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Keelan Klommhaus pitched his longest game this year after being limited due to injury.
MStM 4, Mount Ayr 2
The Raiders hosted the Martensdale-St. Mary’s Blue Devils on June 27 and put on an entertaining game for the Raider and Blue Devil fans in attendance.
Martensdale-St. Mary’s, ranked third in the state, fell behind 2-0 to Mount Ayr after three scoreless innings.
The Raiders saw runs from Keelan Klommhaus, who hit a solo home run, while a nice hit by Isaac Grose put Erik Trujillo on base as the runner, who found his way home shortly after.
Grose, was recording strikeout after strikeout until the Blue Devils began to hit him in the fifth.
Giving up four runs, the Raiders attempted a comeback in the last two innings, coming close, but never getting another runner home.
Grose struck out 12 batters, walking only two and allowed four runs on four hits.
“This is the kind of baseball we know we can play. Isaac pitched exceptionally well. They scored in one inning and got away from us a little bit,” said coach Chris Elwood. “We just didin’t get the big hits we needed.”
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MSM 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
MA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Hitting
AB H R BI
KoKlomm 3 1 0 0
KeKlomm 4 1 1 1
Eaton 4 1 0 0
Grose 3 1 0 0
Trujillo 0 0 1 0
Lambert 3 0 0 0
Knapp 2 0 0 0
Doster 3 0 0 0
Swank 3 0 0 0
Elwood 0 0 0 0
Greenland 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 4 2 1
Pitching
IP H ER R K
Grose 7 4 4 4 12
TOTALS 7 4 4 4 12
Mount Ayr 6, CD 0
The Raiders traveled to their last regular season road game on Friday, June 28 to face Central Decatur in Leon.
The Raiders set the tone early with three runs in the first and one in the third before closing out the game in the seventh with two.
Briar Knapp was on the mound for Mount Ayr, striking out 10 batters while allowing only two hits on the night.
Connor Eaton recorded two runs off two hits and stole two bases against the Cardinals, while Kolben and Keelan Klommhaus each had a run and as well as Zach Doster and Erik Trujillo.
“Played solid defense, Briar Knapp played a heck of a game for us,” said coach Kelly Klommhaus. “It was a great team win.”
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MA 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
CD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hitting
AB H R BI
KoKlomm 3 1 1 2
KeKlomm 4 2 1 1
Eaton 4 2 2 0
Grose 3 0 0 1
Lambert 4 2 0 2
Knapp 4 0 0 0
Trujillo 0 0 1 0
Doster 2 0 1 0
Swank 4 1 0 0
Greenland 3 1 0 0
Larson 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 9 6 6
Pitching
IP H ER R K
Knapp 7 2 0 0 10
TOTALS 7 2 0 0 10
Mt. Ayr 11, Bedford 2
The Raiders were hosting Bedford on June 25, when hail and rain put a stop to the doubleheader.
The game was left with the Raiders leading in the top of the fourth 9-0 and at-bat.
The game was resumed on Monday, and went the distance, with Mount Ayr winning 11-2.
In the game, the Raiders saw Keelan Klommhaus hit another ball out of the park, sending two runners home.
Mount Ayr was finding the Bedford pitcher easy to hit, with Kolben Klommhaus, Keelan Klommhaus, Connor Eaton and Isaac Grose each scoring twice against the Bulldogs, and Cayden Lambert, Zach Doster and Austin Greenland scoring one run.
Connor Eaton was busy stealing bases, taking five altogether.
Keelan Klommhaus received the win on the mound, pitching three innings for 36 pitches and striking out five batters.
Dawson Swank relieved him, and pitched four innings, allowing two runs on five hits.
“The first game we were up 9-0, felt we came out fairly flat but we were able to hold on,” said coach Elwood. “Dawson threw fairly decent for us.”
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MA 4 1 4 0 0 1 111
BED 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Hitting
AB H R BI
KoKlomm 1 0 2 0
Trujillo 2 0 0 0
KeKlomm 5 1 2 3
Eaton 1 1 2 0
Grose 1 0 2 1
Lambert 5 1 1 0
Knapp 3 0 0 1
Doster 4 1 1 2
Swank 3 1 0 0
Greenland 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 28 5 11 7
Pitching
IP H ER R K
KeKlom 3 2 0 0 5
Swank 4 5 1 2 3
TOTALS 7 7 1 2 8
Mt. Ayr 6, Bedford 2
The second game of the doubleheader began soon after the conclusion of the first.
The Raiders would go on to win this game 6-2 with Keelan Klommhaus pitching six innings and throwing 86 pitches, the most of his season thus far.
Klommhaus recorded seven strikeouts while walking two and allowing one run on two hits.
The Bulldogs kept the game close, with the Raiders only scoring one run in the bottom of the second and not scoring again until the fifth.
The Raiders had their biggest inning in the fifth, scoring three runs, before putting up two for six runs.
Bedford scored two runs in the final two innigs of the contest to bring the game to its final 6-2 score.
Jace Grose closed out the day with one strikeout, one run allowed and one hit, in 23 pitches.
“This is the farthest Keelan has gone inning-wise and pitch-wise,” said coach Elwood. “He was never able to get as loose as he used to but he threw strikes and threw well and was able to get the win.”
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
BED 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
MA 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 6
Hitting
AB H R BI
Knapp 4 1 1 1
KeKlomm 4 0 0 0
Eaton 2 1 1 0
Grose 1 1 1 0
Lambert 1 0 1 0
Swank 3 0 0 0
Greenland 2 1 0 0
Larson 0 0 1 0
Trujillo 2 0 1 0
Shay 3 1 0 0
J.Grose 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 22 5 6 1
Pitching
IP H ER R K
KeKlom 6 2 1 1 7
J.Grose 1 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 7 3 1 2 8
