Britton U12 baseball squad got on the winning track with a rain-shortened 13-2 win over Sisseton on Thursday.
Britton 13
Sisseton 2
Britton came up with 14 hits and scored in each of the four innings against Sisseton.
Corwyn Eye had three hits and two RBI’s, Hezekiah O’Brien tripled and singled, Wynn Mattson doubled and singled, Colton Biel and Archer Easthouse laced two singles each, and Crue Jones, Mark Folkman, and Weston Hastings singled. Easthouse was the winning pitcher with six strikeouts.
Roslyn 14-25
Britton 1-1
Roslyn used a 10-run fifth inning to break open a 4-1 game in the opener and exploded for 16 runs in the third inning of the nightcap in a Monday doubleheader.
Jones, Eye, Mattson, and O’Brien each singled in the opener. In game two Easthouse managed Britton’s only hit.
Groton 15-7
Britton 3-6
Groton put together two six-run innings on the way to its big opening win and broke a 6-6 tie with a counter in the fourth inning to earn the sweep last week Tuesday.
O’Brien singled twice and had two RBI’s, Jones and Eye both doubled, and Easthouse, Mattson, and Reeve Knecht singled in game one. In the nightcap Eye doubled and singled and had two RBI’s, and Jones, Biel, O’Brien, and Easthouse singled.
Groton 15
Britton 5
Groton scored in all but one inning, including a seven-run third, for the win on June 6.
O’Brien tripled and knocked in three runs, and Biel, Eye, Knecht, Folkman, and Mattson singled.
Roslyn 16-3
Britton 4-1
Roslyn led 7-2 in the opener and took charge with a nine-run fourth and then made a three-run first inning rally stand up to earn the sweep.
Biel and Knecht each rapped a pair of singles and Jones, Elias Leonard, Easthouse, Eye, and Folkman added base hits in game one. Easthouse had four strikeouts in two innings of work. In game two Eye had a pair of singles and Jones and Hastings each singled.
Sisseton Tourney
Roslyn 10
Britton 3
Roslyn scored in each inning to roll past Britton in the opening round of the Sisseton tournament.
Eye and O’Brien each had two singles, and Jones, EAsthouse, and Mattson added safeties. Folkman started on the mound and struck out six in three innings.
Sisseton 9
Britton 5
Sisseton scored three times in the fourth to take control of a tight 6-5 contest.
Biel doubled and singled and Jones and O’Brien had base hits.
Groton 14
Britton 6
Groton broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in both the third and fourth innings and then exploded for eight tallies in the fifth to decide the contest at Sisseton.
O’Brien doubled and singled and had two RBI’s, Eye and Easthouse both singled twice, and Jones had a base hit to lead the Britton attack. Easthouse started on the mound and fanned four in three innings.
