Magical Marathon Day of Baseball Gives MBC Three Wins in One Day

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to win both ends of a double header.  Well, MBC was challenged on Sunday with a triple header, and they won all three games!!!! The day started early with a ferry ride to South Kitsap and ended near the mountains in Issaquah.  The weather was a scorching day, but the MBC bats were even hotter.

In game #1 against the Wolfpack Nick Safka battle gallantly for five and 1/3 innings, suffering some from MBC's defense but holding his own against determined Wolfpack hitters and turned a tie game over to David Becker, who got out of the sixth inning.  Tino Peleti took over from there, received some more run support and held on for the victory.

MBC scored first and added on all game, but the Wolfpack kept pace up until the the seventh when MBC dashed their hopes with a four run explosion.

Dylan Vchulek and Nick Reeves had three hits each and Tino Peleti and Quinn Burcham each added two hits.  Nick Sall, Stuart Fairchild, Tai Huff (game winning double), David Becker and Nick Safka all had one.

In game #2 the Wolfpack jumped on Nick Salle for two runs in the first, but that was all they got as Nick settled down and cruised the rest of the way.  The bats stayed hot and MBC won this one early in a mercy rule five innings 10-2.

Dylan Vchulek and Nick Reeves both battled for the most hits in the day award by both getting two hits in this game as well.  David Becker and Keenan Heller also had two hits  Stuart Fairchild added a monster double.

MBC left South Kitsap feeling pretty good with two wins and headed to Issaquah to play the Cannons.  The Cannons needed to win the game to earn a spot in the State Tournament, but the hot hitting MBC team stood in their way.

The poor Cannons.  Dylan Vchulek started the game with a double, moved to third on Keenan Heller's grounder and after walks to Tino and Stuart the bases were loaded for MBC' hottest hitter, Nick Reeves.  Nick singled in Dylan and then Quinn Burcham cleared the bases with a monster double over the center fielder's head.  David Becker then singled home Quinn and it was 5-1 MBC.

The second inning was no better for the Cannons.  Andrew Helean led off with a single, Nick Safka boomed a triple over the left fielder's head and the hit parade continued.  Kennan singled, Tino tripled and Nick Reeves added ANOTHER hit and it was 10-1 MBC.

Andrew Helean was magnificent on the mound going the distance and holding the Cannons to just two runs.

Nick Reeves won the hitting derby for the day going 7-9 (one of his outs was a line drive double play to second) but was pushed all day by Dylan Vchulek who went 6-11.  Dylan's total included a double and a triple and Nick's included a double.  A fantastic display of hitting by them both. They now know what Roy Hobbs must have felt like!