May 28 EGR Recap

Today the Scots took the trip to Remington Park just off Reeds Lake in the cozy community of East Grand Rapids to take on the Pioneers. The Scots started lefty Sammy Vanderwal and he faced the Pioneers righty Joel Dayton who had beaten the Scots previously this season. The game was a pitching duel with little offensive action until the bottom of the third when the Pioneers took an error and a walk to put a couple runners on and Nathan Kamradt drove them both in to put the Pioneers in front 2-0. In the 5th, the Scots responded with a a pair or runs themselves. Chris Clark scored on a throwdown to second base to draw the lead to one. On the next hit by Keegan Mulvey, Austin coon hauled all the way from second to score on an infield single to tie the game at 2. Trent Foreman bridged the Scots with scoreless ball from the 4th until the 6th when Nick Tuori entered. Tuori got three outs in the bottom of the sixth and the Scots looked to take the lead in the top of the 7th. With two outs, Keegan Mulvey singled to shallow right field. On the second pitch to Joe Stegehuis, Mulvey advanced to second on the passed ball. The next pitch Stegehuis placed beautifully down the right field line scoring Mulvey and giving the Scots the 3-2 lead with only three outs separating them from the W. There was one single but the rest of the batters were retired easily and the Scots took care of business 3-2. Nick Tuori earns his first career varsity win and the Scots picked up their 13th of the year. At 13-10 the Scots have clinched a winning season, however they are not done yet. Tomorrow the Scots travel to West Ottawa to take on the Panthers in the final tuneup before district play Saturday. Note for everyone planning on attending Saturday, the Scots will take on the East Kentwood Falcons who were victorious in last night's first round game over the Wyoming Wolves. In the other semifinal, the Forest Hills Central Rangers will take on the Ottawa Hills Bengals. All games Saturday take place at EK and the Scots start at noon.