BUHLER, Kan. – It was another clean sweep for Buhler baseball (10-4) and softball (11-3) on Monday at Wheatland Park, as both teams won a pair over Wellington.
BASEBALL GAME ONE: Buhler 11, Wellington 1
Buhler baseball got on the board early in game one, scoring two runs in the first inning and four in the second, and won 11-1 over Wellington. A Mitchel McDaniel triple drove in one of Buhler’s four runs in the second inning, with Dylan Scripsick scoring from first base. McDaniel finished the game 2-3 and now leads the team in hits on the season with 18.
Brayden Henry pitched another gem on the bump, tossing six innings of one-run ball. In his last 14 innings of work, Henry has surrendered just the one run while striking out 16 opposing hitters.
BASEBALL GAME TWO: Buhler 5, Wellington 3
Buhler spotted Wellington three runs on a pair of defensive errors early in game two and trailed, 3-0, going into the fourth inning. A four-run fourth inning turned the game around and eventually led to a 5-3 Crusader victory.
Oddly enough, only one of those four runs was scored off a hit. The other three were the result of four walks, a hit batter, two errors, and a passed ball.
Asher Zachary earned a team-best fourth win on the season, giving up just four hits over seven innings.
SOFTBALL GAME ONE: Buhler 9, Wellington 1
Buhler softball scattered 9 runs and 11 hits over six innings to take game one against Wellington, 9-1. Sidney Quint and Alexa Adame each had three hits and two runs batted in.
Lillian Horne struck out six Wellington batters over seven innings in the circle.
SOFTBALL GAME TWO: Buhler 4, Wellington 3
Quint again provided some heroics in game two, smacking a one-out home run to left in the seventh inning that tied the game at three. On the season, she has amassed a team-best 25 hits, four home runs, 17 RBIs, and 24 runs scored.
The Crusaders eventually won the game in walk-off fashion, 4-3, in the ninth, with Annistym Cram scoring on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor Kesinger.
Both teams are home again in Wheatland Park on Thursday to host Augusta.
