Whitehall baseball team shuts out two DC foes
Whitehall’s Brayden Lisowski eyed a grounder during their game at Blair-Taylor last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Blair-Taylor’s Austin Olson fielded a throw as Whitehall’s Devon McCune stole second base during their game last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Pitching led the way for the Whitehall baseball team as it shut out two Dairyland Conference opponents last week.
The Norse began the week with a 1-0 win in Blair-Taylor on Tuesday before beating Alma Center Lincoln, 9-0, at home on Thursday.
As of Monday, Whitehall was one of three DC teams with one loss at the top of the standings as they had a 6-2 overall record. They were slated to host Augusta for a game on Monday before welcoming Melrose-Mindoro on Tuesday and heading to Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Friday. They’re scheduled to host Cochrane-Fountain City this coming Monday.
Whitehall 1 B-T 0
Small ball won the game for the Norse as neither team had more than one hit.
Devon McCune was hit by a pitch with one out in the fourth. He then stole second and moved to third on a passed ball. Bryce Schorbahn then hit a slow chopper up the middle that B-T’s Austin Olson wasn’t able to get to in time. Schorbahn legged out an infield single that allowed McCune to score the only run in the game. That was Whitehall’s only hit in the game.
McCune was also in control on the mound, retiring 14 of B-T’s final 15 batters to close out the game. He struck out six without a walk in the shutout win.
B-T’s only hit was a single by Zach Nitek.
Tavian Shramek took the loss for B-T as he struck out nine without a walk in 6.2 innings.
Whitehall 9 AC Lincoln 0
A two-run inside-the-park home run got the Norse started and they never looked back.
McCune raced around the basepath after driving the ball to the outfield for a two-run inside-the-park home run that put Whitehall ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the first.
Whitehall added two more runs in the third then put up five in the sixth. McCune added a two-run single in the sixth as he went two-for-two with four RBIs in the game.
Eric Kleinhans and Brock Sluga both added two hits and two RBIs.
Seth Lambeck got the win, tossing six shutout innings with four strikeouts and two hits allowed. Schorbahn pitched a perfect seventh.
