The Garretson 14U baseball team opened its season on the home field Monday, hosting the Tri-Valley Mustangs (Maroon). Tri-Valley opened the game with two runs in the top of the first inning, and ultimately ended the game 10 up and left Garretson 14U with nothing.
Garretson's Colton Buchholz took the mound for just over four innings, striking out five, allowing five hits and walked four. Pitching relief was Wyatt Potter, who struck out one, allowed three hits, and walked two.
Potter, Chase Costello, and Ty VanHolland each managed to get a piece of the Mustang's pitches, with Potter singling on a line drive to right field at the bottom of the second and Costello batting a double, but Potter was tagged out, which kept the team from claiming a point.
VanHolland doubled in the bottom of the third on a line drive to left field, and ultimately made it to third base on a grounder by Gavin Coburn. Two more batters did their best to get past the Mustangs and bring VanHolland home, but a strikeout by Shea Smidt and a caught grounder by C. Smith to the second baseman brought the inning to a close.
The Mustangs topped off their first inning points by claiming at least one more in all innings except the second, and ended the game after six innings. The Mustangs' Evan Focken pitched all six innings, striking out 7 Garretson batters and walking zero.
Garretson 14U was scheduled to head to Dell Rapids on Wednesday (results not available at press time), and will be hosting Hills-Beaver Creek at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 at Tandberg Field.
