Photo: Adrian Sanderford delivers the pitch in three innings
The Prescott Badgers won their fifth straight set and remained above the Grand Canyon area with a 11-1, five innings victory over the Coconino Panthers.
Adrian Sanderford pitched the gem, allowing only one run, scattering four hits. The senior harler was impressive in his control.
“I felt good today. I knew I had to go out and do what I could. I’m confident in myself and the people behind me.” Sanderford said of raising an eight after one inning, “It was really good. It puts them to sleep a little and makes them feel hopeless.”
Photo: Cooper Magnet was singled in pairs in the first inning.
Prescott came out swinging, batting at the first bottom and slapped eight spots on the scoreboard. One single by Nick Martin ran the single that Luke Tobin ran the single. Thunderford walked to load the base. Cooper Magnett singled sharply with left-scoring Martin and Thunderford, 2-0. Travis Gates singled again to load the bass. Jacob Patterson singled two more, 4-0. Aston Whitwell hit the pitch and loaded the bass for the third time. The Colton champion appeared and tore a ball that bouncing off the center field fence on the left, doubled the ground and scored two more points. 6-0, the Badgers added two more to close the ball passed and the Panthers wild pitch innings.
Coconino’s lonely run came in four innings when Fitz Guinan chose a single at Junior Stone to score 8-1.
Photo: Nick Martin Round 3 base ultimately wins one of the Badgers’ 8 runs
The Badgers finished the Panthers at the bottom of the fifth time when Ivan Shuster doubled, then finished the game with the 10-run rule.
Four different players had two RBIs. Colton’s champion was perfect on the plate, earning three points in a double and two RBI. The Cooper Magnet had two hits and two RBIs. Ivan Schuster had two RBI doubles, while Jake Patterson had one RBI and two RBIs.
Nick Martin said of his walk-off hit, “I just had to do something. My first three with the butt I was struggling a little.
Badger manager Jason Hutchens said, “The boys are in good headspace right now. They play with confidence, but they’re not overly confident. They’re not cocky. They need to bring the same energy they do today.”
The Badgers scored 61 runs during their current five-game winning streak, but the pitchers also shined, allowing seven runs in the same game with three shutouts.
Prescott makes a trip to Flagstaff and faces the Panthers today for a second meeting between the two teams. The first pitch is 4pm.
Prescott Badgers 11, Coconino Panthers 1, 5 innings
Innings – 123 45 – rhe
Coconino 000 10 – 1 4 0
Prescott 800 03 – 11 11 2
WP: Thunderford (1-1)
LP: Merrell
Grand Canyon Region Ranking
School – wl wl
Prescott 3-0 6-3
Bradshaw Mountain 1-0 6-3
Flagstaff 0-0 7-5
Lee Williams 1-1 4-7
Coconino 1-2 4-8
Mingus 0-1 4-8
Mohave 0-2 5-9
Scoreboard
Prescott 11, Coconino 1, 5 innings
Trinity Christian 12, Flagstaff Christian 0
River Valley 8, Chino Valley 2
Bagdad 12, Anthem Prep 5
Cactus 10, Agua Fria 8
CRISMON 7, East Mark 2
Deer Valley 23, Westview 0
Kingman 2, Williams 1
Monday’s Game Summary
The Badgers dominated their third straight game opponent with a 15-0, four innings, a no-no for the Aguafriar Owl. Prescott scored in all four innings, with only the owl appearing in the error division.
Cooper Magnet belted the first home run of the season, including four RBI performances with two hits. Magnet hit a three-run explosion in the first inning.
Ivan Shuster added three for three and four for Adrian Sanderford’s two, adding four for three, with four for three, with four for a 9-0 lead.
Parker Reed scored the victory with a complete gap in the owl in three innings. Sebashtyn vanderploeg kept a shutout and no hitter to close the game with the fourth bottom.
Badgers improved to (5-3) and Agua Fria fell to (1-9).
Prescott Badgers 15, Aguafria Owl 0
Innings – 123 4 – rhe
Prescott 414 6 – 15 14 0
Agua Fria 000 0 – 0 0 4
HR: Magnet (1)
WP: Lead
LP: n/a
