Photo: Dust comes out of the catcher’s glove on an inside pitch to Nick Martin
The Prescott Badgers blanked the Greenway Demons 10-0 in a six inning affair. The Badgers evened their record at (3-3) with the win while Greenway dropped to (2-2).
Photo: William Horn goes after a ball down the first base line
Travis Gates singled in the first two runs of the game in the bottom of third, scoring Nick Martin and Matt Hepperle, after Hepperle had doubled.
Prescott scored six in the fourth and a pair in the bottom of the sixth to end the game early. Alex Lough had two hits including a double. Ashton Whitwell hit a homerun and had three RBIs. Matt Hepperle had two hits, scored twice and had an RBI. Nick Martin had a hit, a walk and scored twice with an RBI. Gates was hit by a pitch, a walk and a hit with the two RBIs. Jason Placentia had a triple and scored in his one at bat.
Photo: Nick Martin and Matt Hepperle celebrate at home after the two RBI single by Travis Gates
Matt Hepplerle started on the mound and went two innings before giving way to winning pitcher Kaden Lampe, who also went two innings and had four strikeouts. Ashton Whitwell came in to close things out with his two innings of work with six strikeouts.
The Badgers meet Deer Valley in Phoenix on Monday at 3:45pm.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 10, GREENWAY DEMONS 0, 6 INNINGS
Innings- 123 456 – R H E
Greenway 000 000 – 0 1 4
Prescott 002 602 – 10 12 0
WP:Lampe
LP:Coughlin
HR:Whitwell
