Wauzeka-Steuben baseball
Wauzeka-Steuben’s Jeramiah Huber fires a pitch to the De Soto batter Friday afternoon. (Photos by Ted Pennekamp)
Wauzeka-Steuben’s Turner Krachey takes a lead off of first base. Krachey stole second and later scored on a home run by Jeremy Lessard.
The Hornets’ Turner Krachey crosses the plate in the fourth inning on a homer by Jeremy Lessard.
Jeremy Lessard scores following his 2-run blast to left field in the fourth inning.
The Hornets’ Brady Krachey races to third base against the De Soto Pirates Friday.
Hornets edge
Pirates in eight
Wauzeka-Steuben edged visiting De Soto 4-3 in eight innings Thursday afternoon in Ridge and Valley baseball action.
De Soto took a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
Jeremy Lessard then belted a 2-run homer to left in the bottom of the fourth to give Wauzeka-Steuben a 2-1 lead.
The Pirates scored a run in the fifth to tie the game at 2-2.
The Hornets scored in the sixth to take a 3-2 advantage.
De Soto scored a run in the top of the seventh and held Wauzeka-Steuben in the bottom half to send the game into extra innings.
Wauzeka-Steuben scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth. Isaac Byrne walked. Turner Krachey was hit by a pitch. There was a sacrifice bunt by Jonah Huber. The De Soto pitcher fielded the ball and tried to get the runner from second out at third. The resulting throwing error allowed Isaac Byrne to score the winning run.
Wauzeka-Steuben scored 4 runs on 3 hits and committed 4 errors. De Soto scored 3 runs on 4 hits and committed 2 errors.
Jeramiah Huber fanned 6 in earning the victory.
Lessard was 1x3 with a homer and 2 RBI. Brady Krachey was 1x3 with 1 RBI.
