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Ottawa baseball falls 9-1 to host Metamora in 3A regional championship game · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa baseball falls nine to one to host Metamora in
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  three A regional championship game. Written by Brian Hoxy, this
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  article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlett. The Ottawa baseball team had limited success
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  against Metamora pitcher Mason Sowder in Saturday's Class three A
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  Metamora Regional championship game. The Redbird senior right hander allowed
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  just three hits, one unearned run, with one walk and
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  eight strikeouts in an eighty nine pitch complete game effort.
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  At the plate. The hosts used a four run second
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  inning to take control, then added a backbreaking five run
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  six in an eventual nine to one victory over the
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  Pirates at al Mulberry Field. We knew coming in that
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  Solder as a competitor, Ottawa coach Levi Erickson said, his
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  squad finishing the season at nineteen thirteen one. With his velocity,
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  He's not going to over power you, but he is
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  going to come after you and say I'm better, and
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  he was today. This time of year, it's the best
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  team on that given day that moves on, and with
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  him on the mound, they were the better team. Solder
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  had a pair of streaks where he retired eight batters
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  in a row. He's a two year All Conference player
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  in the middeline, which we feel is a pretty good league,
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  Metamora coach Tony Riddle said, with his vellow and spin rate,
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  he's not going to wow you watching a bullpen session,
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  but that kid knows how to pitch and how to
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  get outs. He works ahead in the count, pitches with
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  pace and moves the ball around. He has conviction in
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  his ability and it shows when he's on the mound.
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  In the second, Metamora loaded the bases on a pair
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  of singles and a hit batsman against Ottawa starter Lucas
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  Fairbaugh two IP four H four E R two BB
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  three K. Leadoff man Stephen Petrie then hit a flare
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  just beyond third to score the game's opening run, before
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  Solder drew an RBI walk and Cole Smith followed with
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  a two run base hit to left to make it
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  four zero. Lucas was able to pitch around a lead
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  off walk in the first, but falling behind allowed them
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  a couple hits there in the second to load up
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  the bases with two outs. Ericson said, then he made
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  the pitch we wanted him to make and they get
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  a handleshot base hit over third to score a run.
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  We then thought we had a pickoff at first, didn't
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  get the call and they ended up tacking on three more.
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  Ottawa scored its lone run of the game in the
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  third with two outs. Rory Moore singled to left, Adam
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  Swanson reached on an error, and Colt Bryson poked the
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  first of his two singles in the game to right
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  center to score more from second. Junior lefty Jack Carroll
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  came on to pitch for the Pirates and retired all
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  nine of the hitters he faced, two via strikeout in
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  the third, fourth, and fifth. Carol has been hurt all year,
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  so that was only his third, fourth and fifth innings
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  of the season. Ericson said, he really showed why we're
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  excited to see what he can do next year. He
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  came in and shut the door for us, but we
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  just weren't able to get anything going with the bats.
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  Metamora exploded for five runs on five hits in the sixth,
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  four off Jake Torres and a single tally off Prison Sowder.
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  Retired the side in order in the top of the seventh,
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  including a called third strike, ending the game. I thought
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  the first two innings, especially in the second, we did
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  a great job of working the count and put together
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  really good at bats, Ruddle said. In the second and
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  then again in the sixth, the guys really battled at
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  the plate and didn't miss when they got their pitch
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  to hit. We really weren't expecting to see Carroll, but
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  he came in and shut us down. I don't think
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  we were able to barrel up one ball against him.
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  He did a really nice job for them today. While
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  Saturday's outcome was tough, Ericson said, this year's team has
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  so much to be proud of. We had an amazing seasons,
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  Ericson said, winning a conference championship for the first time
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  since twenty thirteen, the most wins since that season, and
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  just a win in short of twenty wins. The program
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  is heading in the right direction for sure, and that's
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  a credit to our players making that happen.