CHENEY—Quinn Hubbs tossed a complete game shutout giving up four hits and striking out 13 Bears and Cheney beat Central Valley 1-0 at home Friday, March 25. It was the second win in as many games as the Blackhawks beat Lewis & Clark 5-3 on March 22 and evened their record at 2-2 on the season.
“Lewis and Clark was a great game where Isaac Nesbitt threw 7 innings and Tate Heuschkel threw 2 scoreless for his first varsity win,” Coach Rob Beamer said. “The team really started to put the team first and it showed in their play against LC and CV.
“The CV game was all about pitching as Sophomore Quinn Hubbs threw a complete game four-hitter on 98 pitches.”
Hubbs heated up early fanning two Bears in the top of the first inning. Cheney threatened in the bottom of the inning, but left two runners stranded. Hubbs looking in mid-season form, gave up a lead off single in the second, but then punched out the next three batters to record his fifth strike out of the game. Consecutive walks with two outs in the home half of the frame put runners on first and second, but Cheney couldn’t take advantage and the game remained scoreless.
The only run of the contest came in the bottom of the fifth. Clayton Wood reached first on an infield single and advanced to second on a Hubbs line drive single to left field. Wood stole third and then was thrown out at home trying to score on a fielder’s choice. Hubbs moved to second on the play and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Isaac Nesbitt reached first on a throwing error by the Bears third baseman and Hubbs scored on the play.
Back-to-back one-out singles in the top of the sixth put a Central Valley runner in scoring position. But a Hubbs KO and a fly out to center field ended the Bears rally. Central Valley went down in order in the top of the seventh, which and sealed the win for the Blackhawks.
Cheney 5
Lewis & Clark 3
Cheney chalked up its first win of the season, holding off Lewis & Clark 5-3 on Tuesday, March22. The Tigers posted a run on the board in the bottom of the first inning and then brought another runnier across the dish in the bottom of the third to take a 2-0 lead. The Blackhawks answered back with a run in the top of fourth. Quinn Hubb led off the inning with a triple and then was scored sacrifice fly to left by Jamel Chabot to make it 2-1. Cheney tied it 2-all in the top of the seventh on Carter McPherson’s double to center that drove in Tyler Ashcroft from first base. The Blackhawks then took their first lead of the contest, 3–2, when Nate Mitzinberg singled in McPherson. Lewis and Clark added a run in the bottom of the frame to even it 3–3.
A McPherson single and three consecutive walks in the top of the ninth broke the tie. Eli Chabot scored the final of the inning and the game touching home during a double play turned by Lewis & Clark.
Lewis & Clark 9
Cheney 6
It was a real slug fest on the diamond at Cheney High School on Tues., March 22, that saw the teams combine for 19 hits. The Blackhawks jumped out to an early 4-0 lead with two runs in the home half of the second and third innings. The Tigers closed the gap to 4-2 bringing a runner across the dish in the top of the fourth and fifth innings.
The visitors then exploded for six runs in the top of the sixth on the strength of three singles, three walks, a hit batter and an error to go up 8-4. Lewis & Clark added another run in the top of the seventh. Cheney loaded the bags with no outs to open the bottom of the inning, but was only able to bring two runners home. Three Blackhawks errors lead to five unearned Tiger runs and Cheney dropped its third consecutive game.
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