Golden Hawks rally late to slip by Wilton

 WELLMAN — The Wilton baseball team ended their week with a tough one-run loss, 7-6 at Mid-Prairie. The Beavers record slipped to 4-5-1 heading to the final week of the regular season. It was the second one-run loss in a week’s time for the Beavers.
 Wilton tied the game at 1-1 with their first run of the game in the third inning. A Chase Garvin RBI single scored Colby Sawvell for the run. Sawvell had led off the inning with a single. Wilton exploded
for four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 5-1 lead. Wilton batted around in their batting order in the inning. Three straight RBI hits accounted for the runs. A Gage Hagen RBI single, a Jackson Hull 2-run double and a Chase Garvin RBI single accounted for the runs.
 Mid-Prairie scored a run in the bottom of the fourth to set the score at 5-2. Each team scored a run in the fifth as the score stood at 6-3 Wilton, after five innings. Mid-Prairie would match the Beavers four-run fourth with a four-run sixth to take a 7-6 lead. The Golden Hawks would hang on to get the win, their second in a row over Wilton.
 The Beavers however, hold a 16-6 lead in the series with Mid-Prairie dating back to 2009.
 Jackson Hull started the game and took the loss after working five innings. Hull gave up seven runs on nine hits. Of those runs, only four were earned. Hull struck out five and walked three. Nolan Townsend pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
 Wilton had 11 hits in the game with three players with multi-hit games. Sophomore Nolan Townsend was 3-for-4 with two singles, a double and he scored a run. Gage Hagen and Jackson Hull added two hits each. Hagen and Jackson Hull each had two RBI’s and Chase Garvin had a RBI. Other Wilton hits came from Colby Sawvell, Chase Garvin, and Patrick Barszczewski.
 Mid-Prairie had 13 hits in the game and had four players with multi-hit games. Vinny Bowlin was 3-for-3 with a RBi while Brad Tornow, Kayden Reinier, and Monte Slabaugh each had two hits. Kayden Reinier started the game and went four innings. He stuck out two, walked two and gave up five runs on nine hits. Monte Slabaugh got the win after pitching the final three innings.

Beavers Fall To Camanche In Extra Innings, 4-3
 WILTON — The Wilton baseball team is learning along the way this summer with basically a new team. Last Monday, June 29, the Beavers fell in eight innings to a very good Camanche team at home.
Wilton scored single runs in the bottom of the second and third innings to take a 2-0 lead. Camanche
tied the game at 2 with single runs in the fifth and sixth inning. The game went to extra innings.
In the top of the eighth, Camanche pushed two runs across the plate for a 4-2 lead. Wilton would score once in the eighth to get within 4-3, but it wasn’t enough.
 Wilton had three hits in the game. Gage Hagen, Jackson Hull, and Patrick Barszczewski each had hits. Nolan Townsend took the loss after coming in to relieve starter Jackson Hull. Hull went 5 ⅓ innings and struck out four, walked six, and gave up two runs on two hits. Townsend gave up two runs on one-hit over the final 2 ⅔ innings. He struck out one and walked one.
 Logan Shaw got the win in relief of starter Brayden Lodge. Lodge started and went six innings.
He had four strikeouts, six walks and gave up two runs on one hit. Shaw pitched the final two innings and gave up one-run on one-hit. Three different Indians had hits in the game. Mike Delzell and Troy Edmunds each had RBI’s.