The Huskies easily walked through their opponents in baseball this week at home, completely dominating Junction City 25-1 on April 11 and holding off La Pine 6-4 on Friday.
The Huskies improve their record to 5-9 overall and 4-2 in league play.
They will host Sisters, the league leader, on Friday and Cottage Grove on April 24. They were scheduled to visit Elmira on Tuesday.
The Huskies are second in league, followed by Elmira, 3-3. Elmira has already played Sisters twice, while this week’s matchup will be the second versus Sisters for the Huskies.
Sweet Home 6,
La Pine 4
The Huskies scored three runs in the second and fourth innings to take a commanding 6-0 lead against La Pine.
La Pine rallied in the sixth inning and scored four runs, but the Huskies held the Hawks and recorded the win.
Winning pitcher Cory Hanks pitched 10 strikeouts, walking only one batter and giving up five hits in the first six innings. Drayson Scott pitched one inning in relief, striking out two batters and giving up one hit, with no walks.
The Huskies hit the ball nine times, with Austin Rice going 1-3, Jeremy White, 2-4; Hunter Bidwell, 1-3 with an RBI and a double; Scott, 1-4; Ty Harvey, 1-1; Nate Melcher, 1-3, with a run; Hanks, 1-3, with a run; and Colton Holly, 1-2, with a run. Kyle Winslow reached base on a walk and scored a run.
La Pine 000 004 0 – 4 6 4
Sweet Home 030 300 x – 6 9 1
Sweet Home 25,
Junction City 1
The Huskies turned in a devastating second inning, taking a 15-0 lead over Junction City.
Junction City scored its only run at its next at bat, while the Huskies turned in five more runs each in the third and fourth innings.
The Huskies hit the ball 16 times and reached base another 10 times on walks and three for hit batters, while three were struck out.
At bat, White went 4-5 with four RBIs, two runs and a double. Bidwell went 2-5 with three runs. Justin Rice went 1-3 with two RBIs and three runs.
Scott went 2-4 with three runs, two RBIs and a double. A. Rice went 1-3 with three runs and three RBIs. Harvey went 1-2 with an RBI. Melcher went 1-2 with three RBIs and two runs. Hanks went 2-4 with with three runs and two RBIs.
Winslow went 102 with three runs and an RBI. Brandon Gregory went 101 with an RBI. Holly scored two runs and recorded an RBI. J.T. Weld scored two runs.
Hanks started the game and recorded the win, pitching three innings. He struck out four and walked one, giving up one run on two hits.
White pitched an inning in relief, striking out one.
Scott also pitched on, striking out three.
Junction City 001 00 – 1 2 4
Sweet Home 0(15)5 5x – 25 16 1