BLANCHARDVILLE — The Blanchardville Bullets took two games over the holiday weekend, toppling Belleville 10-0 on July 4 and then fending off Argyle 4-1 on July 6.
In the win over Belleville, Colton Schraepfer had three hits and three stolen bases in the leadoff spot for the Bullets. Jared Carney got the win on the mound, striking out 11 in seven innings of work, allowing two hits, four walks and a hit by pitch on 110 pitches.
Andrew Nimtz took the loss for Belleville, giving up seven runs (four earned) on six hits, three walks and a hit batter in 4.1 innings. Nimtz also struck out six. Garret Heer tossed the final 2.2 innings for the Raiders, allowing three runs on five walks and five hits.
Blanchardville scored four runs in the bottom of the third to stake out an early lead, and a five-run fifth inning put the game out of reach. In the third inning, AJ Hendrickson singled to left on the first pitch of the inning. During a 9-pitch at-bat by Schraepfer, Hendrickson stole second and third and then scored on a passed ball. The next three runs in the inning were all unearned after a costly error by Brock Gilkes.
In the fifth, Nimtz left the game with the bases loaded and just one out, and Carney immediately singled home a run off Heer. Cody Carmody scored on a passed ball on the next pitch, and then Presley Hauser and Schraepfer each had RBI singles in the inning to plate three more runs.
Against Argyle, Schraepfer was 1 for 4 with a run and two RBIs. Drew Schliem was 2 for 4 with a double, run and an RBI.
Carter Ruegsegger tossed a complete game, allowing just one unearned run while striking out five. Ruegsegger gave up six hits and three walks on 127 pitches.
Miken Godfrey took the loss on the mound, throwing 6.1 innings and allowing four hits, four walks and three runs with four Ks. Ryan Erickson and Kris Rieder pitched in relief for the Beavers.
Brent Ritschard was 2 for 4 for Argyle, while Lee Bohlman was 1 for 3 1 with a run. Kramer Henning had a double.
Blanchardville scored a run in the first inning, but Argyle tied it in the fourth. The Bullets then added two runs in the seventh and another in the eighth against Rieder.
Argyle 7, Oregon 5
OREGON — In a July 4 win over Oregon, Dylan Schwitz smoked two homers and finished with three hits, two runs, two RBIs, a steal and a walk for the Beavers.
Cory Stamn and Drew Nafzger each doubled, while Stamn and Brian Ritschard each had two hits.
Colton Ploessl allowed five runs in 6.2 innings on the mound for Argyle, while Rieder tossed the final 2.1 innings, notching the win.
Schwitz hit a solo shot to open the top of the third inning, and then cranked another solo homer to left top open the ninth and give the Beavers an insurance run.
West Middleton 11, Belleville 1
MIDDLETON — The Raiders collected just two hits in their loss July 7.
West Middleton put up a 5-spot in the second inning to get out ahead early. Belleville plated its only run in the top of the sixth, but West Middleton led 7-1 entering the bottom of the eighth inning, just in time for a four-spot to end the game early by mercy rule.
Andrew Gleiter had four hits and five RBIs for West Middleton, including a 3-run home run in the second inning and a two-RBI single to end the game.
Joey McNaught pitched the whole game for Belleville, allowing just three earned runs on nine hits and four walks. He struck out five and gave up a pair of home runs. Belleville, which had three crucial errors on defense, struck out 18 times at the dish.
