For the first time this season the Britton U14 baseball team had a losing week, dropping three of four contests and falling to 15-5 on the season.
The Aberdeen Smittys swept the local nine 12-2 and 9-2 on Monday and Britton split with Sisseton last week Wednesday, taking the opener 6-4 and losing the second game 6-3.
This week Britton hosts Webster tonight (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m. and travels to Groton on Monday for a 5:30 p.m. start.
Britton 6-3
Sisseton 4-6
Britton split a closely-contested doubleheader with Sisseton, erasing a 4-0 deficit to win game one and dropping an extra inning affair in the nightcap.
Sisseton led 4-0 in the top of the second inning in game one before the local nine scored twice in the bottom of the second, once in the third and three times in the fourth while blanking Sisseton in the final three frames. Max Suther tripled and singled and knocked in a pair of runs to lead Britton’s five-hit attack. Bowen Micko added a double and single and two RBI’s, and Chaz Vietor singled. Suther also earned the pitching win in relief, fanning five in two and a third innings and not allowing a hit. Liam Peters also pitched a perfect inning of relief.
In game two each club scored a run in the third before Sisseton took a 3-1 lead after four. Britton knotted the contest with two tallies in the bottom of the fifth to force an extra inning when the visitors pushed across three runs for the final margin. Vietor, Suther, Jacob Folkman, and Luke Bosse each singled. Micko started on the mound and went five innings, fanning eight, while Bosse was tagged with the loss in relief.
Sisseton 130 00 – 4 4 2
Britton 021 3x – 6 5 1
A. Stickland, Sine (4) and Anderson; Maverick Strong, Max Suther (2), Liam Peters (5) and Drew Heitmann
Sisseton 001 203 – 6 7 1
Britton 001 020 – 3 4 2
Anderson, A. Stickland (5) and Sine; Bowen Micko, Luke Bosse (6) and Max Suther
Aberdeen 12-9
Britton 2-2
Aberdeen used some big innings to earn the sweep.
Britton trailed just 3-2 in the top of the fourth inning of the first game but the Smittys pushed across five runs in the bottom of the frame and added four more in the sixth. Chaz Vietor and Jack Teveldal both doubled and singled, and Bowen Micko added a base hit.
In game two Britton drew first blood with a run in the opening inning, but Aberdeen answered with another five-run rally and boosted that to 9-1 with a run in the second and three more in the third. Liam Peters, Teveldal, Max Suther, and Luke Bosse each singled.
Britton 100 100 – 2 5 3
Aberdeen 030 504 – 12 10 1
Chaz Vietor, Liam Peters (6) and Drew Heitmann; Hericks andHanigan
Britton 100 01 - 2 4 3
Aberdeen 513 0x - 9 6 1
Drew Heitmann, Bowen Micko (4) and Luke Bosse; Rivera, Arnott (4) and Shoultz
