The La Porte baseball team made the long trip to Logansport Saturday and dropped a doubleheader 11-9 and 5-3 to the Berries. 

 

In game one, Logansport scored a run in the bottom of the first inning off Slicer starter Brock Schultz. The Berries loaded the bases with no outs on a base hit, error, and bunt single. Schultz struck out the next two hitters before hitting Tristan Kitchell with a pitch to drive in the game’s first run.

 

La Porte bounced back in the top of the second inning. RJ Anglin led off with a single to right field. Kai Jones drew a walk but was forced out at second on Tommy Samuelson’s grounder to third. After Jax Land popped out for the second out Ryan Bruemmer launched a high fly ball to left field. Left fielder Bodie Jones, fighting both wind and the sun was not able to make the play. The ball fell for a two run double giving the Slicers a 2-1 advantage. 

 

Logansport counter with three runs of their own in the bottom of the second inning. After Schultz struck out Brennan Goforth, number nine hitter Izak Mock got an infield single. After Isaac Russell popped up to Jones in right, Jeremiah Miller doubled to left putting runners at second and third.  Grayson Long was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Dylan Pearson doubled clearing the bases and giving Logan a 4-2 lead. 

 

The Berries stretched their lead to 8-2 with four runs in third. They used a dropped third strike, two more hit batsman and three singles to pick up four runs in the inning. The big hit was a one out two run single by Pearson who drove in five runs in the opener.

 

LP picked up two runs in the top of the fifth to cut the lead to 8-4. Ben Dubbs singled to start the inning. Carter Moses lined out to center before Kade Flores ripped an RBI triple to right center field. Anglin singled to knock in Flores. 

 

Logansport came right back in the bottom of the fifth for three more runs. A leadoff walk to Russell was followed by Miller’s single to left. First baseman and third hitter Long then blasted a scoreboard clearing homer to left giving the Berries an 11-4 edge.

 

In the sixth the Slicers used a leadoff double by Land and an error by the left fielder to pick up a run and cut the lead to 11-5. La Porte overcame a hit batsman and base hit in the bottom of the 6th with a line drive shortstop to first double play.

 

La Porte’s rally in the seventh inning fell just short. After a ground out to start the inning, Anglin tripled and Jones walked. Anglin scored when third basemen Pearson committed an error on Samuleson’s grounder. After Land struck out Bruemmer was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Drew Catron then drove in two runs with a single making it 11-8 Logansport. Dubbs reached on an error to reload the bases and Moses drew a walk driving in LP’s ninth run. Lefty Carson Dubes came in to pitch for Logan and got Flores to ground into a force out to end the game. 

 

Anglin was named the Salisbury and Spence Player of the game going 3-4 with a triple, scoring a run a driving in a run. Flores was 2-5, tripling, scoring a run and driving one in. Slicer pitchers Schultz and Drew Flores combined to strike out seven hitters but hit Logan hitters six times.

 

In game two the Slicers jumped ahead in the first inning. Dubbs singled and stole second and later third. Jones walked and stole second. After a Kade Flores strike out, Anglin grounded out to first driving in Dubbs giving LP a 1-0 lead.

 

La Porte picked up two more runs in the third. AJ Mrozinske had a one out infield single. Drew Flores followed up with high chopper of off the plate for another infield hit. Kelli Hay lined a base hit to right loading the bases. Catron singled to knock in Mrozinske. Dubbs hit into a force out to drive in the second run of the inning. La Porte led 3-0. 

 

Logansport picked up a single run in the bottom of the fourth inning Tristen Kitchell singled and stole second. Cooper Smith walked before Goforth singled in Kitchell.

 

The Berries took the lead back for good in the bottom of the fifth. Singles by Russell, Miller and Long loaded the bases. After Pearson popped to shortstop, DH Kaiden Lucero laced a hit to left driving in two to tie the game at three. Kitchell struck out then Cooper Smith doubled down the left field line driving in two to give Logansport a 5-3 edge.

 

The Slicers tried to rally in the top of the seventh. Singles by Dubbs, pinch hitter Thomas Hill and a walk to Kade Flores loaded the bases for Anglin. RJ hit a hard line drive right at the second basemen Smith who made the catch and flipped the ball to second for a double play. Samuelson bounced out to the pitcher and the Slicers fell 5-3.

 

Dubbs was named the Salisbury and Spence Player of the Game. He was 3-4 with an RBI, a run scored and he stole five bases in game two. Hay also had multiple hits going 2-3 with a stolen base. Drew Flores, Jones and Anglin shared mound duties for LP.  

 

The Slicers who are now 4-3 on the season and 2-0 in the DAC host conference foe Crown Point at Schreiber Field Tuesday. First pitch scheduled for 4:30. LP will travel to Crown Point on Wednesday. The Slicers will finish week with a double header at Goshen Saturday starting at 10:00 AM. You can listen to every pitch of Slicer baseball on 96.7 the Eagle WCOE.