earned. He struck out four ….
earned. He struck out four and walked two.
Everest wins easily
Rib Lake hosted division champion Everest on Friday and was soundly defeated 17-3 in seven innings.
The Merchants banged out 18 hits against three Rib Lake pitchers, two of whom –– Edwards and Mateo Lopez –– didn’t get the strongest help from their defense at times.
Everest scored twice in the top of the first and added four in the second, highlighted by RBI singles from Logan Langbehn, Tanner Graham and Ryan Hubacek to go up 6-0. Langbehn added an RBI double in the third and Everest scored three more in the fourth to go up 10-1. An 11-3 game really got out of hand with a six-run sixth that included an RBI double by Wade Farmer and three Rib Lake errors.
Austin Ewan got Rib Lake on the board with an RBI double in the bottom of the third. Lopez and Hueckman hit back-to-back doubles to start Rib Lake’s fourth inning and Gavin Phillips singled in Hueckman to make it 10-3.
Hubacek and Brock Warren had three hits apiece for Everest, who got four innings out of starter Heinrich Walder. Josh Nielsen finished up. Rib Lake got one hit apiece from Austin Ewan, Lopez, Hueckman, Austin Zondlo and Phillips.
