Baseball team holds on to get win over Blue Devils
Reggie Sapa (right) throws to Kellen Kroger in the Wildcat baseball team’s first home game of the season versus Ronan on Thursday, March 21. (Avery Howe photo)
AVERY HOWE
The Columbia Falls baseball team dropped Corvallis last week 12-9 to improve its record to 4-0 on the season.
Cody Schweikert had three hits and scored four runs, Kellen Kroger threw four hitless innings in the win.
Behind Kroger, who walked one and struck out four, and a three-run double from Dominick Young in the fourth inning, the Wildcats had a 9-0 lead.
But Young ran into trouble on the mound, giving up five hits and six runs in the fifth. Dayne Tu had a tough time in the seventh giving up four hits in 1-2/3 innings and three runs. Schweikert came in late in the seventh and got the last out for the Wildcats — his first appearance on the mound this season. The Cats travel to Troy Thursday and the are scheduled to play Bigfork Saturday at home. Gametime is 1 p.m.