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- Written by: Jeremy Chawgo - Breese Journal Sports Editor
Mother Nature forced all three Clinton County League contests to one field on Sunday with the trio of games being played in Aviston.
The regular season got a jumble effect when Beckemeyer upset Bartelso and the Aviston Aces were swept by Bartelso and Trenton.
Trenton sits atop the league standings with a 4-3 record while Bartelso and Aviston are square at 5-4 with Beckemeyer checking in at 2-5.
The teams will take this weekend off for the Fourth of July holiday before coming back to action on Sunday, July 12 with four games on the schedule.
Out at one — Bartelso infielder Braden Robertson sends a throw to first base in the Barts’ 12-5 loss to Beckemeyer in the first of two for Bartelso on Sunday in Aviston. They rebounded to beat Aviston in the second game. Trenton 8, Aviston 6: The Aces’ bats went silent over the final three innings in their home loss on Sunday at The Hill.
Aviston managed just three hits on the afternoon while they committed three of the game’s four fielding errors. They were handed eight free passes in the loss. The game featured 15 walks.
Brent Timmons had a double for Aviston while Austin Rakers and Carter Truong each had singles for their three hits. Chase Lewis walked twice while Rakers pilfered a base.
Reed Braundmeier was saddled with the loss as he went the distance and allowed seven earned runs on eight hits, seven walks and eight punch outs.
Jonathan Barnes was the man on offense for the Miners with two doubles, a single, a walk, a run scored and two batted in. Drew Frey added two singles, two runs scored and an RBI.
Harrison Rakers and Owen Szpila each walked twice and scored two runs. Reid Hendrickson had three RBI. Johnny Hilmes had a single and two stolen bases.
Brady Maltbie was the winning pitcher in relief of Conner Riggs. Maltbie went 4-2/3 innings and allowed one earned run on two hits, six walks and two strikeouts.
Aviston, the visiting team on the scoreboard, got two runs in the top of the first inning, despite just having one hit.
Austin Rakers and Chase Lewis walked while Truong singled to load the bases. Timmons walked for a 1-0 lead before Drew Potthast cashed in a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead.
Trenton scratched two runs in the bottom of the inning with the help of some miscues from the Aces.
Harrison Rakers led off with a walk before Szpila singled to the right side. Hendrickson reached on an error in the infield for the first run. Barnes doubled in the other run as the game was square 2-2 after one.
Aviston took a 5-2 lead in the top of the third inning when Brock Hill, Potthast and Lucas Deimeke each walked with one out. Levi Brening was hit by a pitch for a 3-2 lead before Griffin Thomas walked for a 4-2 lead. Austin Rakers followed with an RBI ground out off Maltbie, to give Aviston a 5-2 lead.
Trenton chipped away from there with a single from Frey to lead off the bottom of the third inning before scoring on another double from Barnes to get within 5-3 after three innings of play.
