BURTON PANTHERS GET 5TH STRAIGHT WIN BEATING SNOOK 14-2

The Burton Panther Baseball Team picked up their fifth straight win last (Thursday) with a 14-2 run-rule over the Snook Blue Jays.  Four of those last five wins have been run-rule victories.

Snook jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.  Burton then responded with two runs in the second, two runs in the third, five runs in the fifth, and five runs in the sixth inning to get the win.

Burton had eight hits, drew four walks, and also took advantage of seven Snook errors.

Next Up:  The Panthers host Snook Friday at 6:30pm.

PITCHING

• Weston Hinze - 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• WP Chet Fritsch - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11K

HITTING

• Vicente Veliz  1-5  triple, 2 RBIs
• Pierson Spies  1-3  single, walk, two runs
• Chet Fritsch  0-2  walk, two runs
• Kaiden Kalkhake  0-4  run
• Colby Beck  1-2  double, 3 RBIs, two runs
• Carson Lauter  0-3  walk, two runs
• Waylon Hinze  1-3  double, 2 RBIs, run
• Bryson Biggs  1-1  single, run
• Kaben Lunbeck  1-3  single, walk, RBI, run
• Weston Hinze  1-1  single, run
• Tanner Gore  1-2  single, 2 RBIs

DISTRICT 26-2A SCORES:

• Fayetteville  15   Round Top-Carmine  3
• Somerville  13   Richards  12
• Mumford  14   Iola  0

DISTRICT 26-2A STANDINGS

• 1.) Mumford  7-0 (5-0)
• 1.) Fayetteville  7-0
• 3.) Burton  5-2 (3-0)
• 4.) Iola  4-3 (2-1)
• 5.) Round Top-Carmine  2-5
• 6.) Richards 2-5
• 7.) Somerville  1-6 (0-3)
• 8.) Snook 0-5 (0-3)

Note: For the playoffs, Fayetteville, Round Top-Carmine, and Richards would be in the 1A bracketing.