Eskymos Sweep Jets In First-Ever Baseball Meeting

ESCANABA---The Escanaba Eskymos met the North Central Jets for the first time on the baseball diamond on Thursday as the teams played a doubleheader at Al Ness Field.

The Eskymos emerged with a doubleheader sweep, 9-1 and 17-6, as both teams used the twinbill to get ready for the district tournaments. The Jets, in their second year of baseball, had numerous defensive errors that helped the Eskymos to score runs.

In the opener, Dawson Bilski pitched five innings for the Jets, and of the nine runs the Eskymos scored, none of them were earned.

Escanaba had just three hits in the game: by Tyler Skufca, Justin Popelka, and Parker LaMarch. Popelka and LaMarch both drove in two runs to lead the Eskymo offense.

Freshman Johnny Schlenvogt pitched a four-hitter to earn the win in the opener.

In the second game, Escanaba scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning to take most of the suspense out of the contest. NCA senior Rob Granquist was charged with all nine of those runs, but only two of them were earned, thanks to defensive errors.

North Central did score five runs in the top of the second inning off Eskymo pitcher Justin Popelka, but he settled down from there and the Jets scored only one more time the rest of the way.

Logan Lamb and Parker LaMarch each drove in three runs in the nightcap.

Escanaba hosts the Bink's Coca-Cola Invitational on Saturday. The Eskymos will face Negaunee at 10:00 a.m. That game will not be broadcast on the radio.

Escanaba will play either Shawano (Wis.) or Bark River-Harris later in the day on Saturday. That game will be broadcast on the radio, either in the third place game at 3:00 or the title game at 5:30.

GAME ONE: NORTH CENTRAL (1) AT ESCANABA (9)

NORTH CENTRAL        AB  R  H BI  ESCANABA             AB  R  H BI
Bilski                3  0  0  0  Tyler Hardwick        2  1  0  0  
Kleiman               2  0  0  0  Tyler Skufca          4  1  1  1  
Snyder                3  0  1  0  Jack Valentine        2  0  0  0  
Bray                  3  0  0  0  Hunter LaMarch        1  1  0  0  
Whitens               2  1  2  0   Tyler Willette       2  1  0  0  
Krachinski            1  0  0  0  Justin Popelka        2  3  1  2  
Dombbrowski           2  0  1  1  Logan Lamb            3  1  0  1  
Schultz               2  0  0  0  Lewis Ostrander       1  0  0  1  
Estrada               2  0  0  0  Johnny Schlenvogt     2  1  0  0  
                                  Parker LaMarch        3  0  1  2  
TOTALS               20  1  4  1  TOTALS               22  9  3  7

NORTH CENTRAL                 010 000 -- 1  
ESCANABA                      610 20x -- 9  

LOB--NORTH CENTRAL 4, ESCANABA 6. ERR-- Bray (3),  Kleiman
(2), Jack Valentine. SB-- Whitens (2), Justin Popelka,
Johnny Schlenvogt, Lewis Ostrander, Tyler Hardwick.

 NORTH CENTRAL                   IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Bilski (L)                     5.00    3    9    0    8    3    0
 ESCANABA                   
Johnny Schlenvogt (W)          5.67    4    1    1    2    2    0

WP-- Bilski (8). SO--Krachinski, Schultz, Johnny Schlenvogt
(2), Tyler Hardwick. BB-- Krachinski,  Kleiman, Jack
Valentine (2), Justin Popelka, Johnny Schlenvogt, Lewis
Ostrander (2), Tyler Hardwick (2).

GAME TWO: NORTH CENTRAL (6) AT ESCANABA (17)

NORTH CENTRAL        AB  R  H BI  ESCANABA             AB  R  H BI
Bilski                3  0  0  1  Tyler Hardwick        3  4  3  0  
Kleiman               3  1  1  1  Tyler Skufca          2  3  1  2  
Snyder                3  1  2  1  Jack Valentine        1  1  0  0  
Bray                  3  0  2  1  Logan Lamb            4  1  2  3  
Whitens               3  0  0  0  Justin Popelka        1  2  1  0  
Krachinski            2  1  1  0  Lewis Ostrander       3  2  1  1  
Dombbrowski           2  1  1  0  Parker LaMarch        2  1  1  3  
Schultz               1  1  0  0  Tyler Willette        4  1  0  0  
Estrada               2  1  1  1  Johnny Schlenvogt     1  2  0  0  
TOTALS               22  6  8  5  TOTALS               21 17  9  9

NORTH CENTRAL                 050 01 -- 6  
ESCANABA                      931 4x -- 17 

LOB--NORTH CENTRAL 3, ESCANABA 6. ERR-- Gradquist,  Bray, 
Estrada,  Dombbrowski,  Bilski, Logan Lamb, Lewis Ostrander.
2B-- Kleiman, Logan Lamb, Tyler Hardwick. HBP-- Krachinski, 
Schultz, Tyler Skufca. SACF--Parker LaMarch, Tyler Skufca.
SB--Parker LaMarch, Justin Popelka, Lewis Ostrander.

 NORTH CENTRAL                   IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Gradquist (L)                  0.67    4    9    2    4    0    0
Snyder                         3.33    5    8    6    7    2    0
 ESCANABA                   
Justin Popelka (W)             4.00    7    6    5    0    4    0

PB-- Snyder (3),  Kleiman. WP-- Gradquist (2),  Snyder (2),
Justin Popelka. SO--Krachinski, Whitens, Bilski, Schultz,
Logan Lamb, Johnny Schlenvogt. BB--Jack Valentine (3),
Parker LaMarch, Justin Popelka (3), Johnny Schlenvogt (2),
Lewis Ostrander, Tyler Hardwick.

Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Record

4/17	4:00 PM	Norway Knights	3 - 5 (L)	0-1

4/17	6:30 PM	Norway Knights	6 - 4 (W)	1-1

4/20	4:30 PM	at Gladstone Braves	rain - ppd (W)	rain

5/1	4:00 PM	at Bark River-Harris Broncos	1 - 4 (L)

5/1	6:00 PM	at Bark River-Harris Broncos	1 - 2 (L)

5/14	5:00 PM	at Escanaba Eskymos	1 - 9 (L)

5/14	7:30 PM	at Escanaba Eskymos	6 - 17 (L)