Summer baseball: Jefferson splits doubleheader with Belleville

JEFFERSON -- Jefferson's summer baseball team split a doubleheader versus Belleville on Wednesday, losing 6-1 before a 17-0 win at Fischer Field on Wednesday.

Belleville scored four times in the second inning of the opening game, jumping ahead 5-0.

Mason Merz notched two hits for the Eagles (9-3).

Gavin Berge started for Jefferson, allowing five earned runs on four hits in two innings in the loss. Cale Schmidt then tossed four innings of one-hit ball with five strikeouts before Sam Steies threw a scoreless seventh.

In game two, the Eagles had a 14-2 advantage in hits. Tyler Altermatt went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Tyler Steinke and Noah Copsey added three RBIs apiece while Nolan Burzlaff scored three runs.

Copsey pitched two no-hit innings with three strikeouts before Altermatt tossed two shutout innings, fanning five.

BELLEVILLE 6, JEFFERSON 1

Belleville 140 010 0 -- 6 5 0

Jefferson 000 100 0 -- 1 5 0

Leading hitters -- B: Keyes 2x3, McKinley 2x4, Frydenlund (2B); J: Merz 2x2.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- B: Frydenlund W; 7-5-1-1-0-4; J: Berge L; 2-4-5-5-4-1, Schmidt 4-1-1-0-5-5, Steies 1-0-0-0-1-1.

MONDAY'S RESULT

JOHNSON CREEK -- Jefferson scored the go-ahead run via error in the eighth inning in a 3-2 win over host Johnson Creek on Monday.

Sam Steies opened the eighth with a single and Mason Merz followed by drawing a walk. After both runners moved up on a wild pitch, Finn DeBlare reached via error on a grounder, allowing both runners to score.

Johnson Creek got a two-out run on Adam Whitehouse's single in the eighth.

Three Jefferson pitchers combined on a five-hitter. Mason Merz started, allowing a run on two hits with four strikeouts in four innings. Bentley Wagner then pitched two scoreless innings before Sam Steies allowed a run on two hits with two punch outs in two frames to earn the victory.

JEFFERSON 3, JOHNSON CREEK 2 (8)

Jefferson 000 100 02 -- 3 3 0

Johnson Creek 000 100 1 -- 2 5 3

Leading hitters -- J: Berge (2B).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- J: Merz 4-2-1-1-5-4, Wagner 2-1-0-0-1-1, Steies W; 2-2-1-1-2-2; JC: Holland L; 4-1-1-0-0-4, Hartwig 4-2-2-0-1-1.