Members of the Warrior baseball team celebrate following Jamie Kuennen’s (10) walk-off double to give SW a 6-5 win over Kee in game one Monday night. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
By Becky Walz,
Members of the Warrior baseball team celebrate following Jamie Kuennen’s (10) walk-off double to give SW a 6-5 win over Kee in game one Monday night. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
After playing two close games with Kee Monday and coming out victorious, the South Winn baseball team (16-5, 12-0 UIC) suffered its first conference loss to North Fayette Valley Tuesday on the road. The Warriors are just one win away from securing an outright conference title.
Knocking off Kee
It didn’t come easy for the Warriors Monday in Calmar against Kee (11-17, 7-6 UIC).
In game one, it was a pitcher’s duel to the seventh inning when Kee High busted loose for three runs on a home run to take a 5-2 lead heading to the bottom of the seventh. The Warriors didn’t give up and found a way to get the winning run to first base as it took big at-bats by Brody Tieskoetter, Cody Meyer, Carson Streeter and Keagen Streeter to set the stage for a big walk-off win. Jamie Kuennen continued with his strong senior year driving in the winning runs on a two out RBI walk-off double to complete the comeback win. Braiden Todd picked up the complete game win on the mound throwing seven solid innings, striking out six and walking just one batter.
The Warriors and Jamie Kuennen kept the momentum in game two, striking early with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kuennen dominated on the hill, allowing just three hits in the complete game effort and giving up just one run. Parker Timp added a big insurance run with a two-out pinch hit RBI single in the bottom of the sixth. Kuennen closed the door ending with 11 strikeouts and not allowing a walk.
“After a tough three-game stretch for us, it was great to get back on the winning side of things, and it was a lot of fun for our guys to be part of a comeback win and pull that off in game one. I was proud how we stayed the course and found a way to set the stage for that to happen in the bottom of the seventh. Jamie has had an outstanding senior season hitting and on the mound and that proved to hold true again this evening. It was a great team effort defensively on the night and our guys came up with some big at bats when we needed to,” said Coach Alex Smith.
Kee 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 9 2
SW 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 6 7 1
Braiden Todd (WP) – 7IP, 5R, 9H, 1BB, 6K
2B – Carson Wenthold 1; Jamie Kuennen 1; 1B – Keagen Streeter 2; Carson Streeter 1; Brody Tieskoetter 1; Cody Meyer 1; RBI – Kuennen 2; Wenthold 1; K. Streeter 1; SB – K. Streeter 1
Kee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
SW 2 0 0 0 0 1 x 3 5 1
Kuennen (WP) – 7IP, 1R, 3H, 11K
3B – Wenthold 1; 2B – Kuennen 1; 1B – Wenthold 1; K. Streeter 1; Parker Timp 1; RBI – K. Streeter 1; Kuennen 1; Timp 1; SB – Wenthold 1; Kole Hageman 1
Tight game
The Warriors suffered their first conference loss on the season, losing a tight ball game to NFV on Tuesday evening, 5-4.
SW struck early, scoring two runs in the top of the first but NFV responded with three of their own in the bottom of the first. NFV would never relinquish that lead the rest of the game. The Warriors threatened in multiple innings, including the top of the seventh when they had the tying run at third base and go ahead run at second.
Suffering the loss on the hill was Carson Streeter despite striking out nine batters.
The Warriors had 10 hits in the contest with Timp going 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and RBI. K. Streeter and Tieskoetter each had two hits, while Kuennen, Hageman and Kaden Bullerman all had one.
“This was one of those games that truly could have gone either way. We hit some hard balls at them, and to NFV’s credit they made every play but one in the entire game. We left a lot of guys on base and had a few uncharacteristic miscues defensively,” said Coach Smith.
SW 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 10 2
NFV 3 0 0 1 1 0 x 5 9 1
Carson Streeter (LP) – 5-1/3IP, 5R, 9H, 1BB, 9K; Hageman (RP) – 2/3IP, 1H, 2K
2B – Timp 1; 1B – K. Streeter 2; Tieskoetter 2; Kuennen 1; Hageman 1; Timp 1; Kaden Bullerman 1; RBI – Tieskoetter 2; Timp 1; SB – Tieskoetter 1
Games this week
The Warriors travel to Postville Thursday, June 22, for a night of junior varsity and varsity games at 5 p.m., then both squads on are on the road Friday, June 23, to play Sumner-Fredericksburg at 3:30 p.m. On Saturday, June 24, South Winn hosts a tournament with Osage, Kee and Williamsburg beginning at 9:30 a.m. Next week will begin with a varsity twinbill at home against MFL MarMac Monday, June 26, at 5 p.m.
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