HURON – The Tigers swept a high school baseball doubleheader from the Bobcats on Wednesday, winning 11-5 and 7-6.
Brookings (2-10) plays a twinbill at Brandon Valley on Friday at 5 p.m.
Game 1
• Huron 11, Brookings 5
The Tigers broke open a 4-3 game with three runs in the fourth and four in the sixth en route to the victory.
Walker Schilts went 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs.
Bryce Steffen homered, doubled and drove in three runs. He also scored three times.
Jake Wehde ended up 3-for-4. Matt Katz tripled and doubled while driving in a run and scoring three times. Jett McGirr added two hits and three runs, and Emerson Devries doubled.
McGirr, Steffen, Katz and Schilts batted Nos. 2-5 in the Huron lineup.
Kobe Bush picked up the win after giving up three runs on three hits with a strikeout in three innings. McGirr allowed two runs on three hits and eight walks with three strikeouts over the final four frames.
The Bobcats’ Tyler Kreutner went 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of RBIs.
Ryan McMacken, Christian Mediger and Daniel Messerli added a hit and an RBI apiece.
Caden Wright took the loss on the mound, surrendering seven runs – six earned – on 11 hits and three walks with a strikeout in four innings.
HURON 11, BROOKINGS 5
Brookings 120 000 2 – 5 6 1
Huron 301 304 x – 11 14 0
Caden Wright, Brady Ammann (5) and Justin Devine; Kobe Bush, Jeff McGirr (4) and Matt Katz. W – Bush. L – Wright. Sv – McGirr. 2B: B, Tyler Kreutner; H, Katz, Bryce Steffen, Emerson Devries. 3B: H, Katz, Walker Schilts. HR: H, Steffen.
Game 2
• Huron 7, Brookings 6
Emerson Devries had three RBIs, including a go-ahead two-run single with two away in the bottom of the fifth, as the Tigers completed the sweep.
The Bobcats built a 6-3 lead through 3 1/2 innings.
Devries had an RBI single in the fourth.
Bryce Steffen tripled and Matt Katz walked to open the fifth. Steffen took home on a double steal to cut the deficit to 6-5. Later in the inning, Devries’ big hit put the hosts on top 7-6.
Walker Schilts picked up the win on the mound, throwing three scoreless innings in relief of Steffen. He gave up three hits and struck out a pair of batters.
Brookings’ Brock Luze finished 4-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Tyler Kreutner was 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs.
Justin Devine ended up 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Brady Ammann and Parker Rykhus both had a hit and an RBI, and Tanner Shepardson drove in a run.
Daniel Messerli took the loss after giving up seven runs – three earned – on six hits with six Ks and two walks in five innings. Luze tossed a scoreless sixth.
HURON 7, BROOKINGS 6
Brookings 210 300 0 – 6 11 7
Huron 201 130 x – 7 8 4
Daniel Messerli, Brock Luze (6) and Justin Devine; Bryce Steffen, Walker Schilts (5) and Matt Katz. W – Schilts. L – Messerli. 2B: B, Devine, Tyler Kreutner, Luze; H, Jake Wehde. 3B: H, Steffen.
