WILTON — The Wilton Beavers picked up a huge victory last Thursday at home against state ranked Cascade, 32 in a matchup of top5 teams in class 2A. The loss was the second straight to a RVC South school for Cascade. The Cougars lost a 1run, 10 game at home to Iowa City Regina on June 19. The Beavers improved to 60 against RVC North schools this season.
The Beavers improved to 121 overall in River Valley Conference games and lead RVC North leader Monticello by one full game. The Panthers have a record of 112 while Cascade drops to 113. Wilton has a full game over Iowa City Regina as well and four over Durant.
Wilton came into the game ranked #2 and Cascade #3 in class 2A. The two schools were joined by Iowa City Regina who was ranked #10 in the same poll giving the RVC three top10 ranked teams.
Wilton opened the scoring with a Jared Townsend RBI single in the first inning that scored Colin McCrabb. McCrabb collected the Beavers first hit of the game two batters prior to Townsend’s hit. Wilton added two runs in the bottom of the second inning to extend their lead to 30. The Beavers sent seven batters to the plate in the inning. The big hit was a 2run double by Cory Anderson that scored Tyler Hartman and Jake Lenker.
Cascade finally got on the scoreboard, in the top of the third.In the second time through the batting order, the Cougars sent five batters to the plate and came away with their first run, setting the score at 31.
That score held until the top of the fifth. There, Cascade got within one run, 32 after a run plated. That would be as close as the Cougars could get however, as Wilton held off Cascade scoring threats in the sixth and seventh innings to secure the win. Cascade advanced runners to second base in each of the final two innings, but could not plate the tying run.
A pair of sophomores handled the pitching duty for Wilton in the game. Colin McCrabb picked up his 8th win after pitching 6 2/3 innings, scattering six hits and giving up two unearned runs. He lowered his ERA to 0.85 in 41 1/3 innings and moved his record to 80. He struck out nine and walked one. Cory Anderson pitched 1/3 inning in the seventh to earn his 5th save. He gave up one hit and struck out one. Anderson leads the RVC in saves and is tied for the class 2A lead.
Brock Simon took the loss after starting and pitching two innings. He gave up three runs on five hits and walked two batters. Bryce Simon, Harris Hoffman and Ben Stecklein led Cascade hitters with two hits each.
Wilton Picks Up Win over Muscatine
WILTON — The Wilton Beavers welcomed MAC conference opponent to town last Tuesday and split two games with the larger Muskie squad. The Beavers improved to 174 with the victory. Wilton lost game one 152 and won game two, 21.
In game one, Wilton got backtoback RBI singles from Jared Townsend and Kaleb Timmsen in the bottom of the first to give Wilton a 20 lead. Muscatine scored their only run in the top of the fourth to set the score at 21.
Nolan Leaton pitched well and got the complete game win in seven innings. He struck out
seven and walked three. He scattered four hits. Wilton had six hits in the game, led by
Timmsen and Townsend who each had two hits and a RBI. Brady Barrett and Colin McCrabb
each had hits for the Beavers.
The Muskies beat Wilton 152 in game one. The Beavers fell behind from the start and could not recover. Muscatine scored four runs in the top of the first and lead 100 before the Beavers scored any runs.
Wilton pushed two runs across the plate in the bottom of the third inning to cut into the Muskie lead at 102 after three innings. That score stood until the top of the seventh when Muscatine put up five runs to stretch their lead to 152.
Jared Townsend took the loss after starting and pitching 2 2/3 innings. He gave up 10 runs on five hits and walked five while striking out three. Ashton Stoelk, Brock Hartley and Chantz Stevens pitched in relief.
Wilton had six hits in the game led by Cory Anderson who was 2for4 with a double. Evan Reifert, Brady Barrett, Kaleb Timmsen and Colin McCrabb each had hits. McCrabb drove in a run.
The Muskies beat Wilton 152 in game one. The Beavers fell behind from the start and could not recover. Muscatine scored four runs in the top of the first and lead 100 before the Beavers scored any runs.
Wilton pushed two runs across the plate in the bottom of the third inning to cut into the Muskie lead at 102 after three innings. That score stood until the top of the seventh when Muscatine put up five runs to stretch their lead to 152.
Jared Townsend took the loss after starting and pitching 2 2/3 innings. He gave up 10 runs on five hits and walked five while striking out three. Ashton Stoelk, Brock Hartley and Chantz Stevens pitched in relief.
Wilton had six hits in the game led by Cory Anderson who was 2for4 with a double. Evan Reifert, Brady Barrett, Kaleb Timmsen and Colin McCrabb each had hits. McCrabb drove in a run.
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