Zeeland East varsity baseball traveled to Hudsonville on Saturday for the Eagle Invite tournament.  In game 1 Zeeland East was matched up with Richland Gull Lake, while Hudsonville battled South Christian.

Zeeland East defeated Gull Lake by a score of 9-2 behind a stellar pitching performance by Noah DeWitt and Evan Owens.  Noah DeWitt pitched 4 and 2/3 innings in the win, allowing two runs while scattering 5 hits and striking out 5 batters.  Evan Owens pitched a perfect 2 and 1/3 in relief, reitring 7 straight batters to seal the victory.

Offensively, Austin Keur, Aidan Jaworowski and Trevor Raade each had two hits in the game.  Easton Remick and Chris Seay each added doubles and RBI's.  Charlie Lacny also added 3 RBI.

In the other game, Hudsonville defeated South Christian by a score of 6-0.

In the Championship, Zeeland East suffered their first loss of the season, snapping a school record 16 game winning streak.  The Eagles won on a walk-off in the bottom of the 7th by a score of 2-1.

Zeeland East was leading 1-0 into the 6th inning behind a stellar pitching performance by Gavin Drooger.  Drooger hurled 5 scorelesss innings scattering 4 hits and striking out 4 in the no-decision.  Connor Tietema takes the loss in relief allowing 1 run in the 6th and the walk-off winner in the 7th.

Offensively, Charlie Lacny had 2 hits in the game, but the Chix left too many runners on base and couldn't capitalize.

Zeeland East moves to 16-1 on the year and looks to bounce back on Tuesday with a conference double-header at Muskegon Reeths Puffer.