Eagles split versus Rains, Van
Photo by David Kapitan
Johnnie Krawietz scored a pair of runs in Canton’s 7-4 loss to rival Van March 15.
The Canton Eagles continued District 14-4A play over the past week, hosting rival Van and traveling to Emory Rains. The Eagles nearly made it 2/2 in their quest for wins, allowing a late flurry of runs against Van in a loss before holding on for a win over Rains.
The Van Vandals scored seven runs in the final three innings of play against Canton March 15, overcoming deficits of 2-0 and 4-1 to pull out a 7-4 win over one of their biggest rivals.
Canton staked itself to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, turning two walks and a triple by Zach Brown to an early lead.
Van struggled offensively until the top of the fifth, finally scoring a run to get on the board and cut into the Eagle advantage. Jax Tobias picked up the RBI, plating Brett Doring on an RBI groundout.
Canton responded to Van’s challenge by scoring twice in the bottom of the second, courtesy of an RBI single by Kyle Farrell and a fielding error by the Vandal defense that helped bring home Hunter Moore.
Van put together a two-out rally in the top of the sixth, scoring twice to pull to within a run of the Canton advantage. After back-to-back strikeouts, Rielly Krumvieda jumpstarted the Van offense with a single. Cooper Bledsoe followed with a single of his own and, after a fielding error, both players came home to score to cut the deficit to 4-3.
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