Canes baseball wins five in a row

The Hayward Hurricanes baseball team edged the Cameron Comets 1-0 at Larry Somerville Field on a cold and windy Friday April 19 to notch their fifth win in a row and move into first place in the Heart O’ North Conference.

The Canes improved to 5-1 in the Heart O’North and 7-2 overall.

Starting pitcher Thomas Fischer earned the win, going 4 1/3 innings, giving up two hits and walking two. Brody Roach came in and earned the save, giving three hits and striking out one.

The Canes scored the game’s only run in the fourth inning when Tyler Eaton beat out an infield single and stole second. With Dawson Jorczak at the plate, Cameron pitcher Tyson Lucas uncorked a wild pitch. The throw from the catcher caromed off Jorczak into the infield and Eaton came around third and scored.

Nate Harrison had the Canes’ only other hit, a double.

On Thursday April 18, the Hurricanes beat the Spooner Rails 11-1 with a 17-hit attack at Merchants Field in Spooner.

Starting pitcher Nate Harrison went four innings, giving up two hits, walking two and striking out seven to earn the win. Kyle Gajewski pitched one-third inning, giving up one hit and one walk and striking out three. Grason Crust pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up one hit, walking four and striking out two.

Dawson Jorczak had three hits and drove in three runs, Sam Schmidt had two hits and two RBIs, Trent Kirkland had two hits including a double, Micah Bacon had two hits and three RBIs, Mac Seiling had a hit, and Hunter Lyons drove in a run on a fielder’s choice.

Braeden Dewing, Brody Roach and Robert Schulte had one hit apiece.

On Tuesday April 16, the Hurricanes defeated the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Bulldogs 11-1 at Somerville Field. Dawson Jorczak pitched four innings to earn the win, giving up two hits and one earned run, walking two and striking out seven. Grason Crust pitched one inning in relief, walking one and striking out one.

Designated hitter Braeden Dewing had two hits including a two-run home run, Trent Kirkland batted 3-for-3 including a double and had two RBIs, Kyle Gajewski and Dawson Jorczak each had a double and two RBIs, Sam Schmidt had a hit and two RBIs, and Luke Snider, Nate Harrison and Micah Bacon had one hit apiece.