The Brookings Bombers Black 14U baseball team swept a doubleheader, defeating Brandon Valley by scores of 3-0 and 10-0 on Thursday night.
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BROOKINGS — The Brookings Bombers Black 14U baseball team swept a doubleheader, defeating Brandon Valley by scores of 3-0 and 10-0 on Thursday night.
The Bombers are now 33-7 on the year and will host Aberdeen for a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. at Bob Shelden Field on Friday.
Nolan Krogman set the tone on the mound throwing a complete game shutout in a 3-0 win over Brandon Valley in Game 1.
Krogman allowed just three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts over his seven-inning gem and made work for the Bombers’ lineup easier beginning with a rally in the bottom of the first inning.
Jude Meendering was hit by a pitch to lead off the first and Krogman drew a walk before Hanson drove in the first run of the game with an RBI double. Brookings extended its lead in the top of the third inning when back-to-back singles by Meendering and Krogman turned into a two-run double for Noah Lease.
Krogman finished the game from there, retiring the last eight batters including five via strikeout to earn the win.
Brookings had five hits in the game. Hanson went 2-for-3 with a double, a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Meendering went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two runs scored. Krogman went 1-for-2 with a walk. Lease went 1-for-3 with a two-run double.
The Bombers used a nine-run first inning to defeat Brandon Valley 10-0 in the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader.
Meendering and Krogman were the catalysts for the big inning, each hitting a single and stealing a base to put runners on second and third base with nobody out. Hanson cashed in with a two-run single to put the Bombers on the board and stole third base. Ben Schulte singled in the next at-bat but an error allowed Hanson to score to make it 3-0.
Lease followed Schulte with a single and Dixon Dauer drove in a run with the Bombers’ sixth straight single to put Brookings up 4-0. Lease scored on a wild pitch that allowed Dauer to advance to second base and after Mason Diers was hit by a pitch to put two runners on, Dauer advanced to third and scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Horn to make it 6-0.
Horn stole second base and scored on Grant Wipf’s single to put Brookings up 7-0 and Meendering reached on an error and Krogman walked to load the bases.
Hanson drew a walk to drive in a run and Meendering scored on an error to end the first inning.
Brookings finished the game via the 10-run rule in the bottom of the sixth when Meendering hit a double, advanced to third base on a wild pitch and was driven in on a Krogman single.
Hanson threw a complete game shutout, allowing seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
The Bombers had nine hits in the game including multi-hit performances by Krogman and Meenderings. Krogman went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI.. Meendering went 2-for-4 with a double and three runs scored.
Hanson went 1-for-2 with a walk, a run scored and three RBI. Schulte went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Lease went 1-for-2 with a run scored. Dauer went 1-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI. Wipf went 1-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI. Andrew Hove scored a run as a courtesy runner. Kooper Henderson drew a walk.
Brookings stole five bases in the win with Hanson, Horn, Wipf, Meendering and Krogman each stealing one base.
