Baseball: Eureka spoils Bigfork’s home opener
Eureka starting pitcher Tristan Butts (9) delivers in the third inning against Bigfork at ABS Park in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Ryeln Rodriguez pitched three innings in relief for Bigfork, allowing no hits and striking out three, but Eureka won 13-0 over the Vikings on Tuesday, April 2. Nine errors stymied the Vikings.
Rodriguez also had Bigfork’s lone hit of the day. Eureka jumped out to a 12-0 lead through three innings and finished with eight hits total. Eureka finished with eight hits and also had three baserunners from walks, along with two doubles.
Bigfork fell to 0-2 on the season with the loss.
At Bigfork
EUREKA 13, BIGFORK 0
Eureka - 066 - 01 - 13 - 8 - 0
Bigfork - 000 - 00 - 0 - 1 - 9
BIGFORK HITTING - R Rodriguez 1-2, G Campbell 0-2, L Benson 0-3, H Mayer 0-1, R Hamilton 0-1, C Wiest 0-1, M Lewis 0-2, H Jantzen 0-1, T Francom 0-1, D Glazier 0-1
BIGFORK PITCHING - H Mayer (1 inning pitched, 0 hits, 1 strikeout, 1 walk), M Lewis (1 inning pitched, 8 hits, 12 runs, 4 earned runs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout), R Rodriguez (3 innings pitched, 0 hits, 1 run, 0 earned run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts)