By Becky Walz,
Warrior shortstop, Carson Streeter, steps into a throw to first during last week’s home game versus Newman Catholic. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
Keeping the perfect season going in the Upper Iowa Conference, the South Winn baseball team (11-2, 8-0 UIC) shutout Kee Thursday and faced Class 3A Center Point-Urbana on the road Friday in non-conference action.
In New Albin
The Warriors bounced back from a tough Tuesday night loss to Mason City Newman with a big conference win on the road in New Albin on Thursday evening over UIC foe Kee (8-14, 6-2 UIC), 3-0.
In a pitcher’s duel between Warriors senior, Keagen Streeter, and Kee High sophomore, Jordan Cota, it was Streeter that came out with the upper hand. Streeter helped his own cause, driving in two runs in the third inning on a double that plated Carson Wenthold and Carson Streeter. SW picked up its third run with Carson Streeter scoring on a wild pitch in the fifth inning. That proved to be all the runs either team would score in the game.
K. Streeter picked up the win on the mound surrendering just the three hits in 6-1/3 innings of shutout work. He pitched his way around a couple of jams in the first and third inning. Kee High didn’t go down without a fight as they found a way to load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Jamie Kuennen picked up the save striking out a batter and then a big play by Kole Hageman behind the plate to pick off a runner at first base secured the win to end the game.
“We definitely wanted to get back on track and knew it also wouldn’t come easy with the always tough rivalry we have with Kee. We were fortunate to get the couple runs in the third inning from three hits from our first three in the lineup,” said Coach Alex Smith.
SW 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 5 2
Kee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Keagen Streeter (WP) – 6-1/3IP, 3H, 3BB, 8K; Jamie Kuennen (RP) – 2/3IP, 1K
2B – K. Streeter 1; 1B – Carson Wenthold 1; Carson Streeter 1; K. Streeter 1; Kole Hageman 1; RBI – K. Streeter 2
Long drive
The Warriors finished out their week with a non-conference game at Center Point Urbana (9-7).
In a low scoring affair, CPU came up with the one big inning of the evening in the fifth, plating two runs to take the 3-1 lead. South Winn had its opportunities, especially in the first inning when they loaded the bases but couldn’t plate a run.
“We made some uncharacteristic mistakes on the basepaths and couldn’t string together enough quality at bats to score. Our pitchers did a great job battling against a tough lineup and we played solid defense behind them,” said Coach Smith.
Suffering the loss with three innings of work was Carson Streeter. Kuennen and Braiden Todd also climbed the hill in relief.
At the plate, Todd had three of the Warriors’ five hits and the lone RBI. C. Streeter and Kuennen also provided hits.
SW 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0
CPU 1 0 0 0 2 0 x 3 9 0
C. Streeter (LP) – 3IP, 2R, 7H, 2BB, 1K; Kuennen (RP) – 2IP, 1R, 1H, 2BB, 1K; Braiden Todd (RP) – 1IP, 1H
1B – Todd 3; C. Streeter 1; Kuennen 1; RBI – Todd 1
This week
South Winn is at Clayton Ridge-Central Tuesday, June 13, in a JV/varsity doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.
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