Zeeland East Athletics
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Boys Varsity Baseball
Game Summaries & Headlines.
2.0 years ago @ 9:43PM
- Game Date
- May 19, 2022
- Score
- : 5
ZEELAND WEST HIGH SCHOOL: 4
Zeeland East finished a continuation game against Zeeland West on Thursday, defeating the Dux on an 11th inning walk off hit by pitch to win 5-4.
Trevor Raade records the win for Zeeland East. Raade took the mound to begin the 8th inning and held the Dux scoreless through the 11th. In the 4 innings of work, Raade struck out 5 and didn't allow a hit.
Offensively, Max Cochran and Jace Fenlon each had multiple hits in the game. In the 11th inning the Chix took advantage of a Max Salas lead off walk, and a Dux error on a sac bunt on the next play. After Zeeland West intentionally loaded the bases to set up a force, Austin Keur was hit by a pitch for an RBI to win the game.
In game 3 of the series, Zeeland West won on a walk-off passed ball in the bottom of the 8th inning to win by a score of 6-5.
Raade continued his work on the mound pitching 3 scoreless innings before Zeeland West finally struck for 2 runs in the 4th innings. Jake Meyering and Nick Williams pitched in relief for Zeeland East. Brenston Brown, Austin Keur and Max Cochran each had two hits in the game for Zeeland East. Max Cochran had a solo home-run in the 4th inning to give the Chix and early 2-0 lead.
Zeeland West bounced back and scored 3 runs in the 4th inning and two more in the 6th to take a 5-2 lead into the top of the 7th. Zeeland East responded with doubles by Austin Keur and Charlie Lacny to tie the game at 5. In the bottom of the 8th inning Zeeland West loaded the bases on a single and two walks with two outs before a wild pitch allowed the winning run to score.
Zeeland East moves to 18-9 on the season and travel to West Ottawa on Friday for a double-header.