The Britton Lumberjacks varsity baseball team picked up four wins in the past week while the junior varsity squad added a pair of victories.
The Jacks varsity nine split a twin bill with Webster on Monday, blanking the visitors 10-0 in the opener but falling 2-1 in the nightcap. and edged Irene 4-3 and fell to Freeman 10-1 in games played in Menno on Saturday. Friday the local nine derailed Emery 10-1 and last week Tuesday throttled Frederick 13-2.
At Menno the junior varsity unit nipped Irene 6-5 and stopped Freeman 8-5 on Saturday and fell to Emery 8-3 on Friday.
Britton Varsity 10-1
Webster 0-2
Britton broke open a 2-0 contest with an eight-run third inning and Kaden Mills limited Webster to a single hit in pitching the shutout.
Mitchell Burger laced a pair of singles and knocked in two runs and Ben Suther added a pair of safties. Will Richter, Dylan Redler, and Jack Teveldal eaach singled.
In game two Webster erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the second frame and neithjer team was able to push across another run.
Burger took the pitching loss, striking out seven in four innings. Webster’s A. Mount fanned 14 and didn’t give up a walk. The Jacks out-hit the visitors 4-2 with Max Suther ripping a double and Ben Suther, Kaden Mills, and Chaz Vietor lacing singles.
Webster 000 0 - 0 1 9
Britton 208 x - 10 7 1
S. Schmieg and D. Rasmus; Kaden Mills and Colton Chapin
Webster 020 000 - 2 2 1
Britton 100 000 - 1 4 1
A. Mount and S. Schmieg; Mitchell Burger, Colton Chapin (5) and Ben Suther
Britton Varsity 4
Irene 3
Britton broke a 2-2 deadlock with two runs in the third inning and then weathered an Irene rally in the final frame for the win.
Redler doubled and singled to lead the Jacks seven-hit attack. Ben Suther added a pair of singles and Richter, Vietor, and Drew Heitmann laced safeties. Suther pitched six and two-thirds innings, allowing just three hits and striking out 11. Mills got the final out for the save.
Irene 020 000 1 – 3 3 3
Britton 112 000 x – 4 7 1
C. Wherry, J. Gustad (4) and E. Jorgensen; Ben Suther, Kaden Mills (7) and Drew Heitmann
Freeman Varsity 10
Britton 1
Freeman scored in all but one inning on the way to its win.
Ben Suther rapped a pair of base hits and Richter, Redler, and Nathan Folkman added singles for the Jacks. Lincoln Kilker started on the mound and absorbed the loss. Freeman’s Tschetter fanned 10.
Britton 100 000 – 1 5 2
Freeman 321 301 – 10 13 3
Lincoln Kilker, Dylan Redler (3), Emmett Symens (5) and Colton Chapin; E. Tschetter and R. Keppen
Britton Varsity 10
Emery 1
The Jacks put together a pair of three-run rallies to go with a couple of two-run outbursts to roll past Emery despite being out-hit 4-2.
Kilker and Ben Suther both doubled and Kilker collected two RBI’s. The Jacks benefitted from 13 walks and four Emery errors. Vietor was the winning pitcher, hurling six innings with seven strikeouts and Mills earned the save.
Britton 200 303 2 – 10 2 1
Emery 000 001 0 – 1 4 4
Chaz Vietor, Kaden Mills (7) and Colton Chapin; B. Koch, B. Jager (5), M. Uptagrafft (7) and Jager
Britton Varsity 13
Frederick 2
Britton took charge with a five-run third inning and added eight more runs in the final three frames.
Richter doubled and singled, Redler and Teveldal added two-baggers, Burger singled twice, and Ben Suther, Chapin, Folkman, and Mills had singles. Starting pitcher Chapin, Redler, and Mills combined for 11 strikeouts with Redler getting the win, fanning five in three innings of relief.
Britton 005 031 4 – 13 10 2
Frederick 000 000 2 – 2 5 3
Colton Chapin, Dylan Redler (3), Kaden Mills (6) and Ben Suther; B. Heuer, N. Heuer (6) and J. Bender
Britton JV 6
Irene 5
Britton erased a 5-3 deficit with two runs in the fifth and then added another tally in the final sixth inning for the narrow win.
Joseph O’Brien tripled and knocked in a pair of runs to lead the young Jacks. Luke Bosse also tripled and Max Suther, Blayden Downs, Benjamin O’Brien, and Brady Heitkamp singled. Bosse picked up the pitching win with two innings of relief, while starting pitcher Liam Peters struck out eight.
Britton 111 021 – 6 7 2
Irene 131 000 – 5 8 4
Liam Peters, Luke Bosse (5) and Bosse; E. Richard, A. Van Hull (6) and A. Stevens
Britton JV 8
Freeman 5
Britton broke open a 3-2 ballgame with a five-run outburst in the fourth innings to take control.
Max Suther tripled, singled, and knocked in a run, Drew Heitmann doubled and singled and had two RBI’s, and Liam Peters singled twice and collected two RBI’s to lead the Jacks. Bosse and Corbin Dawson added safeties. Suther picked up the pitching win, throwing five innings and striking out nine and Isaac Richter struck out the side in an inning of relief.
Britton 300 500 – 8 8 2
Freeman 101 120 – 5 6 0
Max Suther, Isaac Richter (6) and Drew Heitmann; D. Hough, C. Pietz (5) and A. Sykora
Emery JV 8
Britton 3
Britton cut a 5-0 Emery lead to 5-3 with three runs in the sixth but Emery answered with three of its own in the bottom of the sixth for the win.
Suther homered and singled and knocked in three runs and Dawson, Mills, and Heitmann singled for the local nine. Heitmann took the pitching loss, fanning four in three innings.
Britton 000 003 0 – 3 5 2
Emery 201 023 x – 8 10 2
Drew Heitmann, Isaac Richter (4), Benjamin O’Brien (5), Levi Mills (6) and Luke Bosse; E. Johnson, C. Bartscher (6) and Bartscher
