Islanders II little leaguers drop season finale to Sister Bay
By Jim Rose
On Wednesday, June 26, our little league Islanders II hosted the Bays of Sister Bay in a rare afternoon game. It was a makeup game for a game rained out the afternoon of Memorial Day. The visitors would strike first, in the first, scoring four runs. They would add on two more in the third, and we were down 6-0.
In the third, we would start to claw back into the game. Coilton Steffen walked but was erased when Tilly Gunnlaugsson hit into a fielder’s choice. But then brothers Tug and Zac Gunnlaugsson would get base hits, and Tilly would score. In the top of the next inning, the Bays would get that one back, scoring one.
We were down 7-1, but in the bottom of the fourth we score three, and made up some ground getting closer. Noah Haertig, Owen Mann, and Freya Sorenson got base hits. Isaac Weilbaker, Landon Mann, Owen Farm, and Tilly walked, driving in the three runs. It was now close, at 7-4, but the Bays would score two more in the top of the next inning, making the score 9-4.
In the fifth inning Zac singled, and then three walks forced him in, and we were closer at 9-5. The sixth and top of the seventh were scoreless, so we still had our last raps to try to make up the difference. Noah hit a double, and Owen Mann walked. Then Griffin Gibson got a base hit, scoring Noah, but Owen got caught off base for the last out, and we ended up with a 9-6 loss.
Zac led the way at the plate for us with three hits, and made some great catches of fly balls. Noah had two hits. Gideon Haertig was our starting pitcher, and threw six strikeouts in three innings. We had one more rained out game, but it looks like it will not be made up, as the other team could not find a time to make it up. So this was the end of our regular season.
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