Baseball Roundup: Solon Stretches Win Streak to Five With Sweep of Benton
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Solon stretched its winning streak to five with a sweep of Benton Community on Thursday in a WAMAC Conference cross-divisional doubleheader in Solon.
The Spartans won the opener 11-5 and took the nightcap 9-3 to improve to 10-4 on the season.
Benton Community dropped to 5-9 on the season.
Senior Nolan Pattison led four Spartans with multi-hit games in the opener going 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Brett White was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI and Carson Shive was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs.
Cole Arduser had two hits, scored three runs and drove in a run while Blake Timmons scored twice and Jackson Ryan doubled and scored three runs.
Kinnick Pusteoska had a double and drove in a run for Solon.
Jacob Smith earned the win allowing five runs on nine hits while striking out three in a complete game.
Senior Sully Steen tossed six shutout innings to earn the win in the nightcap, allowing four hits and striking out two in the victory.
Cael O’Neill went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored to lead a 10-hit Solon attack in game two while Pusteoska doubled, homered and drove in three runs.
Timmons went 2-for-3 and scored two runs and Shive was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Arduser had a hit and drove in a run and Pattison walked three times, scored a run and drove in a run.
Game 1
Benton Community 010 011 2 – 5 9 5
Solon 320 204 x – 11 12 2
W – J Smith L – Aiden Harris
2B – SOL: Kinnick Pusteoska, Jackson Ryan, Brett White. BC: Cade Timmerman (2), Brady Sadler, Landen Schmuecker
Game 2
Benton Community 000 000 3 – 3 5 1
Solon 221 220 x – 9 10 1
W – Sully Steen L – Aidan Thompson
2B – SOL: Kinnick Pusteoska, Cael O’Neill. BC: Drew Lange
HR – SOL: Kinnick Pusteoska
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