Baseball team remains undefeated with victory in home opener

The Onaway High School baseball team improved to 5-0 Monday with a victory over visiting Johannesburg-Lewiston. The Cardinals won the opener of the scheduled doubleheader, 6-5.

The nightcap was called due to rain before it was completed. It will be resumed at a later date if its result will have a bearing on the Ski Valley Conference title.

 

The Cards scored four first-inning runs in the opener, and led 6-1 before J-L scored four runs in the sixth, and final, frame. Andrew Prow got the win, allowing five runs, four earned, on seven hits and two walks, fanning six, in six innings.

Onaway made a pair of errors, and recorded five hits, taking advantage of three errors and five walks issued by its opponent. Chris Cleaver doubled and drove in a pair of runs.

Last Thursday, the Red Birds swept a doubleheader at Forest Area, winning 6-0 and 7-0. Prow threw a no-hitter in the opener, walking one and striking out a school-record-tying 12 in six innings.

The first four OHS hitters reached base in the game – three of them on walks – and all four scored as the Cardinals jumped out to a 4-0 lead in inning one. The Cards made just one error and recorded seven hits in the contest.

Andrew Perry went 3-for-3 with a double and three stolen bases. Tommy Auger scored a pair of runs.

Onaway scored four runs in the second inning and three more in the fourth in the nightcap victory. Chae Whitsitt started and got the win, allowing two hits, walking two, and fanning five in four innings.

 

Tyler Welklin and Cody Whitsitt each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

OHS made two errors and had eight hits, with Perry going 2-for-4 with three stolen bases and three RBI. Cleaver went 2-for-3 with a triple, while Matthew Tollini doubled.

The Cardinals were scheduled to host Rogers City yesterday (Thursday), will play at a tournament at Newberry on Saturday, will host Posen on Tuesday, and will travel to Bellaire next Thursday.