Bowman hurls SHS by Pirates Junior works out of early jam in 3-1 win
Daily Globe Sports Editor
Blaine Bowman was flirting with disaster in the opening inning of his first varsity baseball start, but the junior worked out of a huge jam and pitched Shelby to a 3-1 non-conference win against Sandusky Perkins Monday.
A walk, back-to-back singles, and a hit batter saw Bowman staring at a 1-0 deficit with no outs.
Bowman then retired the next three batters via the strikeout route and held the Pirates off the scoreboard the rest of the way.
The winning hurler scattered just two hits over the final six innings and finished with 10 strikeouts and one walk.
“Blaine was sensational today. It’s the first time he’s ever started for us. He’s been our catcher over the years, caught a doubleheader Saturday and to come back today and do what he did was awesome,” said Jon Amicone, coach of the Whippets. “His mental toughness was on display in the first inning. He was able to work out of that and pound the zone. Some guys fold in that situation, but he went another six innings for us.”
Bowman tied the game at 1-1 in the third when he reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second and went to third on an error before scoring on an error.
Logan Green accounted for the final two runs of the evening.
Green stroked a one-out single in the fourth, moved to third on a basehit by Alex Bruskotter and scored on a safety squeeze bunt laid down by Luke Shepherd. In the sixth, he walked and moved to third on a walk by Bruskotter and a single by Shepherd before being driven home on a single by Bowman. The latter had two of his team’s six hits in the game.
Shelby’s other hit was a single by Marshall Shepherd.
“Our approaches at the plate after the first three innings were much better. Our guys did a nice job of executing.
Bowman hammers one of his two hits during Monday’s win against Sandusky Perkins. Bowman also pitched all seven innings for the red and gray. Luke Shepherd did We found a way to a great job running the push across a couple of safety squeeze for us. runs,” noted Amicone. We were able to manufacture The Whippets, who runs when the are 3-0 on the season, big bats weren’t there. kick off Mid Ohio
Athletic Conference play at home against Ontario today. Wednesday the same two play again on the Warriors’ diamond.