Beau Stoppenhagen and Kingston Galentine combined to drive in six runs on five hits as the Heritage Patriots pushed their season record to 13-1 with an 11-3 win at Columbia City Saturday.
A seven-spot in the top of the third was plenty for Patriot reliever Eli Rauner, who earned the win after taking over for Brady Boyle and earned the victory.
Jaxon Feasby also kept the Heritage pitching staff fresh with 3.1 innings of relief, striking out two.
Stoppenhagen knocked in a run in the top of the second to negate a brief Eagle lead, then the bottom of the lineup started a big rally in the third, with Feasby pulling off a successful squeeze bunt to give Heritage a lead they would not relinquish.
A bases-loaded walk to Garrett Oliver spelled trouble for Cooper Graves, because it turned the lineup over to Stoppenhagen, who emptied the bases with a double. Galentine then drove home Stoppenhagen and Lucas Taylor made it 8-1 with an RBI single.
The only consolation prize late for the home Eagles was a fifth-inning home run by Trey Deckman to left.
The Patriots are set for a busy week to come as they try to wrap up an ACAC title, but first they’ll host Churubusco on our featured game of the night on Monday on 92.7 FM.
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