JDHS in two battles Saturday with Sitka

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The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears baseball team played the visiting Southeast Conference rival Sitka Wolves nearly perfect in a Saturday doubleheader at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park, but fell 4-0 and 4-1. The Crimson Bears had lost 5-1 on Friday.

“Today we came out and played better overall, but still feel short to earn a victory,” JDHS coach Luke Adams said Saturday. “Sitka is a good team and they’re well coached. They are disciplined in the field and at the plate. We had trouble keeping up with their pitching this weekend, but if I know anything about the players we have in our program they’re gonna be motivated to get back to work this week.”

In both games the Crimson Bears faced an accomplished pitching staff of the Wolves with Saturday’s game-one starter Caleb Calhoun having 29 strikeouts to date and game-two starte r country wise email marketing list Levi Hodges nine. Friday’s starter Bryce Calhoun has 21 strikeouts.

In Saturday’s opener JDHS juniors Brandon Casperson and Chris Anderson had the Crimson Bears lone hits, and Casperson and junior Tyler Frisby earned one walk apiece. Casperson had one stolen base.JDHS junior Cayman Huff pitched the seven innings, allowed eight hits and four runs, walked one batter and struck out two. JDHS committed three errors in the field while Sitka kept the turf clean.

Sitka’s C. Calhoun pitched 6.2 innings and struck out 15 batters.

The Wolves Brett Ross led with two RBI, Chance Coleman and Tyson Bartolaba had two hits apiece, Ross, Josh Gluth, Tanner Steinson and Mason Mcleod one each. Coleman, Gluth, Mcleod and Emmit Johnson scored one run each.

In Saturday’s second game JDHS’ lone run came in the bottom of the third inning. Trailing 3-0 the Crimson Bears got a leadoff bunt from Frisby and advanced to second base. Junior Nate Fick hit a ground ball out to move Frisby to third and senior JJ McCormick hit a sacrifice fly to right field and Frisby tagged up to score.