Titans squads fall to Creighton/Bloomfield

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The Tri-County Titan seniors were back in action Sunday, June 9, at Orchard against Creighton/Bloomfield, where they lost a tight game, 6-8.

Wyatt Shabram took to the mound and threw four innings allowing only one run on two hits and 2 walks, while striking out 11 batters.

The Titan seniors then turned to Jake Schroeder, who allowed five runs in the fifth inning, and A.J. Hobbs, who allowed two runs combined in the sixth and seventh innings on three hits and four walks.

Each team scored a run in the first inning. Tri-County's came from Shabram, with the RBI credited to A.J. Hobbs.

The Titans then scored again in the second inning when Landon Nelson scored due to Connor Thomson's RBI.

Jake Schroeder scored in the fourth, on a Riley Saul RBI.

But Creighton's seven combined runs in the final three innings were too much to overcome, according to Titans skipper Jeff Shabram.

Hobbs scored in the sixth inning on a Landon McAllister RBI fly ball.

Tri-County did try to make things interesting in the seventh when Thomson and Shabram each scored (RBIs credited to Ryan Rifer and Hobbs).

"Credit goes to Creighton/Bloomfield for both excellent pitching and defense in the field. The C/B bats and base running was also aggressive Sunday night," Shabram said.

Tri-County game stats:

Thomson: 2-4 batting, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 stolen base.

Shabram: 2-4 batting, 2 runs, 3 stolen bases.

Rifer: 2-4 batting, 1 RBI, 3 stolen bases.

Hobbs: 2-4 batting, 1 run, 2 RBI.

Isaac Pavlik: 0-2 batting, 1 HBP, 1 stolen base.

Schroeder: 1-3 batting, 1 run, 2 stolen bases.

McAllister: 0-3 batting, 1 RBI.

Saul: 1-3 batting, 1 RBI.

Nelson: 1 run, 2 stolen bases.

Kaiden Bauer 0-0 batting, 2 RBI.

Titans junior

In the first game of the evening, the Tri-County juniors fell to Creighton/Bloomfield by a score of 0-10.

Rifer was the starting pitcher and threw two scoreless innings allowing two walks while striking out five batters.

But the Titan juniors found it tough sledding after those first two innings as they allowed 10 runs over the final three innings to lose going away.

Tri-County game stats:

Levi Hoferer: 0-3 batting.

Max Bruce: 1-3 batting, 1 stolen base.

Rifer: 0-2 batting.

Hobbs: 0-2 batting.

Hoferer: 1-2 batting.

Nelson: 0-1 batting, 1 BB.

Rogan Robertson: 0-2 batting.

Jason Shaver: 0-0 batting, 1 HBP.

Parker Frank: 0-1 batting.

Jacob Pierzina: 0-0 batting.