BURTON PANTHERS BEAT RTC 15-5 FOR 9TH WIN IN A ROW
The Burton Panther Baseball Team picked up their ninth win in a row with a 15-5 victory over Round Top-Carmine yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon.
The game was close for a while as Burton was leading only 6-5 after five innings. However, the Panther offense exploded for five runs in the sixth inning and four runs in the seventh inning to put the game away.
Colby Beck had a huge game with three homers, and four RBIs.
Chet Fritsch got the win going 6 2/3 innings allowing three hits, three walks, and four earned runs along with 13 strikeouts. He also helped himself out with the bat by hitting his own home run.
The Panthers will face Round-Top Carmine again (tomorrow) Friday night at 6:30pm.
PITCHING
- Weston Hinze 0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB
- WP Chet Fritsch 6 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 13 K
- Carson Lauter 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
HITTING
- Vicente Veliz 2-5 two singles, RBI, two runs
- Pierson Spies 1-2 single, three walks, two runs
- Chet Fritsch 2-5 single, homer, two RBIs, two runs
- Kaiden Kalkhake 2-5 single, triple, two RBIs, three runs
- Colby Beck 3-5 three homers, four RBIs, three runs
- Carson Lauter 1-5 triple, two runs
- Waylon Hinze 0-2 walk, run
DISTRICT 26-2A
- 1.) Mumford 12-0 (6-0)
- 2.) Fayetteville 9-2
- 2.) Burton 9-2 (6-0)
- 4.) Iola 6-5 (2-4)
- 5.) Round Top-Carmine 4-7
- 6.) Somerville 3-8 (1-4)
- 7.) Snook 2-9 (0-7)
- 8.) Richards 0-12
For the playoffs, Fayetteville, Round Top-Carmine, and Richards are considered 1A schools. The records that are in parentheses are against teams that are 2A only.