Three RVC wins sew up title for Wilton

BELLEVUE ­ The Wilton Beavers claimed the River Valley South Conference title and River Valley Conference overall title with three conference wins last week. The Bevaers had to do it on the road at Wellman in their final conference doubleheader and at Bellevue in a make­up game from an earlier rain out. The wins set the Beavers record at 25­6 heading to the postseason. The Beavers remain ranked #3 in the class 2A Iowa Baseball Coaches Association’s rankings.

Beavers Soar Past Comets
BELLEVUE ­ Having already made a trip to Bellevue once, the Wilton Beavers walked away with a 10­1 victory last Friday, July 7 in Bellevue. There, the Beavers put up 10 runs on 13 hits to take the RVC cross­division match­up. Wilton improved to 5­0 against RVC North teams. The Beavers held three of those teams to one­run, one to two runs and another was shutout. In those games, Wilton averaged 9.2 runs a game in those five wins. The victory clinched the ourtight, overall River Valley Conference title.
The Beavers broke open a 1­0 game which they led, with a 5­run top of the fourth inning to take a 6­0. Wilton added runs in each of the final three innings to get their 10 runs. Wilton scored two in the fifth to extend their lead to 8­0 before getting single runs in the sixth and seventh. Bellevue scored their only run in the bottom of the seventh.
Wilton senior first baseman Brady Barrett was 3­for­3 in the agem with a RBI and run scored. Three others had two hits each. Jake Lenker, Cory Anderson and Nolan Leaton each have two hits. Anderson had 3 RBI’s and Lenker had 2 RBI’s. Evan Reifert, Tyler Hartman, Kaleb Timmsen and Collin McCrabb each had hits in the game.
Cory Anderson was the winning pitcher after six innings of work. He pitched six innings, struck out seven and had no walks. he gave up seven hits. Evan Reifert got an inning of work, giving up one run on one hit and he struck out three.
Trey Daugherty took the loss after working a complete game. He struck out two, walked seven and gave up ten runs. Offensively, Paxton Felderman was 2­for­3 to lead Comet batters.

Beavers Clinch RVC South With Mid­Prarie Sweep
WELLMAN ­ The Wilton Beavers capped off a RVC South season with a RVC South conference title after a doubleheader sweep over Mid­Prairie last Wednesday, July 5. There, the Beavers won by a game one score of 13­6 and a game two score of 14­3. The wins were the third in a row for the Beavers after lowing to West Liberty on June 29.
Wilton fell behind 1­0 after the first inning of game one before their bats came alive. Wilton scored three int he top of the second to take a 3­1 lead. That held until the fifth, when Wilton added four runs to take a 7­1 lead. Wilton led 13­1 after scoring five in the top of the seventh. Mid­Prairie found some offense in the bottom of the seventh, scoring four runs, but it was too little, too late.
Collin McCrabb was the winning pitcher after five innings of work. He struck out three and walked five. He surrendered two hits. McCrabb won his 10th game against no losses this year

and lowered his ERA to 1.03 in 54 1/3 innings. Cory Anderson and Nolan Leaton pitched in relief.
Wilton had 12 hits off of Golden Hawk pitching. Jake Lenker, Tyler Hartman, Cory Anderson and Jared Townsend each had two hits. Evan Reifert and Kaleb Timmsen each had doubles and Lenker and McCrabb each had triples. Timmsen had a team high 3 RBI’s and Lenker had 2 RBI’s.
In game two, Wilton bolted out to a 14­ lead after five and a half innings before the Golden Hawks scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to set the score at 14­3. Though Mid­Prairie scored runs, the game was ended due to the 10­run mercy rule after five innings.
Jared Townsend was the winning pitcher after a complete game, five­inning effort. He struck out seven, walked seven and gave up two hits and three runs.
Wilton led 3­1after three innings before scoring five in the fourth to take an 8­1 lead and then Wilton piled on six more runs in the top of the fifth to take a 14­1 lead.
Seniors Brady Barrett and Kaleb Timmsen each had two hits in the game. Jake Lenker, Tyler Hartman, Cory Anderson, Jared Townsend, Nolan Leaton and Collin McCrabb each had hits. Timmsen had a team high 3 RBI’s while Hartman and Townsend each had 2 RBI’s.

Fairfield Trips Beavers In Home Finale
WILTON — Sandwiched between two RVC road dates, Wilton hosted Fairfield for their last non­conference game of the 2017 season last Thursday. There, the Trojans led 13­1 after the top of the seventh. Wilton rallied a little, scoring four in the seventh, but would fall 13­5 in the end.
Matt Paustian took the loss after 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three, walked four and gave up six runs on seven hits. Nolan Leaton pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief and gave up seven runs on six hits. He struck out two and walked one.
Wilton did have 13 hits in the ballgame. Jared Townsend was 4­for­4 to lead Wilton. Evan Reifert added three hits and a RBI and Cory Anderson had two hits and a RBI.