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Jun 17, 2017
T-R PHOTO BY ANNE VANCE Marshalltown pitcher Tate Kuehner (11) gives chase as third baseman Sam Irwin (23) makes a sliding catch at the base of North Polks dugout during the fourth inning of Fridays non-conference baseball game at MHS. North Polk shut out the Bobcats, 2-0, for its first win in the series since 2013.
The Bobcats failed to pounce on what limited opportunities they encountered, and the Comets cashed in for the win.
North Polk junior right-hander Jake Johnson held the Marshalltown baseball team to one second-inning single, and the Comets danced around two errors to take out the Bobcats, 2-0, in Fridays non-conference contest at the MHS diamond.
Johnson (4-0) struck out three, walked none, and started 16 of the 24 batters he faced with a strike. His fastball moved about the strike zone and his defense made enough plays behind him when it counted to hold the Bobcats (9-13) scoreless for the ninth time this summer and the fifth time in their last six outings.
Designated hitter Dru Dobbins led off the bottom of the second inning with a single through the middle and advanced as far as third before Johnson escaped unscathed. Sam Irwin started the fifth by reaching on an error and stole second base but was stranded there, and the Bobcats last and best scoring chance arrived in the home half of the sixth. Dylan Eygabroad got on via an error, and he stole second with leadoff batter Nate Vance at the plate. But Vance popped out in foul territory, Tate Kuehners bunt was caught by a hard-charging first baseman, and Eygabroad was picked off second before Jordan Smiley had a chance to drive him home.
Marshalltown had just three runners on base, leaving two stranded in scoring position, and North Polk (12-4) picked up a win in the series for the first time since 2013.
T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE Marshalltown shortstop Dylan Eygabroad (15) prepares to tag out North Polks Adam Moxley (5) attempting to steal second base during the fourth inning of Fridays baseball game.
Weve been on the other end of that too where we havent been capable of keeping games close, so for us I guess it was good to play a close one, said MHS head coach Steve Hanson, but were not real pleased with the result.
We havent hit it and we had one base hit and they made two errors and that was it. So its pretty lonely. We dont have many opportunities, so when you have one you cant squander it as we did in the sixth inning. We had one hit and three baserunners, so thats a big, big deal, and that blew up a great opportunity and we didnt take advantage of it.
North Polk managed a mere seven hits against Marshalltowns pitchers Kuehner and Wade Canaday but five of them went for doubles. The Comets got a pair of second-inning doubles from Jeff Lamp and Mason Russell to account for their first run, and back-to-back two-out doubles by Anthony Capaldo and Colby Cupp closed North Polks scoring in the fifth.
Kuehner (2-2) struck out four, walked one and allowed two runs on five hits, while Canaday surrendered two hits and struck out one.
Their kid pitched better than ours, their team swung it better than ours, we played better defense than them but that didnt change the outcome any tonight, said Hanson. [Johnson] didnt walk anybody so I didnt find a flaw in any of the innings. He threw strike one, he kept us off-balance a little bit, but primarily hes a fastball guy and its not an overpowering fastball, but he moved it around and we did nothing so give him a lot of credit.
T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE
Johnson also had one of two North Polk singles. Lamp finished 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored, and Capaldo was 2-for-3 with a double and a run.
Marshalltown has the weekend off before playing eight games in six days next week, including home doubleheaders Monday against Fort Dodge and Wednesday with Mason City. The Bobcats swept both teams on the road earlier this season, but they dont expect to do it again if they dont score any runs.
If we play well we can match up, and if we dont play well we wont match up, said Hanson. Thats kind of been the story of our existence here for the first month of the season. If we dont pitch it well and consequently give up too many opportunities, were not going to score 15 runs so we have to be really efficient with what we do offensively and then we have to make that hold up and thats a lot easier said than done.
Well have our hands full, and if we dont swing it any better than [tonight], if you give up a run, that might be too many. Its a really fine line that we have to manage right now and its a difficult thing to do.
North Polk 2, Marshalltown 0
T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE
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Jake Johnson and Matthew Antle; Tate Kuehner, Wade Canaday (6) and Miguel Torrez. WJohnson (4-0). LKuehner (2-2). 2BNP: Jeff Lamp 2, Colby Cupp, Mason Russell, Anthony Capaldo. LOBNP 4, MHS 2.
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