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Newman uses ‘Comets baseball’ for win at Princeton · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Newman uses Comets baseball for win at Princeton. Written by
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  Kevin Hieronimus. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlet. The Newman Comets strive
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  to do three things well every time they step onto
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  the ball diamond, hit pitch, and play good defense. They
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  did all three en route to a nine to one
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  win at Princeton in a three Rivers East tussle at Protherfield.
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  Our three things is nothing fancy, throw strikes, make plays,
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  and put the ball in play. In high school baseball,
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  you do that, you're going to win a lot of games.
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  Newman coach Kenny Kerner said the Comets have won a
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  lot of games this season, improving to nineteen to one overall,
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  eight zero in the Track East with two games with
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  Kawani remaining on Thursday, including the resumption of a game
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  they lead eight to one in the sixth inning. It
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  was a great win, a conference win, going to help
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  in the postseason with rankings and all of that. I'm
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  proud of us. Winning pitcher Evan Bushman said, Newman's Michael
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  Morris had a two run single and Liam Niklass added
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  a three run double to break the game open in
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  the sixth. That was more than enough for Bushman the
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  Comets Ace, who went the distance, scattering three hits for
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  the win. We know, be me, Bushman is going to
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  throw strikes and make them put it in play, and
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  so we just know we're going to have to work
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  and he's not going to give them any good ones.
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  Nikolas said, even did really well on the mound through strikes.
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  That's the key for us. Throw strikes and make plays.
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  Thought we did a nice job of that. Kerner said.
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  The Tigers seven eleven to five to three didn't do
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  themselves any favors, committing six errors in the game, leading
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  to seven unearned runs. I thought our guys on the
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  mound did a good job of throwing strikes and didn't
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  give up a lot of hard contact. We need to
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  back them up better than we did tonight, Tiger coach
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  Patrick Smith said. Nick Lass put the game out of
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  reach with his bases clearing double to Wright in the sixth,
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  following singles by Drake Cole and Garrett Mattsnick to put
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  the comments up eight zero. I mean three to two.
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  I was just looking for a fastball and got it,
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  Nicholas said, I don't really doubt anyone in our lineup.
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  Everybody can hit. I'm confident with everybody. Everyone does their part,
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  Bushman said. Two Tiger errors led to another Newman run.
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  In the seventh. Princeton got on the board when Braden
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  Shaw was hit by a pitch and raced around to
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  score on a double dissenter field by Jack Oster. Morse
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  made his way to second on a throwing error to
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  lead off the second, went to third on a single
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  by Jamison Hanlon, and scored on Garrett Wolf's sack fled
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  to Wright. Hanlan scored on Bushman's ground out to first.
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  Newman scored three runs on two hits and the help
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  of three Tiger errors. In the third, Ashton Minor doubled
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  a head of Morse's two runs single to write to
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  make it five zero. Matt s Nick and Hanlon led
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  the comments with two hits each. Tiger starter Ryan Jagers
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  took the loss, scattering five hits and a walk while
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  allowing five runs, three of which were unearned. Hayden Sailor
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  pitched three innings, giving up three hits and three runs,
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  none earned, with Abe Longeville following up with one scoreless
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  inning and relief after three straight tournament appearances the last
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  two and two A. The Commeats have been bumped up
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  to three to A this season due to the multiplier
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  and success factor. They're up for the challenge. If we
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  continue to play how we've been playing and winning games,
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  we should be a pretty high seed for regionals and
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  that'll give us a lot of confidence and we'll see
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  how far we can take it. Nicholas said, I think
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  we can go as far as we want. It's just
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  a matter of making plays, putting the ball in play,
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  and just having confidence in ourselves. Bushman said,