By Becky Walz,
On the base paths, Ben Wymer is tied on the Viking baseball team for the most stolen bases with 10. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The trial by fire continued this week for the Decorah baseball team (14-9, 10-6 NEIC) as the Vikes dropped a conference doubleheader to Waverly-Shell Rock (14-8, 12-4 NEIC) on the road Tuesday night, 14-1 and 9-8.
“We were pleased with the competitive effort put forward in game two of this doubleheader after an extremely disappointing game one. In order to win contested conference games, teams must play great defense and pitch well. We simply did not do that,” said Coach Adam Riley.
Decorah was able to get a mere five batters on base in game one with Kaden Alstad scoring the lone run in the fourth inning for the Vikes. In all, Decorah had five hits including an RBI double by Caleb Meyer. Also tagging the ball were Brayden Hartl, Alstad, Fisher Tweten and Ben Wymer. On the hill it was Tweten, Landon Kuennen and Cade Olson combining for four innings of work.
In game two, the Vikes got the bats working early with Alstad collecting a triple to score Hartl. A bunt single by Ethan Holthaus scored Decorah’s second run of the first inning. However, the Go-Hawks responded with three in the bottom of the same frame to take the lead. Decorah evened the score in the second, only to see the home team score one as well. The Vikes continued to work in the batter’s box scoring two in the third and two in the fourth, holding an 8-5 lead into the bottom of the sixth. It was there that W-SR did the damage with four runs. It would prove to be just enough to take down Decorah who left the tying run on third in the seventh.
Holthaus and Alstad combined for six innings on the mound. The Vikes collected 11 hits with Meyer going 3-for-4. Wymer rapped out two hits including a double and drove in three.
Decorah was at Independence Wednesday and will host Clear Lake Thursday, June 22, at 7 p.m. The Vikes will host Waukon Friday, June 23, at 5 p.m., with a tribute to North Winn baseball. The Vikes will be wearing replica North Winn uniforms. The public is offering free admission to any individual who attended North Winn. It’s a NEIC doubleheader Monday, June 26, against New Hampton with the first pitch at 5 p.m.
Dec 0 0 0 1 0 x x 1 5 3
W-SR 1 8 4 1 x x x 14 8 0
Fisher Tweten (LP) – 1IP, 9R, 7H, 1BB, 2K; Landon Kuennen (RP) – 2IP, 4R, 1H, 2BB, 1K; Cade Olson (RP) – 1IP, 1R, 1BB, 1K
2B – Caleb Meyer 1; 1B – Brayden Hartl 1; Kaden Alstad 1; Tweten 1; Ben Wymer 1; RBI – Meyer 1
Dec 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 8 11 3
W-SR 3 1 0 0 1 4 x 9 9 1
Ethan Holthaus (LP) – 2IP, 5R, 7H, 1BB, 3K; Alstad (SP) – 4IP, 4R, 6H, 3BB, 2K
3B – Alstad 1; 2B – Wymer 1; 1B – Meyer 3; Holthaus 2; Casey Brickley 1; Tweten 1; Olson 1; Wymer 1; RBI – Wymer 3; Alstad 2; Brickley 1; Holthaus 1; Mason Avila 1; SB – Olson 1; Avila 1
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