The very young, sophomore dominated Reeths-Puffer baseball team dropped an O-K Green conference doubleheader to Caledonia on Tuesday, but continued to show a lot of poise at the varsity level.
That was particularly true in Game 1, which the Rockets lost 6-5 in a back-and-forth battle.
Reeths-Puffer took a 1-0 lead after two innings of play, but a two-run fourth inning gave the Fighting Scots the lead.
In the top of the fifth, R-P’s Brendan Guikema hit an RBI double to tie the game at 2-2 before a two-run single by Tyler Scanlan gave Reeths-Puffer a 4-2 lead.
Brendan Guikema
Caledonia scored one run in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 4-3 before Reeths-Puffer scored a run in the top of the seventh to pull ahead 5-3.
Caledonia stole the win with three runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Scanlan, Guikema and Jack Yonkman all had RBIs in the game while Guikema had two hits.
Tyler Sykes started on the mound for the Rockets and gave up three hits and two runs (zero earned) over four innings.
Tyler Scanlan
Caledonia won the nightcap 8-1.
The Fighting Scots had an 8-0 lead after three innings of play before a Guikema RBI in the fourth inning gave the Rockets their lone run.
Guikema finished with two hits in the loss.
Reeths-Puffer is now 3-3 overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Rockets will host Caledonia in a single game on Thursday.