Winner/Colome amateur baseball team continued to have the hot bats as they defeated Four Corners 14-2 last Monday in the second round of the state amateur baseball tournament in Mitchell.
The Pheasants jumped to a 7-0 lead in the first inning and started the game with three straight hits.
Derek Graesser led off the game with a single and Geno Katz followed him with a bunt single. Austin Calhoon hit a single scoring Graesser for the first run of the game. Zach Harter, who entered the game as a courtesy runner for Katz, advanced to third base and scored on an Austin Richey sacrifice fly. Calhoon, who was on third base, came home and scored on a wild pitch putting the Pheasants up 3-0.
Dillon Lambley and Ryan Richey had back to back singles in the first inning. Lambley stole third base and scored on an error while Richey stole second base. Reed Harter drew a walk and Lakin Neugebauer was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Graesser had his second single of the inning scoring Harter and Neugebauer.
After keeping Four Corners off the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning, Winner/Colome added three more runs in the top of the second inning to put them up 10-0.
Four Corners scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
In the 7th inning, Winner/Colome put the game away by scoring three more runs.
J. J. Farner was the winning pitcher for the Pheasants.
Graesser finished the game 3-5 with 3 RBIs and two runs scored while Calhoon and Lambley each added three hits.
Winner/Colome played Garretson in the quarterfinal game on Thursday night. The Pheasants went into this game with a 21-4 record.
J. D. Farley, who pitched for Four Corners, is formerly of Winner.
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