GOOSE LAKE — The Tipton Tiger baseball team will go into postseason play this week on a seven-game losing streak. The Tigers were 5-3 before that streak began. However, most of those games were close with a timely hit or two or an error, or extended inning too much to overcome. The Tigers ended the regular season 5-10 after taking three losses last week to Camanche, Maquoketa, and Northeast.
The Tigers traveled to Northeast last Wednesday, July 8 to finish up the regular season and suffered a 9-6 loss. There, the Rebels scored two runs in the first and five runs in the second inning to take a 7-0 lead early. Tipton tried to catch up scoring twice in the third and three times in the fourth to get within two runs at 7-5, but could get no closer. The Rebels took a 9-5 lead after a two-run fourth. Tipton scored the games last run in the top of the sixth to set the score at 9-6.
Tipton had five hits in the game. The Tigers were issued 12 walks by Rebel pitching in the game and had five players with two walks each. Nile Schuett was 2-for-4 with two RBI’s to lead THS. Trent Pelzer, Cole Syring, Connor Hermiston all had hits in the game. Hermiston drove in three runs and Syring also had a RBI.
Tipton used four pitchers in the game. Peyton Gaertner started and took the loss after working ⅔ innings. He gave up five runs on four hits and struck out two. Elliott Cummins pitched two innings in relief and gave up two runs on three hits and struck out two batters. Brady Connor pitched 2 ⅔ innings and did not allow a run and gave up two hits. Davis Webb pitched the final ⅔ innings in relief.
Northeast used four pitchers in the game. Riley Wolfe was the winning pitcher after working two innings. He gave up one run on two hits and walked two. Hayden Lee, Dane Johnson,
and Clayton Meyermann all pitched for the Rebels in the game.
Northeast had ten hits in the game led by three players with two hits each. Hayden Lee, Dakota Stevenson and Kael Parson all had a pair of hits in the game. The game was the last regular season game for Tipton as the Tigers will face Iowa City Regina at home in the first round of the Class 2A district tournament.
Cardinals Rally Late to Defeat Tigers 8-6
MAQUOKETA — The Tipton baseball team dodged the rainy weather on Tuesday, July 7 and got their game in at non-conference foe Maquoketa. The Cardinals however, were not a kind host, taking the game by a score of 8-6. The Tigers led most of the game, but watched as Maquoketa
rallied late and took the game. The Cardinals have a record of 14-7. Tipton jumped on the Cardinals in the first inning, scoring three runs for an early 3-0 lead. The first three Tigers reached base and scored. Trent Pelzer walked and went to second on a Cole Syring single. Both advanced to load the bases on a Nile Schuett single with Pelzer scoring and Syring going to second. A Connor Hermiston one-out single advanced the runners and Syring would score on a sacrifice fly by Kayden Rezac to set the score at 3-0. The Cardinals pushed a run across the plate in the bottom of the first putting the score at 3-1. Maquoketa tied the game at 3-3 with single runs in the bottom of the third and fourth innings. The Cardinals added a run in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead. Tipton tied the game at 4-4 with a run in the top of the sixth.
Maquoketa would push four runs home in the bottom of the sixth to set the score at 8-4. Tipton rallied to score two runs in the top of the seventh and had the bases loaded with two outs, but could get no closer than the 8-6 final.
Tipton had eleven hits in the game and had three players with multi-hit games. Nile Schuett was 3-for-4 with three singles and two runs scored. Cole Syring was 2-for-4 with two singles and two runs scored and Connor Hermiston was 2-for-4 with two singles, two RBI’s and a run scored. Kayden Rezac and Peyton Gaertner each had RBI’s. Gaertner, Caden Schmidt, Carter Hill, and Davis Webb had the other Tipton hits. Though he didn’t get a hit, senior Trent Pelzer reached base twice via walks and scored a run. The Tigers used a trio of pitchers in the game. Trent Pelzer got the start and went three innings. He gave up two runs on two hits and struck out one batter. Cole Syring pitched 2 ⅓ innings in relief and took the loss. Syring gave up six runs on five hits. Peyton Gaertner pitched the final ⅔ innings in relief.
Liam Aunan was the winning pitcher after six innings of work. He gave up four runs on with hits and struck out six Tipton batters. Jack Dostal pitched the final inning of the game and got the save despite giving up two Tiger runs on three hits.
Maquoketa had had ten hits in the game. Hunter Manning was 3-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored and Abe Michel was 2-for-3 to lead the Cardinals.
Early THS lead vanishes in loss
CAMANCHE — The Camanche Indians rallied after the Tiger baseball team led early in the game, to take a 10-5 ball game. Tipton had eight hits to the nine from Camanche.
Tipton scored the game’s first runs with three in the top of the first inning. The Tigers sent eight batters to the plate in the half inning. Cole Syring,
Kael Jauron, and Connor Hermiston all reached base and scored for THS in the inning. Syring and Hermiston reached by walk and hit batsman while Jauron had the Tigers first hit in the game, a single. Camanche answered with four runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 4-3 lead. Back came the Tigers. THS scored twice in the top of the second inning on a Nile Schuett RBI double that scored Trent Pelzer who had doubled with one-out. Cole Syring would score on an Indian error to give Tipton a 5-4 lead. Camanche tied the game at 5 in the bottom of the second inning and that score would stay until the fourth. In that inning, Camanche took control of the game, scoring four runs to break the tied game, and take a 9-5 lead. The Indians tacked on another run in the bottom of the fifth to set the score at its fina of 10-5.
Tipton had eight hits in the game and had two players with multi-hit games. Caden Schmidt and Kael Jauron each had two hits. Schmidt had two RBI’s and Nile Schuett had a double and two RBI’s. Other Tipton hits came from Trent Pelzer, Cole Syring, and Kayden Rezac. Pelzer, Syring, Rezac and Braden Bartels all reached base by drawing a walk. Kayden Rezac started the game and went 3 ⅓ innings. He struck out three, walked two and gave up nine runs on five hits in taking the loss. Elliott Cummins pitched the final 2 ⅔ innings in relief. He gave up one run on three hits and walked one batter.
Camanche had ten hits in the game led by Caleb Delzell and Carter Christofferson who each had a pair of hits. Cade Everson had a home run and drove in four runs. Mason McManus was the winning pitcher after working five innings in relief. He struck out one, walked one and gave up three hits. Ethan Buckley started the game and pitched two innings in relief. He gave up five runs on five hits.
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