By Fred Kroner
Dalton Hobick pitched 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief on Friday (April 28) as the Oakwood baseball team rolled to a win at Cissna Park, 13-1.
Hobick entered for Travis Tiernan, who worked 2 2/3 innings and retired all eight batters he faced, five via strikeouts.
Joshua Ruch posted two hits and drove in three runs for the Comets. Ruch scored two runs as did teammates Chase Harrison, Bryson Marcinko and Grant Powell.
On Saturday (April 29), the Comets lost a non-conference doubleheader at Braidwood Reed Custer, 5-4 and 10-0. The losses snapped the school’s five-game winning streak.
In the first game, Reed Custer scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Oakwood pitchers Brody Taflinger and Powell combined on a five-hitter and did not allow an earned run.
Hobick stroked two hits and drove in a run, as did Taflinger.
In the nightcap, Marcinko and Matthew Miller accounted for the only Oakwood hits. Harrison pitched four innings of relief and struck out four batters.
Oakwood (17-6-1) returns to action on Monday (May 1) at home against Armstrong-Potomac. Oakwood and Westville are tied for first place in the Vermilion Valley Conference standings, each with 8-0 records.
