The Baltic high school club baseball team held off a Tri-Valley rally in the seventh inning to earn an 8-5 win on Tuesday, May 9th. This was the third straight win for Baltic and sixth in their last seven games.
Beau Keith had an RBI single in the top of the first inning to give Baltic a 1-0 lead. Braxton Allen added an RBI groundout in the top of the second to extend the lead to 2-0. The score remained 2-0 nothing until the top of the fifth inning. Tayden Hansen scored on an error, and Matt Muston had an RBI single for a 5-0 lead. Baltic scored three more times in the top of the sixth. Jackson Goehring scored on a wild pitch, Keith had an RBI fielder’s choice, and Beau Breace stole home to lead 8-0.
Tri-Valley put together a nice rally in the bottom of the seventh, all with two outs. Everett Althoff had an RBI single. Brody Dybvig had an RBI single as well. Nathan Madison followed that with a hit by pitch with the bases loaded. Tristen Bunde had a two-run single to cut the lead to 8-5. Tri-Valley had the tying run at the plate with two outs, but Baltic got out of the inning with a ground out.
Keith had two hits with two RBIs. Riley Schultz and Gunner Schultz both finished with two hits each. Muston had a single with two RBIs. Tate Feucht added a triple. Hansen and Breace each had a single. Allen finished with an RBI. R. Schultz pitched six innings without allowing a run on two hits and three walks with eight strikeouts. Allen pitched one inning and allowed five earned runs on three hits and three walks.
