Jerome J.V. sweeps Canyon Ridge
The weekend 3 game set against Canyon Ridge saw the J.V. tigers post a 3-0 record. The sweep included an 11-1 rout in Jerome on Friday and 7-1 and 13-8 victories at Canyon Ridge on Saturday. The sweep moves Jerome to 6-9 on the season. Jerome will face Burley this week in another conference three game set.
Jerome 11 Canyon Ridge 1:
Chandler McArthur got the start and went three solid innings. He gave up 1 run unearned and limited the Riverhawk offense to two hits over three innings. He picked up his second win of the season with the performance. Jacob Lloyd followed up with a sterling two inning stint on the mound where he efficiently (18 pitches) mowed through the Canyon Ridge lineup. He gave up one hit and struck out three in his outing.
Offensively, Jerome was led by a balanced effort that included a multiple hit day from Jake Millkenkamp as well as Chandler McArthur and Trever Ostler.
Jerome 7 Canyon Ridge 2:
Trevor Ostler threw a complete game in which he scattered six hits across his seven innings of work. He limited damaged to a homerun in the bottom of the second and rbi single in the bottom of the 7th inning for canyon ridge.
Offensively, Dylan Harrison would lead the team offensively as he would in the second game as well. He was 2-4 with a triple and a run scored. Jake Millenkamp continued his torrid hitting of late (10 of his last 13) with a 2-4 effort with an rbi and a double. Riley Thacker pitched in a 1-3 day with two runs scored. The game was broke open in the top of the seventh when Bryce Embretson and Tanner Crawford had back to back hits to extend the score to 7-1.
Jerome 13 Canyon Ridge 8:
In a mostly offensive affair, Dylan Harrison paced the Jerome tiger attack with triple and inside the park home run and ended the game with three rbi. Jake Millenkamp ended the three game series with a 5-5 effor in which he was a homerun short of the cycle. He had two triples and two doubles in the finale. Jayme Knight had his first two hit game of the season and helped extend a big top of the first inning with a two two rbi single.
Jacob Lloyd picked up the win with a four inning outing in relief of starter Dylan Harrison. Lloyd limited Canyon Ridge to two runs over the four innings and struck out five.
Upcoming games:
Friday v. Burley McArthur
Saturday @ Burley Ostler
Saturday @Burley TBA
