The Salem JV baseball team split their double header with Breese White at SCHS Field last night. In the opener, the Cats came away with a 9-1 victory scoring 6 runs in the fourth inning. Rhett Detering doubled going 2-4 with 3 RBI, Cody Beard drove in 2 with RBI also from Aden Bass, Ryan Detering and Braden Rector. Keaton Gullion scored twice. Cooper Lobek earned the start and got the win going 5 innings allowing 2 hits and 1 run, not earned, with 6 strikeouts. Bass got the final 2 innings of work.
Salem fell in the nightcap 15-14 with 13 runs combined being scored in the final 2 innings. Salem trailed 4-0 in the bottom of the 2nd when they would plate 8 runs to take the lead. With an 11-9 lead heading in to the final inning, Breese would score 6 runs in the top of the inning. Salem would not give up and Keaton Gullion reached base driving in a run to cut the deficit to one with 2 outs and 2 runs on. But Salem couldn’t get another hit to scratch those runs across. Gullion doubled and scored twice, Colten Starnes and Jackson Green had 2 RBI. Also driving in Salem runs were Lobek, Beard, Bass, Rhett Deterich and Brody Collier.
The Salem JV returns to action tomorrow when they host Greenville for a double header.
