Bullets swept in doubleheader against Renner

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BROOKINGS – The Brookings Bullets were swept in a doubleheader against Renner at 16U action at home on Thursday. Renner won the first game 11-0 and 4-3 in the second game.

Game 1

 Renner 11, Brookings 0

Jack Henry and Billy Laible combined for a shutout in game one.

Henry pitched the first six innings. He gave up three hits with 11 strikeouts and four walks. Laible came in for the seventh and gave up one hit with two strikeouts and no walks.

Renner scored three runs in the first two innings. The Dukes then tacked on four runs in the fifth.

Post 307 notched one run in the sixth and put the game out of reach with three runs in the seventh.

The Dukes had 15 hits in the game.

Griffen Bartels pitched the first six innings for the Bullets. He gave up eight earned runs on 11 hits with no strikeouts and six walks. Jacob York pitched the final inning and gave up three earned runs on four hits with one walk.

Brookings had four hits. Addison Ronning went 2-for-3. Jack Merritt went 1-for-2 and Sam Johnson went 1-for-4.

Game 2

 Renner 4, Brookings 3 (F/6)

Brookings fell behind 4-0 and saw its comeback come up short.

Renner scored two runs in the top of the first and two runs in the top of the third.

The Bullets responded with one run in each the third, fourth and fifth. Merritt scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-1.

Merritt then hit an RBI double to make it 4-2. Jacob Kahle was then hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 4-3. Brookings went down one-two-three in the sixth and the game ended.

Izaya Bangs Dandurand pitched a complete game for Brookings. He gave up three earned runs on eight hits with two strikeouts and four walks.

Ronning went 2-for-3. Merritt, Yuji Numata and Tate Helmbolt each went 1-for-3.