Knights Hold Wildcats Scoreless for Win

On Tuesday, the New Glarus baseball team hosted Columbus, and lost, 16-0.
“Disappointing loss,” said Coach Chris Rear.  “Game you would love to forget about as far as outcome, however the game provides us with a lot of scenarios that we can learn from.  It is a great opportunity for the kids to grow and improve at the game of baseball.”
Columbus scored in all five innings of the game, holding the Knights scoreless.
Pitching for the Knights were Jared Carney, John Chenoweth and Brandon Winder. Combined, they gave up 18 hits. Carney struck out two players.
Hayden Latsch got the team’s only hit.
On Friday, April 29th, the Knights headed to Belleville, where they won, 1-0.
The game was scoreless until the fourth, when Brandon Winder scored on an error by the Wildcats.
“This was a great pitching duel and an amazing high school baseball,” said Coach Rear. “We knew it was going to be a great game because of the rivalry factor.  Jared Carney threw a great game, and we played exceptional defense behind him.  Noah Zimmerman, John Chenoweth, and Dalton Way made some outstanding defensive plays that held Jared on the mound.  This is a game that will give us confidence moving forward.”
Jared Carney threw a shutout, allowing no earned runs, no walks, struck out ten and allowed the Wildcats a single hit, which was made by Nicholas Richter.
Belleville’s Coach, Jon Benash, commented, “The Glarner Knights’ Jared Carney was almost unhittable as he held the Wildcat offense to just one hit by Nicholas Richter in the first inning, then settled in and struck out 10 while walking nobody.  It was a very frustrating loss for us because we know that we’re better hitters than what we showed tonight.  We got another pitching gem from our starter (Cody McMillan) and couldn’t give him any support.  That’s frustrating!  Their pitcher did a nice job of just throwing strikes, not walking anybody, and hitting his locations all night long.  Losing a game on an error is tough, but they took advantage of the mistake and didn’t give anything back to us on defense.”
Jared Carney went 1-2 at bat for the Knights. Brandon Winder was 0-1, with one run scored. John Chenoweth was 1-3.
Nicolas Richter was 1-3 for the Wildcats.
The Knights played Cambridge on May 3rd and will play Mineral Point on May 5th, both are home games.