River Ridge Baseball
The Timberwolves' Dylan Hazen pitches with a Black Hawk runner in scoring position in the opening game of a twinbill. (Photo by Ted Pennekamp)
River Ridge’s Ben Ertz dives safely into third base in the first game against visiting Black Hawk Friday afternoon. (Photo by Ted Pennekamp)
Ben Ertz scores against Black Hawk. (Photo by Ted Pennekamp)
Ryan Redman gets back to first base safely on a pick-off attempt by Black Hawk. (Photo by Ted Pennekamp)
River Ridge’s Preston Clark eludes the tag on a close play at the plate against visiting Black Hawk in the first game of a doubleheader Friday. (Photo by Alison Hein)
Preston Clark scores on the play at home. (Photo by Alison Hein)
Gavin Steiber gets one of River Ridge’s 16 hits in the opener of a twinbill versus Black Hawk Friday afternoon. (Photo by Alison Hein)
River Ridge’s Ben Ertz blasts a home run in the opening game versus Black Hawk. (Photo by Alison Hein)
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River Ridge swept visiting Black Hawk in a twinbill in high school baseball action Friday afternoon.
The Timberwolves took game one 14-4 in six innings.
River Ridge scored a run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead.
Black Hawk scored twice in the top of the second, but River Ridge answered with 1 in the bottom half to tie the game at 2-2.
River Ridge scored a run in the third and 5 in the fourth to go ahead 8-2.
Black Hawk scored 2 runs in the fifth, but River Ridge scored 3 in the bottom half to gain an 11-4 advantage.
River Ridge scored 3 more runs in the sixth to take the win.
River Ridge pounded out 16 hits and committed 2 errors. Black Hawk had 6 hits and committed 3 errors.
Dylan Hazen fanned 11 and walked 4 to earn the victory.
Ben Ertz was 4x5 with a pair of doubles, a home run and 5 RBIs. Hazen was 3x5 with an RBI.
River Ridge won game two 9-5.
Black Hawk led 2-1 after one inning.
River Ridge scored 3 runs in the top of the third and Black Hawk scored twice in the bottom half as the game was tied 4-4.
River Ridge rallied for 4 runs in the fourth to go ahead 8-4.
Each team scored a run in the sixth inning and River Ridge went on to win 9-5.
River Ridge had 6 hits and committed 1 error. Black Hawk had 10 hits and committed 3 errors.
Ryan Redman whiffed 2 and walked 1 in three innings to get the win.
Tyler Millin was 2x4 with 3 RBIs for the Timberwolves.
