The Sisseton-Britton-Webster (SBW) high school baseball team exploded for 27 runs on the way to a 15-2, 12-2 doubleheader sweep at Miller on Sunday and boosted its season mark to 4-0.
Coach Mark Nelson’s crew will host Groton for a twin bill today (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m. in the only scheduled action on the Britton field this season. Next Wednesday the Mallards will host Clark for two starting at 5:30 p.m. in Sisseton.
“Once again, I thought our pitchers did a great job attacking the strike zone and pitching with the lead,” noted Nelson. “We also did a great job of winning the first inning in the first game and setting the tone for the rest of the game. The second game we started slow, but the kids responded late with some offense.”
Ben Suther, who went 3-5 at the plate to lead a 15-hit onslaught in the opener, ripped a three-run triple to spark a five-run first inning. The Mallards led 8-2 after five innings and then ended the game on the 10-run rule with a seven-run sixth.
Colton Chapin added a triple and single, Dylan Redler and Max Dahlen both doubled and singled and had a pair of RBI’s apiece, Rylan Anderson and Carter Stickland each laced a pair of safeties, and Mitchell Burger and Levi Nelson both singled. SBW stole five bases, led by Stickland’s two, and played errorless ball in the field.
Suther started on the mound and allowed three hits and a run in 2.1 innings, retiring all seven batters on strikeouts, to earn the pitching victory. Anderson came on in relief and gave up just one hit and a run in 3.2 frames, striking out six.
In game two the two squads locked up in a pitching duel for three innings. Miller broke the scoreless tie with a run in the top of the fourth but SBW erupted with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth and five more in the fifth to earn the sweep on the 10-run rule. Doubles from Kaden Mills and Will Richter and an Anderson single fueled the game-turning fourth inning rally.
Richter doubled and singled and knocked in a pair of runs to head the SBW nine-hit attack. Suther continued with his hot bat and slammed a two-run homer, Kaden Mills doubled, and Stickland, Anderson, Redler, Chapin, and Jack Teveldal each singled.
LJ Crooks went 3.1 innings and fanned four. Mills pitched 1.2 innings of relief and earned the pitching win, striking out two.
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