BURTON PANTHERS SPLIT GAMES ON FIRST DAY OF WEIMAR TOURNAMENT

Doug Brown March 10, 2023

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The Burton Panthers split their two games on the first day of the Weimar Tournament on Thursday. In the opener, they lost to the Lexington Eagles 7-6. The Panthers would then come back to defeat the Bosqueville Bulldogs 10-6.

The Bulldogs got on the board with a run in the top of the first.

In the bottom of the inning, Vicente Veliz led it off with a triple to right field. Two batters later, Pierson Spies doubled to left , which scored Veliz, and tied the game 1-1. Kaiden Kalkhake was hit by a pitch. Colby Beck then put the Panthers in front with a single to score Fritsch. Carson Lauter was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Bryson Biggs followed with a two run single that scored Kalkhake and Beck. Brady Griffin then executed a suicide squeeze to score Lauter to make it 5-1 Burton.

Then during the second inning, Chet Fritsch and Kaiden Kalkhake had back-to-back singles. Fritsch later scored on a pass ball to put Burton ahead 6-1.

In the bottom of the third, the Panthers loaded the bases on a single by Beck, a walk by Lauter, and Bryson Biggs getting hit by a pitch. Veliz hit a two-run single that scored Beck and Lauter to put Burton up 8-1.

Bosqueville scored two runs in the top of the fourth to cut the lead to 8-3.

Burton would get two more insurance runs in the bottom of the fourth. Fritsch led off the inning with a walk, and then Kalkhake hit an RBI double to score him. Brady Griffin singled to score Kalkhake and give the Panthers a 10-3 lead.

Bosqueville scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to cut the Burton lead to 10-6, but that would be as close as they come.

PITCHING

WP Carson Lauter 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1K

Bryson Biggs 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0K

HITTING

Vicente Veliz 2-3 single, triple, run, 2 RBIs

Chet Fritsch 2-2 single, double, walk, 3 runs, RBI

Kaiden Kalkhake 2-2 single, double, 2 runs, RBI

Colby Beck 2-2 two singles, 2 runs, RBI

Bryson Biggs 2-2 two singles, 2 RBIs

Brady Grifin 1-2 single, 2 RBIs

Ryder Biggs 1-3 single