from game one into game two. The Squires jumped out to a 4-0 lead but the Barons cut the lead to one with a big 3rd inning that resulted in 3 runs. However, the Barons were held to 1 run over the final 4 innings. Davin Hendrix started game two on the mound. Davin gave up 3 earned runs over 4 1/3 innings. Hendrix collected 2 Ks. Evan Martynowicz came in, in relief with the game tied. Marty threw 2 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball. Marty had 4 Ks. The offense exploded for the Squires in the bottom of the 5th and 6th to give them a 7 run lead. Marty picked up the win.

Gavin Martin led the Squires offensively by going 3-4 with two doubles, a homerun, 4 RBIs, and 2 runs scored.

Other offensive stats included the following:

Harper Sturtsman 2-3 with one run scored

Ethan Hendrix 1-4 with 2 runs scored

Payton Jones 1-3 with one RBI and a run scored

Dallas Martin 1-2 with an RBI and one run scored

Evan Martynowicz was 1-4

Garrett Sites was 1-3 with a double, one RBI, and1 run scored

Cale Bennett had an RBI

Cody Carroll scored one run

Reiss Gaerte had an RBI and run scored

Brady Miller scored a run.

The Squires are now 15-4-1 on the season. The team will resume conference play on Monday as they host Whitko.