Britton’s U17 baseball team came out on the short end of three hard-fought games in the Bring the Heat Classic held in Britton Saturday and Sunday and split a twin bill at Groton on Thursday.
Platte came up with a no-hitter as the local nine dropped a 5-0 decision in the Classic opener Saturday, Milbank scored two in the final inning to post a 5-4 decision on Sunday, and the Classic champion Aberdeen Smittys exploded for five runs in the final frame to win 10-5 in the Sunday finale. On Thursday Groton took the opener 10-3 but Britton rebounded with a 13-3 decision in the nightcap.
This week Britton, now 8-7 for the season, travels to Milbank on Tuesday.
Platte 5
Britton 0
Platte scored the only run it needed in the first inning and K. Kuiper did not allow a hit and struck out eight.
Britton’s Ben Suther also went the distance on the mound and fanned eight batters.
Platte 112 100 – 5 7 0
Britton 000 000 – 0 0 1
K. Kuiper and A. Kott; Ben Suther and Colton Chapin
Milbank 5
Britton 4
Milbank broke a 0-0 deadlock in the fifth inning with three runs. Britton answered with four in its half of the inning but Milbank came back with two in the sixth and blanked the locals in the bottom of the frame for the win.
Mitchell Burger, Bryce Hawkinson, Dylan Redler, and Lofton Heer each singled for Britton. Burger went four and two-thirds of an inning on the mound, fanning nine. Kaden Mills was tagged with the pitching loss in relief.
Milbank 000 032 – 5 8 2
Britton 000 040 – 4 4 2
Kelly and T. Heinje; Mitchell Burger, Emmett Symens (5), Kaden Mills (6) and Colton Chapin
Aberdeen 10
Britton 5
Aberdeen led just 5-4 after four innings but took charge with its five-run explosion in the fifth.
Colton Chapin doubled and singled, Hawkinson laced a pair of safeties, and Burger, Redler, Mills, and Nathan Folkman had singles.
Aberdeen 032 05 – 10 11 2
Britton 101 21 – 5 8 1
G. Beyer, J. Ladner (4) and L. Hoffman; Kaden Mills, Jace Rein (3), Emmett Symens (4), Bryce Hawkinson (5) and Ben Suther
Britton 3-13
Groton 10-3
Groton scored in every inning of the first contest to get the win and Britton jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the second inning of the nightcap to earn the split.
Suther laced a pair of singles, and Will Richter, Heer, Redler, Jace Rein, Chapin, and Lincoln Kilker each added safeties for Britton in the first game. Redler started on the mound and three hurlers combined for nine strikeouts.
In game two Britton took charge early, out-hitting Groton 9-4 and taking advantage of six errors. Hawkinson and Rein each had a pair of singles, Chapin doubled, and Burger, Richter, Symens, and Mills had base hits. Suther picked up the pitching win with three innings of relief from Kilker.
Britton 003 000 0 – 3 8 3
Groton 121 123 x – 10 12 1
Dylan Redler, Emmett Symens (3), Bryce Hawkinson (5) and Colton Chapin; N. Groeblinghoff and L. Krause
Britton 640 03 – 13 9 1
Groton 012 00 – 3 4 6
Ben Suther, Lincoln Kilker (3) and Colton Chapin; E. Kroll, X. Ellenecker (2), J. Bisbee (5) and L. Krause
