Britton’s 10U baseball team opened its season with a bang, sweeping a twin bill from Groton on Thursday and winning three games to earn a tournament title in Sisseton on Saturday.
Coach Brandon Peters’ squad rolled past Groton 8-3 and 8-2 to kick off its summer campaign in Groton. At the Sisseton tourney the local nine walloped Sisseton 24-2 in the opener, rolled past Border West 16-5 in semifinal play, and trounced Milbank 19-7 in the title game.
Britton 19
Milbank 7
Britton scored four runs in both the first and second innings to lead 8-6 and then exploded for 11 runs in the third frame to put the game away.
Three Britton batters collected three hits each. Gage Beck ripped three doubles and collected five RBI’s, Gannon Peters hit a triple, double, and single and knocked in three runs, and Tatum Deutsch doubled twice and singled and had three RBI’s. Oliver Suther was the winning pitcher with relief help from Peters.
Britton 16
Border West 5
Britton jumped out to a 9-1 lead after the first innings and cruised to the win over Border West.
Kandrick Jones doubled and singled and knocked in three runs to lead the local club. Peters and Suther each collected three RBI’s. Deutsch earned the pitching win with relief help from Beck and Isaac O’Brien.
Britton 24
Sisseton 2
Britton scored three runs in each of the first two innings and then stepped on the gas with seven tallies in the third and 11 more in the fourth to derail Sisseton.
Beck went 4-4 at the plate with a double and three singles and had a pair of RBI’s. Deutsch added four safeties and three RBI’s, and Tripp Hagen doubled and collected four RBI’s. Suther and` Jones also picked up three RBI’s each. Deutsch was the winning pitcher and O’Brien hurled two innings of relief. The duo combined for nine strikeouts and did not walk a batter.
Britton 8-8
Groton 3-2
Britton jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three innings and added three insurance tallies in the fifth on the way to a win in the opener. In game two the local nine broke open a close 3-1 contest with five runs in the fourth.
Beck laced a pair of safeties and knocked in a run to lead Britton at the plate in the first contest. Peters, Hagen, Andrew Bolzer, and Zak Kanizar added singles. Deutsch picked up the pitching win, fanning six in two innings. Beck came on in relief and struck out five in two frames.
Peters had two hits and two RBI’s to lead the way in the nightcap. Deutsch, Beck, Suther, Hagen, and Jones added singles. Jones was the winning pitcher with relief help from Peters, Tyler Wurst, and Hagen. The four hurlers combined for 10 strikeouts.
