Friday, May 3, 2024
BREWSTER – The defending state champion Bears varsity baseball team is proving that it is once again the team to reckon with early in the season after defeating Okanogan, 11-3 at home on March 28, and taking two more games, 16-1, and 3-0, on the road at Okanogan on Saturday, April 1. The Bulldogs managed to connect for four hits over those three games, the first offense against Brewster so far.
Game 1 @ Brewster
Okanogan managed to push three runners across home plate by the fifth inning but by that time the Bears were up by seven.
Head coach Todd Phillips said his team was not as focused and disciplined as he wanted them to be despite being only three games into the season.
“We got on them early,” said Phillips of the three-run first inning that did not see an answer from Okanogan until the top of the fourth.
“Tyson Schertenleib and Nico Maldonado walked, Wulf had an RBI single, and Maldonado scored on an error that took Wulf all the way to third,” said Phillips. “Eric Ramirez grounded out to plate Wulf.”
Kash Vandelac and Cole Aparicio led off with singles in the second inning and advanced off a passed ball. Vandelac then scored on a wild pitch.
Carson Boesel doubled for the Bulldogs in the fourth on the first hit the Bears have allowed this year. Later in the inning a Carter Kuchenbuch double scored Boesel. Okanogan cut the lead to one, 4-3, in the fifth when Tucker Pritchard led off with a hit by the pitcher, and Brennen Smith reached base on an error. Pritchard then scored on a failed pickoff attempt and Smith scored on Boesel’s second double of the game.
“It was all Brewster after that,” said Phillips. “We answered with six in the bottom half of the inning driving Kuchenbuch off the rubber.”
Phillips described the sequence that put the game away:
“Ramirez and Blake Burgett singled and Grant Baker reached first on an error to load the bases. Vandelac then singled using a generous hometown hop to bring in two runs. Baker and Vandelac both scored on wild pitches. Vassar and Schertenleib reached base via walks and scored on Maldonado’s second double of the season.”
“We added one for insurance in the sixth when Ramirez walked, stole second, reached third on a wild pitch then scored on a dropped fly ball,” Phillips said.
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Okanogan 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 5
Brewster 3 1 0 0 6 1 X 11 10 4
W-Reese Vassar (1-0)
L-Carter Kuchenbuch
S-None
2B-Brewster: Nico Maldonado (2); Okanogan – Carson Boesel 2, Kuchenbuch
3B-None
HR-None
Games 2-3 @ Okanogan
Despite the cold and windy conditions last Saturday the Bears came to play
“Schertenleib was very efficient on the mound once again and his stats were eerily similar to those of his first start,” said Phillips, “and It was good to see Wulf dialed in today at the plate. He absolutely crushed the ball.”
“We got on them early with six in the first frame,” said Phillips. “Vassar opened up with a walk, and stole second, Schertenleib doubled, and Nico Maldonado was hit by a pitch to load them up. Wulf ribbed up with the sac fly and Ramirez walked to load the bases. Burgett singled in a run, Vandelac singled and brought in two more and then scored on Vassar’s single.”
Okanogan scored its only run of the day in the bottom half of the first inning.
“We added three in the second,” said Phillips. “Maldonado reached base on an error, stole second and scored on Wulf’s triple. Ramirez walked and an error on his steal attempt brought in Wulf and took Ramirez all the way to third where he would score on a balk”
The Bears added seven more runs in the fifth inning.
“Wulf led off with a single, stole second and then scored on a Ramirez single.,” said Phillips. “Ramirez stole second and was able to score on an error off the bat of Grant Baker. Vandelac singled, Vassar hit into a fielder’s choice that scored a run, Schertenleib reached base on an error that brought in another run and Maldonado was hit by a pitch. Wulf doubled to bring his RBI total for the day to four.”
Game 2 stats
1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Brewster 6 3 0 0 7 16 11 1
Okanogan 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
W-Tyson Schertenleib (2-0)
L-Carter Kuchenbach
S-None
2B-Brewster: Schertenleib, Brady Wulf; Okanogan: None
3B-Brewster: Wulf; Okanogan: None
HR-None
Game 3
“Just look at all those zeros and this stat line and that is all you need to know about this game,” said Phillips. “Vassar flat out shoved on the bump today. One of the most impressive pitching performances I have seen in a while. Seven innings pitched, the shut-out and the no hitter and a hit batsmen on only 82 pitches.”
Phillips said the big difference in game three was the team responding positively to its mistakes while taking advantage of the opponent’s. The coach also had a shout out for Vassar’s performance on the pitcher’s mound.
“Time and time again we have put the team on his shoulders and he has delivered for us, what more can you ask for as a coach,” said Phillips..
Brewster scored its first run in the third when Grant Baker walked and went to second on a failed pickoff attempt. He scored when Vassar reached base on an error.
“We added another run in the fifth when Vassar walked with two outs and scored on the Schertenleib double,” said Phillips. “In the sixth we tacked on an insurance run when Burgett walked with two outs and scored on a Baker single. Okanogan only had one runner get past second base.”
Phillips described the game as “just pure domination by the Brewster squad. It’s that Brewster Bear swagger that you got to love.”
Game 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Brewster 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 3
Okanogan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
W-Vassar (2-0)
L-Carson Boesel
S-None
2B-Brewster: Schertenleib (2), Wulf (2); Okanogan: None
3B-None
HR-None
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