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Marquette drops 6-1 decision to Asher Pruemer, St. Joseph-Ogden in Class 2A state semifinals · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Marquette dropped six to one decision to Asher Prumer Saint
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  Joseph Ogden in Class two Estate semifinals. Written by Brian Hoxey,
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  this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. The Marquette baseball team struggled to
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  much going against Saint Joseph Ogden senior right hander Asher
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  Prumer during Friday's HS Class two Estate semifinal at Illinois
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  Field and Champagne. The Crusaders managed just four hits against Prumer,
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  while the Spartans Hurler didn't allow an earned run, walked
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  just one and struck out six. Meanwhile, Saint Joseph Ogden
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  scored twice in the bottom of the first, added single
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  runs in the third and fourth, before plating two more
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  in the fifth in an eventual six to one victory
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  over Marquette. I thought we had some really good swings
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  and squared some balls up against Prumer in the first
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  two innings, Marquette coach Todd Hopkins said, but give him
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  a ton of credit after that. He really buckled down
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  and really pitched well with the lead. We had a
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  couple hard hit balls in the last couple of innings,
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  but they were right at them. He really kept the
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  ball down and did a good job of mixing things up.
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  That kid pitched a heck of a game. He did
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  what we've been doing to teams. Marquette thirty seven to
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  four will now face Freeburg thirty ten in the third
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  place game at four pm. Back at Illinois Field, SJO
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  thirty nine to two will take on Harvest Westminster twenty
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  eight to seven in the championship contest at seven pm.
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  The Spartans scored two runs in the first off Marquette
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  senior starter Alec Novante. Logan Rosenthal led off with the
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  double to the gap in right center and later scored
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  on a wild pitch. Finn Miller's two out RBI triple
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  to center made it two zero. Marquettes scored its loan
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  run in the top of the second. Jackson Higgins reached
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  on a fielder's choice after a leadoff single by cadender
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  Dan Higgins, moved a third on a two strike single
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  by Braxton Nell, and scored on a sacrifice fly to
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  right off the bat of Bo Thompson. We actually started
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  scouting Marquette's hitters six weeks ago. Saint Joseph Ogden coach
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  Josh Haley said, we saw what we might be up
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  against if we got here, but we also had a
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  really good idea of how we wanted to pitch them.
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  I thought we had a good plan coming in, but
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  we really didn't execute it the first two innings and
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  got away with some hard contact. But then Asher had
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  a really solid third inning, and I thought from that
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  point really settled in for him to hold that line up,
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  which is very solid from top to bottom, to what
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  he did was outstanding. The goal offensively was to focus
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  on putting the ball in play. Now Votny is an
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  outstanding pitcher, but we felt like if we could get
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  some runners on, that would allow us a chance to
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  be aggressive on the base paths. Getting two runs right
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  away in the first inning was a huge confidence boast
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  and it allowed everyone to relax. Sjo scored a run
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  on a wild pitch in the third, a run in
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  the fourth on an RBI ground out by Parker Fitch
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  after a one out error, and two in the fifth
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  on a wild pitch and sackfly by Trevor Ames. Prumer
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  eleven zero retired fifteen of the final eighteen batters he faced,
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  including a trio of called third strikes and finished throwing
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  sixty eight of his eighty nine pitches for strikes. Novotny
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  ate two went five innings, allowing seven hits, two earned runs,
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  while walking one and striking out three. Anthony Couch came
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  on to pitch the sixth and walked one and struck
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  out one. I thought Alec pitched a great game as well,
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  Hopkins said. We made a few too many mistakes, but
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  he really battled to keep us within striking distance. When
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  you get here, you have to play, for the most part,
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  mistake free baseball, and we didn't do that and they
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  took advantage of it. That's what great teams do. Nell
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  finished with two of the Crusader's four hits, while Novotny
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  had a double. It just wasn't meant to be tonight,
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  Hopkins said, It's Saint Joseph Odgen's time, and you just
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  have to tip your cap to them. I'd be shocked
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  if they don't win Saturday because they have a very
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  very good ball club. Now we'll show up here Saturday
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  and try and win game and finish the season on
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  a positive. This group if full of competitive kids, so
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  I don't need to say much. They'll come here Saturday,
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  focused and ready to go.