Holland
Christian hosted a doubleheader with the Hamilton Hawkeyes on
Tuesday. The first game featured two of the state's best pitchers:
Mike Mokma from Holland Christian and Grant Wolfram from Hamilton.
Both pitchers cruised through the first six innings. The Maroons
managed two hits while the Hawkeyes only managed one. Both Mokma and
Wolfram struck out each other.
The best chance either team had to
score was when Brandon Riemersma stood on third base in the second
inning. Mokma and Wolfram both had 1-2-3 innings in the fourth,
fifth, and sixth innings.
David Williams got on base in the
bottom of the seventh by singling up the middle. Josh York eventually
drove in Williams with a line drive single to right field to give the
Maroons its second walkoff victory of the season—both winning runs
were scored by Williams and York was at the plate both times.
Mokma finished with eight strikeouts
and only allowed one hit in six innings. Jack Huisman came in to
relieve Mokma in the seventh inning and came away with the win.
Game 2
Josh Sterenberg put the Maroons on the
board in the second inning of game two by singling in Brandon
Dykgraaf.
Josh York picked up his second RBI
single of the day in the bottom of the fourth. The Maroons led 2-0
after four innings.
Due to a tough inning defensively,
Holland Christian allowed three unearned runs to put the Hawkeyes on
top 3-2 after five.
Riemersma and Huisman kicked off the
sixth inning with back to back singles. Riemersma came home to tie
the game at 3-3 after Spencer Slenk reached first base on a fielding
error.
Neither team had a baserunner in the
seventh, eighth, or ninth innings. The game ended in a 3-3 tie due to
darkness.
Riemersma finished 3-for-4 with two
runs scored.
York pitched seven innings and Huisman
pitched two. Neither allowed an earned run.
The Maroons will take a 2-0-1* record to
Hamilton on Thursday afternoon.
*Tie decided 4/16 @ Hamilton
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