~courtesy of The Scranton Journal
The Greene County baseball team has mounted a five-game winning streak. They defeated Southeast Valley 16-9 on Tuesday, June 29, and Nevada 6-4 on Wednesday.
The Rams had a full schedule the first week in July with Ogden on Monday, followed by home games with Saydel and Denison – Schleswig Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday they go to Carroll to battle the Tigers.
Roland-Story and West Marshall lead the Heart of Iowa Conference. Greene County finished the week 4-7 and are 7-12 overall.
Rams 16 ~ SEV 9
Greene County hammered Southeast Valley 16-9 in a non-conference victory in Dayton on Tuesday night.
The Rams had a field day, pounding four Jaguar pitchers for 16 hits that included two home runs.
Kole Teeples clobbered his first career home run, a grand slam. He added a pair of singles to drive in five runs. Bryce Stalder added another GC round trip to plate three runs. He also had a double, scoring two more runs. Alex Roberts singled, doubled, and had two RBIs, while Cameren Miller had two doubles and two runs batted in. Blake Halligan and Max Riley singled twice, and Peyton Kinsey added a double and two singles. The Rams aided their offense with seven stolen bases.
Teeples was the winning pitcher. He went the first four innings and allowed all 10 hits by SEV and six earned runs. Miller threw 1-1/3 innings and Roberts went the last 1-2/3 innings.
Greene County had no errors while SEV committed two.
Rams 6 ~ Nevada 4
Committing six errors in a baseball game doesn’t normally lead to victory, but Greene County overcame those miscues against Nevada, using a seventh-inning rally to defeat the Cubs 6-4 on the road. The Rams have a five-game winning streak going as they end the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference schedule.
Nevada led 1-0 until the Rams scored three runs in the third inning. The Cubs scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to go up 4-3. Greene County had four of its nine hits in the seventh inning, scoring three runs to regain the lead 6-4. The Rams held Nevada scoreless in the bottom of the frame for the win.
Gabe Ebersole, Riley, Justin Stream, and Stalder all singled in the seventh with Stream batting in one run and Stalder knocking in two. For the game, Riley and Teeples each had two singles and one RBI. Kinsey also had a base hit.
