-
Rhett Coble smashes the ball while at bat. Matt Swearengin -
Redskins pitcher Brady Greene hurls a ball toward the batter. Matt Swearengin
Over the last several years the Kingston Redskins have virtually ruled the baseball district slate, but in 2024 there may just be a new king on the block.
PerennialpowerSilomade the move to Class 3A this season for the first time and took an early step ahead in the race for the District 3A-8 title with a sweep of the Redskins in district play last week.
Silo posted a 6-1 win in the opener of the two-game series and then claimed the second contest as well by an 8-2 margin. Scoring struggles continued for Kingston in non-district play on Friday as well, dropping a 7-2 verdict at Davis.
TheRedskinsreturnhome Monday, resuming district play after Spring Break with a matchup against Valliant at 5 p.m.
In the first Silo contest it was the Redskins that grabbed an early lead with a first inning run and held it until the third. Brock Rumer walked to start the frame and eventually came around to score on a Reid Patterson two-out double to left.
Starting hurler Brady Greene silenced the Rebel bats through two stanzas before running into trouble in the third when Silo erupted for three runs. Colby Smith and Charlie Gardner each singled for the Rebels with both scoring after an infield bloop from Britton Salsbury and bunt single off the bat of Shawn Weaver.
Silo tacked on three more runs in the fifth for plenty of insurance fueled by hits from Smith, Gardner, Salsbury and Weaver.
Rumer,EwanWeaverand Pattersonendedwiththelone Kingston hits.
In the home matchup with Silo it was the Rebels that snagged the early edge which they never relinquished.
The Rebels capitalized on opening singles from Zane Sander and Smith and then virtually put the game out of reach with four tallies in the third stanza. An error added to the big inning as Gardner, Salsbury and Weaver each contributed a single.
Kingston answered a pair of Silo runs in the sixth with two of its own, cashing in four walks and a Rumer single. Reliever Sam Mendenall however came out of the bullpen and slammed the door on the Redskin hopes by hurling one and two-third strong frames, adding a pair of strikeouts.
Hayden Seeney, Rumer and Patterson all saw pitching action for Kingston with Rumer picking up two of the team’s three hits. Lander Burkhalter had the other.
The story was much the sameagainstDavis,although Kingstonreeledoffsevenhits. Two of those came right out of the box as Rumer doubled and Rhett Coble homered to account for two of those hits.
Blake Henry got the start on the mound against Davis, scattering four runs (three earned) on six hits with two strikeouts and four walks.
Davis answered with two in its half of the first as well as two more in the fourth and three in the sixth inning.
Weaver tallied two hits as Rumer, Coble, Patterson, Greene and Burkhalter all added one hit.