THOMAS WIEDEMANN prevented a shutout with his first-season score in the bottom of the 5th. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
ACTION ON THE DIAMOND. Trevor Hinten (12) hurls it to first baseman Andrew Noelke (25) for an out. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
REID LUECKENHOFF throws on the mound. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
REID LUECKENHOFF charges for first base. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
TREVOR HINTEN attempts to escape Eagles catcher Anden Carey. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
ANDREW NOELKE takes a swing at the ball. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
COLE NIEMAN fist-bumps head coach Aaron Peirick after making a single. Photo by Wyatt Hardy
Wiedemann Makes First Season Score In 14-1 Loss To Sullivan
The Shamrocks (2-10) lost 14-1 at home to Sullivan (12-5) on Monday, Apr. 22.
Thomas Wiedemann was the only scorer for the Shamrocks in the conference clash and also picked up his first run of the season. It came in the bottom of the 5th when New Haven was trailing 14-0 and needed a spark to get on the board. Wiedemann kicked off his drive by seizing 1st base on catcher’s interference and then raced to 3rd on Steinbeck’s double. With two outs, Trevor Hinten sacrificed himself with a groundout so Wiedemann could score.
New Haven head coach Aaron Peirick was highly proud of Wiedemann for scoring against a tough Eagles defense. He stated after the game that “Thomas is a guy that works really hard. I mean, he’s always willing to help clean up. And he’s the first one to ask, ‘Hey, is there something I can do?’ So, anytime something good happens for those guys, that’s a really good thing. That’s something you like as a coach.”
Peirick hopes the Shamrocks can continue to work on being more consistent at the plate as they head into the season’s final stretch. “We just need to make the plays we’re supposed to make,” he explained. “We need to do a better job of limiting walks, but we got [Sullivan] to hit balls to us, and we got some ground balls, and we got some fly balls, and we made some plays, and we made some nice plays. But there were several plays that we should have made that we didn’t, and that gave them extra outs and extra runs . . . So we just need to get better. It’s just a constant. We’ve got to get better, we’ve got to get better and start making those plays at some point if we want to take the next step as a baseball team.”
New Haven’s batting lineup racked up six hits, an RBI and two walks against the Eagles.
Hinten drove in an RBI with his hit.
Ryan Steinbeck executed a team-high two hits.
Reid Lueckenhoff, Michael McFerrin and Austin Bradley all made a hit.
Andrew Noelke and Weston Hecktor drew up a walk.
Lueckenhoff threw the first pitch for New Haven and stayed on the mound for three innings. He delivered a strikeout while giving up nine hits, eight earned runs and seven walks.
Noelke came in for relief in the bottom of the 4th, and the Eagles could not reach first base when he was on the mound.
McFerrin closed out the game in the final inning. He made two strikeouts while surrendering four hits, two earned runs and a walk.