Becker went the full seven innings in the game against a Cougar line-up that came into the game with a team batting average of .313. He allowed three runs on three hits. Becker struck out ve and walked three. Becker won both Tipton games this past week, having also beaten Northeast two days earlier. Becker lowered his ERA to 2.57 and has pitched a team-high 30 innings to date.
Tipton scored the game’s rst run in the bottom of the rst inning. Dylan Mente led o with a single and stole second base. He would score on a Luke Becker RBI single to set the score at 1-0. Cascade grabbed the lead in the top of the second, pushing two runs across the plate. The rst three batters reached base and two scored to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead.
That score held until the bottom of the fourth, when Tipton re-gained the lead with a two-run inning, setting the score at 3-2 Tigers. Tipton got two baserunners on base in Kael Jauron and Connor Hermiston.
Both would score on an error on a ball put in play by Payten Elijah to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead.
That score held until the top of the seventh. There, left elder Jack Menster connected for a solo home run to tie the game at 3-3. At the bottom of the seventh, Cascade brought in senior Reid Rausch. Rausch has pitched a team-high 26 1/3 innings, has three starts and has appeared in 6 games. He has an ERA of 1.06 and opposing batters have a measly average of .102 hitting against him.
In the Tigers seventh, Rausch induced a groundout of lead- o batter Connor Hermiston for the first out. Payten Elijah walked and went to second on an error by the Cougars on a ball put in play by sophomore Kayden Rezac. Rausch got Carter Hill to y out for the second out. Back to the top of the batting order. Dylan Mente drew a big two-out walk to load the bases. That brought up Becker. Becker, second on THS in batting with a .300 average, looped a single into left eld past the defensive attempt by the Cougars, sending Elijah home with the winning run.
Tipton had 7 hits in the game with two players collecting multi-hit games. The Tigers 1-2-3 hitters in the batting order were a combined 5-for- 10 in the game with 2 RBI’s, 2 stolen bases, a double, a walk, and a run. Becker helped himself at the plate going 2-for-4 with 2 RBI’s and Trent Pelzer was 2-for-3 with a stolen base and double. Dylan Mente, Connor Hermiston, and Payten Elijah all had hits. Pelzer and Kael Jauron each had stolen bases and four different Tigers reached base via a walk.
The loss for Cascade was their second in three games. The loss was the second to an RVC South squad this season for the Cougars. Cascade lost to West Branch at home on Friday, May 31. Cascade is now 1-2 against RVC South teams. The Cougars play at Wilton Thursday in a matchup between Class 2A Top-10 teams.
Kaleb Topping took the loss after working 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six, walked three and gave up four runs on six hits. Harris Ho man had a triple and run and Jack Menster had a hit and 2 RBI’s in the game.
Northeast No Match For THS in 11-1 win in 6 innings
TIPTON - The Tipton baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak with an 11-1 home victory over Northeast on Tuesday, June 11. The loss snapped a two-game win streak by the Rebels. The Tigers picked up their rst win over an RVC North squad this season after taking losses last week at Camanche and at home to Monticello.
Tipton scored rst in the game with a run in the bottom of the second inning to break a scoreless tie. Kael Jauron led o the second with a double and scored one batter later on a Jacob Tischuk RBI triple. The Tigers extended their lead to 2-0 in the third when Dylan Mente singled to lead o the inning, stole second, advanced to third on a Luke Becker singled, and scored on an error.
Northeast scored what would be their only run in the top of the fourth to cut the THS lead in half, 2-1. Tipton responded with RBI singles by Mente and Becker in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-run, 4-1 lead after four innings. The Tigers put the game away in the bottom of the fth. There, Tipton sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs to extend their lead to 10-1. Tipton ended the game in the bottom of the sixth when Tischuk scored on a passed ball after drawing a lead-o walk to start the inning.
Luke Becker started the game and picked up the win. Becker lasted three scoreless innings and allowed two hits. Kael Jauron pitched two innings in relief and struck out four batters and Jacob Tischuk pitched a scoreless sixth inning and struck out two.
Tipton had 11 hits in the game with three players getting multi-hit games. Connor Hermiston and Luke Becker each had three hits. Dylan Mente also was 2-for-4. Eight di erent Tigers had at least one RBI in the game. Becker and Jacob Tischuk each had 2 RBI’s while Mente, Trent Pelzer, Nile Schuett, Cole Syring, Connor Herm- iston, and Peyton Elijah each had RBI’s. Pelzer, Kael Jauron, and Tischuk each had hits. Tischuk collected a triple and Jauron a double.
Tipton collected 9 stolen bases in the game and have only been caught four times in 38 attempts this season. Pelzer and Hermiston led the way with two stolen bases each. The Tigers also drew 9 walks in the game. Elijah, Tischuk, and Schuett each got on base twice by walks.
Sam Moraetes took the loss after starting and working four innings. He gave up four runs on six hits and struck out three. Dane Johnson led the Rebels at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
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