Wawasee Baseball: Warriors Win In Extras
ELKHART – A late rally followed by a big showing in extra innings lifted Wawasee to a 6-4 baseball win at Elkhart Memorial Thursday night.
Kam Salazar opened the eighth after getting hit by a pitch and scored on a fielding error off the bat of Jairus Boyer. Wawasee would draw three walks and two hit-by-pitch in the inning, and used an RBI single from Blaine Greer and a pair of errors to get its four runs home, scored by Salazar, Tony Garcia, Jeremiah Bess and Boyer.
Wawasee wouldn’t have made it to the eighth without a rally in the seventh to tie the game. Parker Young doubled in the tying run in the seventh, a two-out shot in the gap to bring in Boyer, who doubled earlier in the inning. Bess started the rally with a leadoff walk, coming in on a Greer groundout.
Up until the seventh, Wawasee was virtually dormant, only getting three hits and leaving three on base in the first six innings. Memorial starter Nolan Gross worked six innings, striking out eight while working two batters into the seventh. Bradley Melendez took the loss, the Bess walk in the eighth his final batter.
Jacob Garcia worked six solid innings for the Warriors, allowing two runs and striking out three. Josh Slabaugh closed out the game to get the win, getting a flyout to first to leave the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth.
Wawasee won the JV contest 14-3.
Wawasee (8-7, 4-4 NLC) will host Memorial Friday afternoon.