The La Porte baseball program celebrated senior night Wednesday at Schreiber Field. RJ Anglin, Kade Flores, Tommy Samuelson, Brock Schultz, Jax Land, AJ Mrozinske, and Grant Olson, along with their parents were introduced and honored in a pregame ceremony. All seven seniors saw action as the Slicers defeated Michigan City 5-1 to stay in a second-place tie in the DAC.

 

Olson got the start and threw six innings of no-hit ball. The Wolves scored an unearned run in the third with two outs using a couple of walks and a throwing error. Olson struck out nine but did walk six. Samuelson pitched a scoreless seventh giving up singles to Colton Strope and Juan Olmos.

 

LP scored in the bottom of the first inning. Drew Catron dumped a base hit into right field with one out and scored on Anglin’s two-out double to right. The Slicers picked up another single run in the second inning. After Keli Hay lined out to center, Jax Land drew a walk. He moved to second on Brock Schultz’s bunt and scored on a solid hit up the middle by Kai Jones. LP led 2-0 after two innings.

 

After the Wolves cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the third the Slicers picked up two in the bottom of the inning. Kade Flores doubled to left and scored on Anglin’s triple to right center. Anglin scored on a wild pitch. La Porte tacked on their fifth run in the fifth with the help of three seniors. Flores was hit by a pitch with one out and moved to second on a wild pitch. Anglin reached on an error with Flores moving to third. Samuelson picked up the RBI with a sacrifice fly to center. 

 

Ryan Cuma went the distance for MC. He allowed five runs, four earned, and five hits. The senior lefty struck out seven, walked one but hit three batters.

 

Olson was named the Salisbury and Spence Player of the Game. The Slicers improve to 13-6 on the season and 7-3 in the DAC. The Wolves fall to 4-13 and 0-10.

 

La Porte travels to South Bend Friday night for a 6:00 pm central time start vs South Bend Adams. The game will be played at School Field. LP and Adams will face off later in May in a first-round sectional game at Plymouth.

 

Photos Courtesy of Susan Anglin.