DW Baseball Sweeps White Swan

WHITE SWAN, Wash. – The Dayton-Waitsburg baseball team cruised to two easy five-inning wins at White Swan on Friday afternoon, 20-1 and 13-3.

In game one, pitcher Kyle Gradwohl gave up only two hits, and his team played errorless defense behind him. DW batters had 14 hits and took advantage of seven White Swan errors to rack up 20 runs.

Brandon Boudrieau led his team with three hits. Gradwohl, Chris Philbrook, Brayden Miller, and Cade Branson each had two hits. Boudrieau and Gradwohl had four RBIs apiece, and Miller knocked in three.

“Gradwohl struck out 12 of the 15 batters he faced,” said DW coach Shane Loper. “With our roster still not 100% due to illness, injuries and ineligibilities, the boys did a great job acclimating to their newly assigned positions offering no errors in the 5 inning game.”

In game two, pitcher Ashton Loper went three innings and took the win, giving up three runs on one hit. Junior Helm pitched the final two innings, giving up no runs. The DW defense committed four errors in the game.

DW batters had ten hits, including two each by Alex Jenkins, Gradwohl and Miller. Jenkins also had three RBIs.

“Younger pitchers came out and threw a good game keeping the score low and picked up another win,” said Loper. “Again, the younger players did a great job fielding and swinging the bats while several starters were out. Looking forward to next week when our starting roster should be back to 100%.”

Dayton-Waitsburg has an overall record 11-2-0 and an EWAC record of 8-2-0 putting them in second place in the league standings.

Game 1

DW:          4  3  4  7  2     20  14  0 

WS:             0  1  0  0  0      1    2   7

Pitchers: DW:  K. Gradwohl (Win) (all 5 innings) 12 strikeouts…faced 15 batters   

WS:  Estrada (Loss) 1K , Fernandez 1K

Hits: J. Helm 1 single, C. Philbrook 2 singes, K. Gradwohl 1 single and 1 double, J. Williams 1 single, J. Willis 1 single, B. Miller 2 singles, C. Branson 2 singles, B. Boudrieau 3 singles, N. Dougherty 1 single

RBIs: E. Williams 2, B. Miller 3, C. Branson 1, B Boudrieau 4, K. Gradwohl 4, C. Phoilbrook 1, J. Willis 1

Game 2

DW        1  4  3  5  0    13  10  4

WS           0  0 3  0  0      3    1   2

Pitchers: DW: A. Loper (Win) pitched first 3 innings (2 Ks), J. Helm (Save) piched last 2 innings (3 Ks); WS: Edward (Loss) pitched first 2 innings (2 Ks), Fernandez pitched last 3 innings (3Ks)

 Hits: J. Helm single, A. Jenkins 2 singles, K. Gradwohl 1 single and 1 double, J. Willams single, B. Miller 1 single and 1 Triple, M. Conrad single, D. Swan single

RBIs: M. Conrad 2, J. Helm 1, A. Jenkins 3, D. Swan 2, E. William 1, J. Dieu 1