Glenboro Baldur baseball team headed to provincials
The Glenboro/Baldur combined high school baseball team consists of 11 players from Glenboro and 4 players from Baldur this season. The team finished tied for first after the brief 4 game schedule with a 3-1 record. That set them up with a playoff game against the Nellie McClung Stingers. That first playoff game featured a really solid pitching performance from Lachlan Jones, who threw all 6 innings. The entire lineup was hitting the ball and allowed the team to put up 12 runs leading to a 12-2 win by mercy.
That set up a finals matchup against the Pilot Mound Pilots. A couple of baserunning errors by the Pilots and some solid pitching execution by starting pitcher Preston Shearer was able to limit the Pilots runs early. A momentum swinging moment of the game came when the Pilots elected to intentionally walk Jones to put runners on first and second base with 2 out. Landon Bouwman stepped up to the plate and ripped a double the other way that ended up scoring both runs. That led to a few more runs as the team ended up batting around. From there more solid pitching by Kelby Diehl and Mike Wytinck was able to secure an 8-2 win.
The win booked the team a spot in Provincials taking place May 30, 31 june 1st in Reston. They face Garden City and Goose Lake.
PHOTO CAPTION: (back row, l. to r.) Chance Bitzer (coach), Kylan Diehl, Rylan Truelove, Kelby Diehl, Tyson Naismith, Austin Dubyts, Landon Bouwman, Tucker Forbes, Bryce Watson (coach) (front row, l. to r.) Spencer Jones, Griffin Anderson, Lachlan Jones, Carter Elliott, Mike Wytinck, Preston Shearer, Max Janz, Evan Griffin.
