Winner/Colome amateur baseball team won its first game in the state tournament in Mitchell.
The Pheasants won 18-1 in five innings over Northville Friday morning advancing to the second round.
Winner/Colome played Monday as they took on Four Corners. The newspaper’s deadline had passed before this game was played and results will be in the next issue of the Winner Advocate.
The bats were really hot Friday for Winner/Colome as they had 18 hits highlighted by a grand slam home run by Austin Calhoon. This was the highlight of a seven run fourth inning.
Pitchers Derek Graesser and Drew Weber combined for a no hitter.
Winner/Colome got things started with a two RBI single by Dillon Lambley with the bases loaded scoring Graesser and Calhoon. After an RBI single by Ryan Richey, J. J. Farner doubled to score two more runs and the No. 9 hitter Lakin Neugebauer added two more runs with his triple to bring the score to 7-0.
In the second inning, the Pheasants tacked on four more runs. Austin Richey doubled to right field to score two runs to make it 9-0. Ryan Richey and Neugebauer each added RBIs for Winner/Colome to make it 11-0 after two innings.
According to state tournament records, this is the first recorded combined no-hitter in the event’s history. It’s the first five inning no hitter since Rick Weber threw one for Salem in 1985. Drew Weber already threw a no hitter this year as on June 14 against Pierre.
Neugebauer drove in four runs, Austin Richey, Ryan Richey and Geno Katz each had three hits. Reed Harter and Graesser each had two hits.
Winner/Colome took a 20-4 record into its game with Four Corners.
The Winner/Colome victory is the first 15 run rule game to finish in five innings at the State B tournament since 2012 when Canova/Howard defeated Four Corners 15-0.
Eighteen runs is the most runs for one team in a state tournament since Wynot, Neb., scored 18 in a victory over Irene in the 2014 quarterfinals.
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