Peewee season nears end; three regular season nights left
The end of the regular season is in sight for Imperial’s three peewee teams.
Imperial 2’s June 14 game against Hershey got off to a rough start for Imperial 2.
Hershey scored three in the first inning and had runners on third and second before a strikeout sent Hershey to the bench.
Unable to score in the first, Imperial 2 gave up four hits and a walk in the top of the second inning, leading to three Hershey runs. Those would be Hershey’s final runs of the game.
Trailing 0-6, Imperial 2 found its offense in the bottom of the second inning. Rallying with two out, five straight batters reached base and four runners scored.
Hershey stranded one runner in the third inning, before Imperial 2 picked up their bats. The home team batted around and scored five runs in the bottom half of the third to take a 9-6 lead.
After going scoreless in the fourth inning, Imperial 2 increased its lead to 12-6 with three runs in the fifth.
Evan O’Neil, Conner Stromberger and Lukas Fries combined to give up six hits, seven walks and strike out 11.
Tate Teply went 4-4 at the plate and Braxton Chubb was 2-2.
Imperial 2 and Imperial 3 battled Friday. The older squad won the contest 33-1.
Imperial 2 pitchers Brextin Moreno and Tate Teply struck out seven batters and gave up four walks.
Zak Anderson and Tyce Hammerlun each went 5-5 batting.
Adan Mireles, Rodrigo Robles, Dietrich Pursley, Aiden Tomky and Dylan Miscles pitched for Imperial 3. They combined to give up 26 hits and eight walks.
The game was Imperial 3’s only contest of the week.
Imperial 2’s week wrapped up with a home loss to Ogallala 1 Monday.
Imperial 2 got off to a good start, sitting down Ogallala 1’s first three batters.
Offensively, Hammerlun singled and Destry Oxford walked before both came around to score, but Imperial 2 left the bases loaded at the end of the inning.
Ogallala took the lead with a three-run second inning, thanks to three singles and a walk.
Imperial 2 had an answer. Stromberger and Moreno walked and scored to start the bottom half of the inning. Rallying with two outs, Fries walked and was driven home by a James Bomba single.
The six runs in two innings were the total of Imperial 2’s offensive production.
Ogallala 1 regained the lead with four runs in the third inning before scoring one in the fourth and four in the fifth inning of the 6-12 Imperial 2 loss.
Stromberger and Oxford pitched for Imperial 2. The duo allowed eight hits, nine walks and struck out eight.
Up next
Wednesday Imperial 1 will be at Ogallala 3, Imperial 2 will be at Ogallala 2 and Imperial 3 will host Ogallala 1.
Imperial 3 will play Imperial 1 Friday.
Next Wednesday Imperial 3 will host Paxton followed by Imperial 1 battling Imperial 2.
The Tri-County League tournament will be in Paxton July 5-10.