Raiders improve to 6-1 on the season with a win over Nodaway
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Kolben Klommhaus beats the throw to third as he dives head-first into third in a cloud of infield against Nodaway Valley Monday night.
A busy week saw the Raiders go 4-1 to improve to 6-1 on the season after games against Stanton, Earlham, Southwest Valley, Martensdale-St. Mary’s and Nodaway Valley.
Mt. Ayr 14, Stanton 1
The Raider bats got off to a hot start Tuesday, June 23 in Stanton, scoring four runs and allowing the Vikings to score one to go into the second inning up 4-1.
The Raiders didn’t slow down as the next three innings saw 10 runs for Mount Ayr and none for the Stanton Vikings.
Freshman Jaixen Frost saw two doubles, two RBI and two runs off of three hits for the Raiders while Kolben Klommhaus had two runs, two RBI, one double and one single to round off his night.
As a team the Raiders saw 14 runs on nine hits and 10 RBI, along with 12 walks.
Briar Knapp started on the mound for the Raiders, pitching four innings and striking out eight batters with a 1.75 ERA.
Jaydon Knight came in to close out the game on the mound, walking one and striking out two in his lone inning pitched.
Behind the mound, the Raiders saw 15 put outs on 20 chances and one error.
The Viking bats had one run off two hits.
The mound saw three different pitchers, with Carter Johnson receiving the loss. Johnson saw one inning, allowing four runs on two hits, walking three and striking out two.
Colton Thornburg saw the start and allowed seven runs, four hits and walked seven while striking out two and Keygan Day also saw one inning on the mound. Day allowed three runs on one hit and two walks with one strikeout.
Behind the mound, the Vikings saw 15 put outs on 29 chances and seven errors.
“We hit the ball ball hard in some spots and obviously they had some errors that gave us a lot of extra runs and we were able to take advantage of that,” said coach Chris Elwood. “Briar Knapp did what he was supposed to do, came in and gave up one run, threw well and Jaydon (Knight) came in and finished up for us and again, pitching is our strength and it showed tonight.”
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MA 4 3 3 4 x x x 14
SV 1 0 0 0 x x x 1
Hitting
AB H R BI
Klommhaus 2 1 2 2
White 0 0 0 0
Lambert 2 0 2 1
I.Grose 1 0 2 0
J.Frost 3 3 2 2
R.Larson 1 1 0 0
Shay 4 0 0 0
Knapp 2 1 0 2
Weehler 1 0 2 0
Knight 0 0 0 0
Swank 2 1 1 2
T.Ehlen 1 1 0 0
Greenland 1 0 0 0
Trujillo 2 1 2 0
J.Grose 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 24 9 14 10
Pitching
IP H ER R K
Knapp 4 2 1 1 8
J.Knight 1 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 5 2 1 1 10
Mt. Ayr 11, Earlham 1
The 11-1 score doesn’t tell the entire story of the match-up between the Raiders and Cardinals June 24.
Mount Ayr held a 5-1 lead heading into the fourth before the Mount Ayr hitters found their stride and put the game away on a six run top of the fifth.
The Raiders saw 11 runs on 11 hits, all singles, while knocking in nine runners.
Jaixen Frost showed up again for the Raiders with three hits, three runs and two stolen bases, while Erik Trujillo saw two hits, one run and four RBI.
On the mound for Mount Ayr was Jace Grose. He allowed three hits and one run and struck out six batters to grab the win.
Behind Grose, the Raiders committed three errors, but saw 15 put outs on 23 chances.
Earlham saw four hits with one run off an RBI.
On the mound, the Cardinals pitched Alex Caskey to start. Caskey received the loss after four innings pitched, five runs on six hits, two walks and six strikeouts.
Brody Morrison and Kallin Nicholson came in to help Caskey allowing six runs off three hits combined.
In the field the Cardinals saw six put outs on eight chances and two errors.
“Jace did an excellent job and I know he’s been waiting for his opportunity,” said coach Elwood. “With a slow going season he has had to wait until the fourth game but he showed he belongs in the rotations just as much as anybody else. Earlham had some good bats in the lineup and he kept them off balance and threw strikes.”
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MA 0 2 3 0 6 x x 11
EC 0 0 1 0 0 x x 1
Hitting
AB H R BI
Klommhaus 3 0 1 0
Lambert 4 0 0 0
I.Grose 4 1 1 1
J.Frost 3 3 3 1
Shay 4 2 2 1
J.Grose 0 0 0 0
Knapp 2 2 2 2
Swank 3 1 0 1
Greenland 2 0 0 0
D.Frost 0 0 1 0
Trujillo 3 2 1 4
TOTALS 28 11 11 9
Pitching
IP H ER R K
J.Grose 5 3 0 1 6
TOTALS 5 3 0 1 6
Mt. Ayr 5, SWV 2
The Raiders hosted the Timberwolves in what would be their second game this season, in which Mount Ayr was able to come out on top in both.
Previously, the Raiders bested the Timberwolves 11-1, however, Southwest Valley allowed only five runs in this narrow defeat.
The Raider offense saw some spark when Isaac Grose hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first.
“It was nice to get that three run cushion right off the bat,” said coach Elwood. “After that we scored one run in the next four innings and one more in the sixth so we could close it in the seventh. I want to give a lot of respect to Southwest Valley. We had the same two guys pitch the first game and there was 11 strikeouts and they only had one hit. This time they definitely put the ball in play a lot more and looked much better at the plate.”
Leading the Raider offense was Jaixen Frost with two hits, one run, one RBI and a double, though Isaac Grose had one hit, and three RBI with the home run to begin the game.
Mount Ayr saw five runs on six hits and five RBI.
On the mound, Jaixen Frost picked up the win after pitching 5.1 innings and striking out seven while allowing two runs on three hits.
Dawson Swank came in to close the contest in 1.2 innings, striking out one in 13 pitches.
The fielders committed two errors and had 21 put outs in 30 chances.
The Timberwolves had two runs on five hits and two RBI at the plate.
Brendan Pearson pitched for Southwest Valley, striking out two while allowing five runs on six hits, four of which were earned.
Behind the mound the fielders committed three errors and put out 17 on 26 chances.
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
SWV 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
MA 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Hitting
AB H R BI
Klommhaus 3 1 1 0
Lambert 3 1 2 0
I.Grose 2 1 1 3
J.Frost 3 2 1 1
Shay 3 0 0 0
Knapp 3 1 0 1
Swank 3 0 0 0
D.Frost 3 0 0 0
Trujillo 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 24 6 5 5
Pitching
IP H ER R K
J.Frost 5.1 3 0 2 7
Swank 1.2 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 7 3 0 2 8
MstM 15, Mt. Ayr 5
The Raiders finished out the week with a contest against #1 ranked Martensdale-St. Mary’s.
The Blue Devils showed their strength going up 8-1 early through two innings.
By the end of four, the Raiders trailed 12-2 but showed signs of life in the fifth with three runs to make it a 12-5 game.
Martensdale finished the contest with three runs in the sixth to invoke the 10-run mercy rule after five innings to hand Mount Ayr its first loss of the season.
Isaac Grose started on the mound and received the loss for the Raiders after 1.2 innings pitched. Grose couldn’t get into a groove as he allowed seven runs on two hits, six of which were earned, while walking two and hitting two batters.
Dawson Swank came in for 2.1 innings and allowed five runs on six hits with three earned and Jaydon Knight finished out the contest with three earned runs on five hits, two walks and one hit-by-pitch.
The Raider bats saw seven hits and five runs, all on RBI and struck out only three times.
Behind the mound, the Raiders saw three errors and 17 put outs on 27 chances.
As for the Blue Devils, sophomore Matt Hughes pitcked up the win, allowing five runs on six hits, four of which were earned and walked one and struck out one.
Cole Cassady came in for relief for one inning and struck out one batter while Trey Baker also pitched one inning. Baker did not have any stats posted.
The Blue Devil bats saw 15 runs on 13 hits and 14 RBI.
Behind the mound, the Blue Devils committed two errors and had 18 put outs on 27 chances.
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MA 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 5
MSM 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 15
Hitting
AB H R BI
Klommhaus 3 1 1 0
Lambert 3 1 1 1
I.Grose 3 1 0 1
J.Frost 2 2 2 1
Shay 3 0 0 0
Knapp 2 0 0 0
Swank 2 1 0 2
Greenland 0 0 0 0
Knight 2 0 0 0
D.Frost 1 0 0 0
Trujillo 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 24 7 5 5
Pitching
IP H ER R K
I.Grose 1.2 2 6 7 0
Swank 2.1 6 3 5 0
Knight 1.2 5 3 3 0
TOTALS 5.2 13 12 15 0
Mt. Ayr 14, NV 1
The Raiders traveled to Greenfield on Monday night to face rival Nodaway Valley.
Mount Ayr scored 14 runs on 17 hits against their Wolverine opponents and allowed one run in the bottom of the seventh against closer Jaydon Knight.
Briar Knapp started the night on the mound for Mount Ayr and pitched six innings throwing seven strikeouts and allowed only three hits while walking five.
At bat, the Raiders saw five batters with multiple hit games and seven batters with hits.
Isaac Grose had another three-run home-run to set the tone early in the night.
As a team, the Raiders saw 17 hits that invluded 11 singles, four doubles, one triple and a home-run and 12 RBI.
Mount Ayr improves to 6-1 on the season.
Stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
MA 2 4 0 1 0 1 6 14
NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hitting
AB H R BI
Klommhaus 4 3 4 0
Lambert 4 3 3 3
I.Grose 4 1 1 3
J.Frost 5 4 3 3
Shay 5 2 0 2
Knapp 4 3 0 1
Weehler 0 0 0 0
Knight 0 0 0 0
Swank 4 1 1 0
Trujillo 4 0 1 0
Greenland 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 36 17 14 12
Pitching
IP H ER R K
Knapp 6 3 0 0 7
Knight 1 1 0 1 2
TOTALS 7 4 0 1 9
The Raider season ended with contests against Bedford, Central Decatur and Southeast Warren.
Those results will appear in the July 9 edition of the Record-News.
The Raiders head into District play starting July 11.
District assignments have not yet been released but will be available on the Record-News Facebook page and on Twitter by following @chansehall.
