Three baseball victories for Adrian Blackhawks

Tuesday, May 4 the Adrian Blackhawks baseball team played the Sherwood Marksmen and defeated the 12 to 2 behind the pitching of Austin Erickson. He pitched 5 innings, striking out 8 and walking 3. Adrian recorded 14 hits while allowing only 3 for Sherwood.

On Wednesday, May 5 the Blackhawks played the Butler Bears. Adrian defeated Butler 2 to 2 behind the pitching of Luke Hough. Luke pitched 5 innings, striking out 6.

Adrian hosted the Osceola Indians on Friday, May 7. Adrian defeated the Indians 3 to 2. Coach Dingman said, “It was a conference win. Tough to win four games in five days and the boys played well for playing that many games in a small time frame.”

In last week’s article on Adrian vs Leeton, Nick Highley’s stats were inadvertently omitted. Nick had a big night as he went 4 for 4, 1 walk, 1 single, 3 doubles, 5 RBIs.