SOUTH WAYNE - Don't be surprised if the umpiring crew has to drag Taylor Goodman and Alex Abraham onto the diamond for their next baseball game.
Once Black Hawk's battery was charged Monday evening, it was lights out in a 9-1 Six Rivers East victory over Juda at home. Abraham allowed hits to the first three Panther batters before a bases-loaded walk to Tyler Pierce plated the only Juda run.
Then the senior duo dialed in as Abraham fanned nine of the next 12 batters he faced, eventually finishing with 15 K's.
"Honestly, I don't think Alex was warmed up, but he'll argue otherwise," Black Hawk coach Todd Strang said. "Especially with weather like tonight, you've gotta have the mindset of getting three innings under your belt before you go out there."
His trusty bookend Goodman did the heavy lifting offensively, rapping home Joey Hartwig during a three-run third inning before bringing his classmate home in more booming fashion with a two-run home run off reliever Beau Benner that capped a six-run fifth.
The two-out bomb came on the heels of Hartwig's two-run single that already started breaking things open.
While the clouds broke open momentarily early on, unleashing some stinging rain, the weather was mostly just downright bitter cold. Abraham's defense, which committed just two errors after kicking it around in a season-opening 5-2 loss at Juda, was grateful for his efficiency as he pounded the strike zone.
"I usually don't think about my defense behind me, they just let me know in the dugout," Abraham said. "They say stuff like, 'Do you just want us to stay in the dugout while you're out there?'"
Black Hawk (5-3, 3-3 Six Rivers East) senior center fielder Jake Kaempfer collected two hits, narrowly missed a ringing extra-base hit down the right-field line and drew a walk to reach base three times.
Benner was roughed up out after earning the win in the first matchup out of the bullpen. Starter Jake Ramos threw four innings, fanning four and walking two. The Panthers (3-3 conference) committed four errors.
Steven West, Tyler Lincoln and Benner strung together Juda's three game-opening hits before Abraham locked in and didn't allow a hit thereafter.
"It was just about getting into a rhythm, settling in and doing what felt right to me out there," Abraham said.
What felt right for the Warriors was getting their classmates off their backs in salvaging a season split.
"There was definitely some of that," Abraham said. "I heard about it all day in school that we'd better get out there and get one."
"They were definitely hungry because they knew what they'd done to themselves the first time," Strang said.
Once Black Hawk's battery was charged Monday evening, it was lights out in a 9-1 Six Rivers East victory over Juda at home. Abraham allowed hits to the first three Panther batters before a bases-loaded walk to Tyler Pierce plated the only Juda run.
Then the senior duo dialed in as Abraham fanned nine of the next 12 batters he faced, eventually finishing with 15 K's.
"Honestly, I don't think Alex was warmed up, but he'll argue otherwise," Black Hawk coach Todd Strang said. "Especially with weather like tonight, you've gotta have the mindset of getting three innings under your belt before you go out there."
His trusty bookend Goodman did the heavy lifting offensively, rapping home Joey Hartwig during a three-run third inning before bringing his classmate home in more booming fashion with a two-run home run off reliever Beau Benner that capped a six-run fifth.
The two-out bomb came on the heels of Hartwig's two-run single that already started breaking things open.
While the clouds broke open momentarily early on, unleashing some stinging rain, the weather was mostly just downright bitter cold. Abraham's defense, which committed just two errors after kicking it around in a season-opening 5-2 loss at Juda, was grateful for his efficiency as he pounded the strike zone.
"I usually don't think about my defense behind me, they just let me know in the dugout," Abraham said. "They say stuff like, 'Do you just want us to stay in the dugout while you're out there?'"
Black Hawk (5-3, 3-3 Six Rivers East) senior center fielder Jake Kaempfer collected two hits, narrowly missed a ringing extra-base hit down the right-field line and drew a walk to reach base three times.
Benner was roughed up out after earning the win in the first matchup out of the bullpen. Starter Jake Ramos threw four innings, fanning four and walking two. The Panthers (3-3 conference) committed four errors.
Steven West, Tyler Lincoln and Benner strung together Juda's three game-opening hits before Abraham locked in and didn't allow a hit thereafter.
"It was just about getting into a rhythm, settling in and doing what felt right to me out there," Abraham said.
What felt right for the Warriors was getting their classmates off their backs in salvaging a season split.
"There was definitely some of that," Abraham said. "I heard about it all day in school that we'd better get out there and get one."
"They were definitely hungry because they knew what they'd done to themselves the first time," Strang said.
