Reed-Custer sweeps Prairie Central thanks to grand slam

    Reed-Custer’s varsity baseball team continued its winnings ways on Saturday, as they swept Prairie Central, 9-6 and 13-11.
    In the first game, the Comets picked up the win thanks to a grand slam from Dan Fierro.
    Heading into the sixth frame the game was tied 5-5.
    Hunter Murawski got things started with a double, which was followed by a single from Sam Lepper, who reached base on an error.
    Wilkins wound up receiving a walk, loading the bases.
    With two outs on the board, Fierro headed to the plate and would wind up going the distance for a grand slam to give the Comets a 9-5 advantage.
    Prairie Central would add one more run in the seventh, but it was all for naught.
    The game was full of the long ball, as Fierro, Murawski and Wilkins each contributed home runs.
    Murawski went 3-for-4 with one RBI and three runs scored, Wilkins had the one hit for two RBIs, and also scored two runs. Fierro had three hits, including a double for five RBIs and two runs scored.
    Sam Lepper (2) Josh Loomis and Mason Roach also added hits in the game.
    On the mound, Trevor McLaughlin got thing started pitching five innings. He scattered seven hits, allowing five runs (three earned), while walking none and striking out three.
    Murawski earned the win in relief, pitching 1.2 innings. He allowed just one earned run off one hit, walked two and struck out four.
    Gavin Grace got the final batter of the a game to fly out to center, earning the save.
    In the second game of the double-header, Reed-Custer faced another back-and-forth affair, but would come out on top, 13-11.
    “It was a wild game two,  but we completed the sweep,” noted R-C coach Jake Evans.
    Cody LaGrange, Grace, Lepper and Wilkins combined on the mound for the win.
    LaGrange got things started by pitching the first two innings. He surrendered two earned runs off one hit and walked seven.
    Grace came on for the following three innings, surrendering eight runs (one earned) off three hits and walked one.
    Lepper recorded the win, pitching one inning. He let up one earned run off two hits, walked one and struck out two.
    Wilkins got the save by pitching the seventh inning, he let up no hits or runs, as he forced the batters to hit into the defense.
    Facing an 11-7 deficit heading into the sixth inning, the Comets would come up big with six more runs to claim the lead for good.
    Fierro got the scoring started with a two-run double, as Mason Roach followed with an RBI single.
    Lepper picked up an RBI double, and Trevor McLaughlin followed that up with a two-run double to finish the scoring in the inning.
    Wilkins led the offense on the day, going 3-for-3 at the plate with two home runs, adding five RBIs and three runs scored.
    Fierro also added a home run in his two hits, finishing with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Reed-Custer 8,
Westmont 1
    The Comets kept the wins coming on Friday, as they earned a conference victory over Westmont by seven runs.
    The Sentinels took the initial lead in the game with one run in the third inning, but it didn’t take long for Reed-Custer to respond.
    In the fourth inning, Roach hit a ground ball into a double play. While Westmont would record two outs, Fierro crossed the plate to score the tying run.
    From then on, the game belonged to the Comets, as they compiled five more runs in the fifth, and added two more insurance runs in the seventh.
    Murawski (2), Lepper, Loomis, Fierro (double), Richey and Tyler Duha each added hits in the game.
    Wilkins had two RBIs in the game, even though he didn’t register a hit, and Richey added two RBIs as well.
    Roach and Grace also registered one RBI each.
    Loomis secured the win on the mound, letting up just one earned run over his 6.1 innings of work. He surrendered five hits, walked two and struck out six.
    Wilkins came on for the remaining two-thirds of the final innings, striking out the two batters he faced.