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Pirate pitcher Brodie Magill turned lemons into lemonade when one of his offerings got past pitcher catcher Braden Mings, who hustled to the backstop and zipped the ball to Magill, who tagged the stealing Liberty Christian baserunner out at home. Pomeroy won 17-6 and 25-7.
Brodie Magill zeroes in for a pitch.
By Loyal Baker
RICHLAND–The Pirates launched into Spring Break with a bang!
Pomeroy won both of the twin bill over Liberty Christian, 17-6 and 25-7, on April 2.
The season resumes April 13 with a homestand against Gar-Pal.
"The Pirates brought their hitting clothes with them as they had 18 hits in the first game," observed Head Coach Dave Boyer.
Pitchers Brodie Magill and Ollie Severs allowed only five Patriot hits in a mercy-rule game.
Trevin Kimble had the big hit in the fifth inning, a two-run homer run. Trace Roberts had a triple and Jakob Blachly, Jesse Mings and Braden Mings each had doubles for the Pirate extra-base hits, Boyer said.
In the nightcap, bats "stayed hot" with 13 more hits in the runaway win.
Some bright spots on the day for the Pirates, Coach Boyer noted: Brodie Magill had six hits, scored six runs had four RBIs, three walks and a sacrifice. "LC just could not find a way to stop Brodie," he said.
Roberts pitched the final two innings of the day. Trace faced seven batters, giving up a single and striking out six LC batters, he said.
Carson Zimmerman made two great defensive plays at second base. In the first, he was running out to short right field to make a catch, and the other play was a diving catch of a line drive that was only about 12 inches off the ground. The umpires even complimented Carson's play.
"The day was just a very good day for Pomeroy baseball," said Boyer. "It's been a while since the Pirates have had a day like this. A good job by the whole team.
Game 1
R H E
Pom 247 04-17 18 6
LC 031 11-6 5 3
Battery: Pom-Brodie Magill, Ollie Severs (4) and Braden Mings. LC-Cody Dunham, Garret VanHollebeke (5) and Braden Mooney.
Hits: Pom-Brodie Magill 4, Jesse Mings 2 (2b), Trevin Kimble 2 (HR), Trace Roberts 3, (3b), Richie Vecchio, Carson Zimmerman, Braden Mings 2 (2b), Jakob Blachly 2 (2b).
Game 2
R H E
Pom 749 5-25 12 2
LC 430 0-7 4 4
Battery: Pom-Mings, Race Roberts (3) and Trevin Kimble. LC-VanHollebeke, Drew Ott (1) and Braden Murphy, Jamie Dunham (4)
Hits: Pom-Brodie Magill 2, Jessie Mings, Trevin Kimble 2, Trace Roberts 2, Richie Vecchio 3, Carson Zimmerman, Braden Mings, Yukon Mings. LC-Austin Kerr, Drew Ott, Cody Dunham, David Piper.
Pomeroy 8, Colton 4
Pomeroy hosted a non-league game with Colton March 30.
With double headers at Sunnyside Christian and Liberty Christian coming up, pitching coach Charlie Caldwell used a pitching committee against Colton, Boyer said.
Five Pirate pitchers saw action against the Wildcats, and it worked well as the pitchers allowed only four hits.
The Pirates also had seven hits, which came in a timely manner and were able to score runs.
"It's always good to beat a Colton team," Boyer said.
The Pirates' double header on April 20 will count in the league standings.
Pomeroy v. Colton (3/20)
R H E
Col 002 101 0-4 4 1
Pom 201 401 x-8 7 1
Battery: Col-Austin Jones, Kane Weiker (4) and Dan Bell. Pom-Richie Vecchio, Ollie Severs (3), Trace Roberts (4), Jesse Mings (5), Braden Mings (6) and Braden Mings, Ollie Severs (5).
Hits: Col-Jones 1 (3b), Druffel 1 (3b), Devlin 2. Pom-Brodie Magill, Jesse Mings, Trevin Kimble 2, Carson Zimmerman, Braden Mings, Jakob Blachly.
