by Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio – The bats came alive Saturday afternoon, as Walsh Jesuit hit and homered their way to a 16-6 win over Hawken School.
If you wanted home runs, you were in for a treat.
In all, five homers were hit today. The first was a grand slam off the bat of Nick Bollinger to put Hawken up 4-0 in the first inning.
However, Walsh Jesuit would respond in kind.
Junior infielder and Cincinnati commit Joey Canzone hit a home to right field to put the Warriors on the scoreboard.
After a groundout by Henry Kaczmar, senior Mason Eckelman (Michigan commit) hit a round-tripper of his own. This cut the Hawken lead to 4-2.
Walsh Jesuit added another run in the inning to make the score 4-3.
Hawken added a run to make the score 5-3 when Tommy Clark reached on an error. He later scored on a wild pitch in top of the third.
Walsh Jesuit put up an eight-run frame in the bottom of the third inning.
The Warriors loaded the bases, and got a run across thanks to a walk by Kasey Kish. That set the stage for Alejandro Covas.
The junior hit a grand slam to left-center field to give the Warriors the lead, 8-5. They would add three more runs to make the score, 11-5 after three.
Hawken would add a run in the top of the fourth thanks to a double-play fielder’s choice.
In the bottom of the fifth, junior Justin Bremner hit a lead-off home run to increase the lead to 12-6.
Four more RBI hits would make the score 16-6 and end the game after five innings.
Walsh Jesuit takes on North Canton Hoover in the Louisville Regional semifinal Thursday, June 2nd.
Hawken takes on 2019 Division III state champion South Range in the Massillon Regional semifinal Thursday, June 2nd.
