Saturday, May 9, 2015

2015 Baseball April 28 vs. Byron Center

Holland Christian played two games against Byron Center on Tuesday afternoon. Josh Sterenberg evened the score at 1-1 in the first inning with an RBI single up the middle. They tacked on another run on a throwing error by the catcher. The Bulldogs regained the lead in the third inning, 3-2. They scored an insurance run in the fourth inning and two more in the sixth. Josh Sterenberg earned his second RBI of the day by singling in David Williams to make the score 6-3 after six innings. The Maroons had two men in scoring position in the seventh inning but were unable to complete the comeback.

Josh Sterenberg went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two stolen bases.

Byron Center jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the second game. Josh York's RBI single scored Mike Mokma to make the score 2-1 after one inning. Byron Center scored two runs in the fourth inning. In the Maroons' half of that inning, Coby Curtiss drove in two runs by reaching on a fielding error. Mike Mokma followed by driving in Brandon Riemersma. David Williams drove in the go-ahead run by hitting a double off the centerfield fence. Byron Center tied the game at 5-5 in the fifth inning. The teams played three more innings of scoreless baseball before the game was called for darkness. For the second time this season, the Maroons will finish game two of the doubleheader on Thursday before the third game begins.

Williams finished with three hits while Sterenberg and Brandon Dykgraaf finished with two apiece.

The Maroons will take an 8-3 record into Thursday's series finale at Byron Center.  

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