FeedsPlymouth wins Holt tourney
Plymouth baseball started the month of May off with a bang when they won the Holt Tournament on Saturday.
The Wildcats mercied Union City, 15-4, in six innings to land in the final against host Holt. There they shut out the Rams, 11-0, for the hardware. Plymouth only gave up six total hits—three in each—in the two games.
Junior pitcher Brad Lineberry was near perfect in the seven innings he threw in finale. He only gave up three hits with two walks while striking out seven.
Plymouth’s red-hot offense scored five runs in the seventh to put the game away for good. Up to that point the ‘Cats scored one in the first, third and fifth and three in the sixth.
Senior captain David Harvey had two doubles with two RBIs and five runs scored to lead the assault. Junior Ronnnie Goble was 2-for-2 at bat with two RBIs and one run. Junior Travis Mewton had a hit with two RBIs and a score and junior Mike Rose scored twice and had an RBI. Senior Garrett Rebain had a hit with two RBIs. Senior Steve Ostrowski scored a run and was 1-for-3 with an RBI while Lineberry had a hit and scored a run and junior Luke Merandi had an RBI.
Plymouth got a handle on Union City early and didn’t let go.
Rose and Mewton each ripped triples in the game and Lineberry had a double.Junior Matt Skubik was perfect with his two times at bat, knockin in two and scoring once.
Union City earned four runs—two in the first and two in the second—on three hits against senior Dan Nadratowski. Nadratowski settled in and held Union City scoreless the rest of the way. He finished with eight strikeouts and three walks.
The tournament victory was a nice rebound from a tough, 8-3, loss to visiting Walled Lake Central last Wednesday.
Central jumped ahead early with a two-run single with two outs and followed that up with a three-run homer to go up, 5-0. Plymouth answered with scores by Lineberry, Skubik and Luke Merandi.
Central came back with three more runs in the fourth for the win.
“They did a good job of shutting us down the rest of the way with a couple of nice relievers,” said Plymouth Coach Chuck Adams. “We will have to regroup and refocus from here. We want to have a big month of May, so now’s the time to tighten the bolts.”
Senior pitcher Garrett Rebain pitched a three-hitter and held off the Wayne Zebras’ bats last Monday for the Wildcats to prevail, 5-3.
Plymouth trailed 3-1 after three innings, scoring there lone run up to that point in the first. Wayne pitcher Jon Bryant kept Plymouth quiet until the sixth when the Cats strung together some hits, including a home run by David Harvey, to score three runs and take the lead. They added an insurance run in the seventh.
“Garrett Rebain was outstanding on the mound for us tonight,” Adams said. “He kept our team in it while we struggled offensively for most of the game. When we finally got to their pitcher (Jon Bryant) in the sixth, Garrett simply slammed the door on them the rest of the way.”
Plymouth hosts Northville at 4 p.m. on Friday and West Bloomfield at noon in a doubleheader on Saturday. Then the Cats head to Walled Lake Western at 4 p.m. on Monday and host Stevenson at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
