The Spencer Tiger Baseball team was in action on Tuesday night for a interconference matchup with Pocahontas Area. I had the call for SMUnet.net and SMU Channel 3.

Spencer’ s Campbell Wessels got his first start of the year. It was a rough first half inning, as Wessels gave up a hit, 3 hit batters, 2 walks, and 3 runs before Aiden Seversen was brought in to the game. Seversen would get the final 2 outs of the first inning and pitched the remainder of the game for Spencer.

After Pocahontas Area jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, Spencer answered by rattling off 5 runs in the bottom of the inning. The Tigers would grow that lead to 6-3 after shutting out PAC in the 2nd and 3rd innings.

Pocahontas Area was able to get 2 more runs in the top of the second, which was once again answered by a 5 run inning from Spencer, making the score 11-5 going in to the 5th.

The score would hold till the 6th inning when Pocahontas Area added another run, which Spencer returned with a couple more of their own in the bottom half. Spencer had a 13-6 lead after 6 innings and that score would hold through the end of the game.

Spencer’s Aidan Seversen would be credited with the win, throwing 6.2 innings, allowing 11 hits, 2 earned runs, 0 walks, and striking out 7. The loss would go to Liam Trimble who pitched 2.2 innings, allowing 6 hits, 6 earned runs, 2 walks, and 1 strikeout.

Pocahontas Area’s Lucas Kopriva had 2 hits, 1 run, and 1RBI in 4 at bats on the evening while teammate Chase Flaherty (Flair-ih-tee) contributed 2 runs and 2 hits in 4 at bats.

Spencer had an outstanding night offensively, highlighted by Reid Tigges’ 3 runs on 3 hits, 2RBI and 1 stolen base in 5 at bats. Lewis Vulk knocked in 3 runs on 1 hit in 2 at bats on the evening for the Tigers.

Spencer improves to 6-4 on the year while Pocahontas Area falls to 3-6.

 

BOX SCORE:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7   R H E LOB

Pocahontas Area 3 0 0 2 0 1 0  6  9  2  9

Spencer                 5 1 0 5 0 2 X 13 12 3  9

 

WP: Aiden Severson: 6.2IP 11H 3R 2ER 0BB 7K

LP: Liam Trimble: 2.2IP 6H 6R 6ER 2BB 1K

Lucas Kopriva (PAC): 1R 2H 1RBI

Reid Tigges (Spn): 3R 3H (2-2B) 2RBI 1SB

Jake Hallett (Spn): 2R 3H (2-2B) 2RBI