LocalSportsJournal.com
STANWOOD — Kent City’s baseball team split a doubleheader with Morley-Stanwood on the road Tuesday night, winning the first game 9-0 and losing the second 10-4.
In the first game the Eagles used three different pitchers, with Kyler Larson taking the win on the hill.
He allowed just two hits and no runs over 4 1/3 innings, striking out 11 and walking one. Ryan Darling and Webb Longcore worked in relief to finish the game.
Each team had four hits for the game, with the Eagles benefiting from four Mohawk errors. The Eagles committed only one error in the field.
No Eagle had more than one hit, but Tyler Brummel drove in three runs while Longcore and Zane Kik each had a run batted in. Kik, Larson and Justin Mack each drew a walk.
Kent City out-hit the Mohawks, 9-7 in the nightcap but Morley-Stanwood broke away from a 3-3 tie with three runs in the bottom of the fifth. The Mohawks scored four more runs in the sixth.
Troy Atwood took the loss for the Eagles, giving up six runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one. The Eagles made seven errors.
Ryan McCuaig led the Eagles at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored. Darling, Larson, Longcore, Mack and Josh Anderson each had single hits. Mack and Anderson each had one RBI.
