By Becky Walz,
Six errors were too many for the Decorah baseball team (10-4, 7-3 NEIC) to overcome against the league leader Waverly-Shell Rock (10-6, 8-2 NEIC) Friday night on Olejniczak field in a conference doubleheader.
“Not many things went well in this game and this was the direct result of us not rising quickly enough to the level of play of our opponent who simply played better. We need to exhibit more resiliency as individuals and as a team when facing challenges,” said Coach Adam Riley.
In game one, the visiting Go-Hawks took a 4-0 lead after their first two at-bats. Cade Olson got one back for the Vikes in the second on a single, a walk, sac bunt and a pass ball. Decorah put up its second run in the third, but the Viking threat was silenced from there on as W-SR got the win, 7-2.
Decorah pounded out seven hits with two coming from Olson. In the scorebook with one apiece were Alstad, Caleb Meyer, Fisher Tweten, Brickley and Mason Avila.
W-SR took command of the nightcap with five runs in the first inning and padded its lead with two in the second. Scratching back, the Vikes put up one in the second, three in the third and three in the sixth but it wasn’t enough for the win as Decorah dropped game two, 9-7.
At the plate, the Vikes had five hits including Brayden Hartl with a double and single, while Alstad had a double and drove in two runs. Holthaus was credited with a pair of singles.
Monday, Decorah was at Charles City and will be at Cedar Falls Tuesday, June 13, for JV/varsity action at 5 p.m.
W-SR 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 7 8 2
Dec 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 4
Kaden Alstad (LP) – 5IP, 6R, 5H, 1BB, 6K; Cash Riehle (RP) – 2IP, 1R, 3H
1B – Cade Olson 2; Alstad 1; Caleb Meyer 1; Fisher Tweten 1; Casey Brickley 1; Mason Avila 1; RBI – Olson 1; SB – Ethan Holthaus 1; Avila 1; Garrett Waskow 1
W-SR 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 9 10 2
Dec 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 7 5 2
Landon Kuennen (LP) – 2IP, 7R, 6H, 2BB, 4K; Holthaus (RP) – 1IP, 1R, 1H, 2K; Riehle (RP) – 4IP, 1R, 3H, 2BB, 3K
2B – Brayden Hartl 1; Alstad 1; 1B – Holthaus 2; Hartl 1; RBI – Alstad 2; Brickley 2; Hartl 1; Meyer 1; Tweten 1; SB – Holthaus 1
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