Beavers Beat Another MAC Conference School

  DAVENPORT — The Wilton baseball team won another game against a Mississippi Athletic Conference school, beating Davenport North 13­4 last Tuesday. Wilton beat Muscatine on June 20. It was the third MAC school Wilton has played this year. Wilton lost to Davenport Central on June 6.
Wilton was led at the plate by sophomore Collin McCrabb. McCrabb was 4­for­5 and hit for the cycle. He had a single, double, triple and home run in his first four at­bats. He got out in his fifth at­bat. He had two RBI’s and a stolen base as well.
  Wilton broke open a close 1­1 game with a four­run third to take a 5­1 lead and a four­run fourth to take a 9­1 lead. Wilton led 10­1 before a 3­run sixth by North set the score at 10­4. Wilton tacked on three runs in the top of the seventh to set the score at its final, 13­4.
  Nolan Leaton turned in a great game, working five innings and allowing only one run on two hits. He struck out five and walked four. Cory Anderson and Collin McCrabb combined to work the final two innings and struck out five and walked no batters.
  Wilton had 18 hits off of Wildcat pitching. Nolan Leaton and Jared Townsend each had three hits while Evan Reifert, Brady Barrett, Kaleb Timmsen and Tyler Hartman each had two hits. Leaton and Hartman each had 3 RBI’s while Townsend had two.

Beavers Split With Comets
  WEST LIBERTY — The Wilton Beavers split their second to last RVC doubleheader of the season at West Liberty last week. The Beavers won game one, 14­3 and lost game two, 1­0. It was the first RVC loss since an 11­1 loss to Durant earlier this season. It was the second straight ball game last week where Wilton scored over ten runs in a game. The Beavers were to play a home game with Davenport West the night before, but rain cancelled the contest.
  Against the Comets, Wilton trailed 2­0 after five innings. The Beavers put up a run in the top of the sixth to cut the Comet lead in half, 2­1, but West Liberty responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the sixth to take a 3­1 lead after six. Wilton then exploded for a season high 11, seventh inning runs to take a 14­3 lead, one that would hold to the final score.
  Wilton had 11 hits in the game. Jake Lenker was 3­for­4 with a double and season high 4 RBI’s. Evan Reifert, Tyler Hartman and Jared Townsend each had two hits. Townsen drove in three runs and Hartman and Brady Barrett each had 2 RBI’s. Barrett and Nolan Leaton each had hits in the game.
  Colin McCrabb was the winning pitcher after seven innings of work. He struck out 12, walked two and gave up only two hits.
  In game two, West Liberty upset the Beavers with a 1­0 victory. West Liberty scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
  Cory Anderson took the loss after 7 2/3 innings of work. He struck out 10 and walked four. Wilton had seven hits in the game, but had a lot of fly outs in the game. Jake Lenker and Anderson each had two hits. Evan Reifert, Tyler Hartman and Jared Townsend each had hits in the game.
The Beavers will travel to Mid­Prairie Wednesday for their last River Valley Conference doubleheader with Mid­Prairie. The Beavers will host Fairfield on Thursday, July 6 in their regular season finale.