Zeeland East Athletics
Home of the CHIX!
Boys Varsity Baseball
Game Summaries & Headlines.
1 year ago @ 9:42PM
- Game Date
- May 9, 2023
- Score
- : 1
MONA SHORES HIGH SCHOOL: 0
The Zeeland East varsity baseball team traveled to Mona Shores on Tuesday for and OK-Green double-header. The Chix came out victorious in both games by scores of 1-0 and 5-0 behind 14 shutout innings and zero erros on the day.
In game one, Zeeland East was fueled by a stellar pitching performance by junior Gavin Drooger who hurled 6 scoreless innings in the win. Drooger scattered 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 1 batter in the shutout. Easton Remick recorded the save, pitching the 7th inning and striking out 2 batters.
Offensively the Chix battled Michigan State commit, Jaxon Huffman and put pressure on him all game long. Zeeland East finally broke the scoreless game in the top of the 6th inning on a two out double by Brenston Brown, scoring Trevor Raade from first base. Zeeland East had 6 hits in the game, two by Chris Seay.
In game 2, Max Salas pitched a complete game shutout, 7 innings with only 70 pitches. Salas gave up 2 hits, 0 walks and struck out 6 batters in the gem. The defense was again stellar with the Chix making every play in the field and zero errors in the game.
Offensively, Max Salas helped the cause with three hits of his own and 2 RBI. Charlie Lacny added two hits an RBI and a run scored. Trevor Raade, Max Salas and Charlie Lacny all had doubles in the game.
Zeeland East improves to 23-1 on the season and 14-0 in the OK Green. They will host Mona Shores on Thursday for game 3 of the series.