It took 11 innings Friday night but the Adams Central Flying Jets finally put away New Haven for a 6-4 win, then went on to whallop the Bulldogs in the second game to move to 5-2 this season.
Adams Central scored a run in each of the first two innings, first with a sac fly from Keagan Bluhm and then on a longball by Logan Uhlman, but New Haven clawed back with runs in the fourth and sixth innings off Jet starter Dakota Perry.
Logan Uhlman took over in the seventh after Perry threw 82 pitches and worked two scoreless innings, taking the game into the ninth, where both teams scored a run. Perry drew a one-out walk and was knocked in by Jack Hamilton, but the Bulldogs answered with a two-run out of their own against reliever Keagen Combs.Â
Ironically, it was a strikeout by Perry that allowed him to reach in the eleventh as he took first on a passed ball and then went to third on Cade Van De Weg’s double.
Jack Hamilton was the hero again, knocking in both teammates against a new reliever and then he came around to score on a double by Ryan Tester.
Combs shut down the Bulldogs after allowing a run, striking out the final two batters to end the marathon opening game.
Hamilton and Tester each had three hits at the top of the order for the Jets.