The Blissfield varsity baseball team saw its season come to an end at Bishop Foley High School in Madison Heights today. The Royals lost to Allen Park Cabrini 7-2 in the regional semifinal. Exactly one week after the Blissfield bats hit everything in sight while posting two 10-run mercy rule wins in the district, the Royals managed just four hits against Cabrini.
“Their pitcher had a lot to do with it,” said head coach Larry Tuttle, of Cabrini starter Trevor Hicks. ‘He kept us off-balance with that slider that he threw.”
Devin Suiter took the loss, allowing two runs in three innings of work on three hits, two walks and a hit batter. Eric Schmidt allowed five runs in four innings of relief.
The Blissfield varsity baseball team saw its season come to an end at Bishop Foley High School in Madison Heights today. The Royals lost to Allen Park Cabrini 7-2 in the regional semifinal. Exactly one week after the Blissfield bats hit everything in sight while posting two 10-run mercy rule wins in the district, the Royals managed just four hits against Cabrini.
“Their pitcher had a lot to do with it,” said head coach Larry Tuttle, of Cabrini starter Trevor Hicks. ‘He kept us off-balance with that slider that he threw.”
Blissfield won its 27th district championship Saturday with two 10-run mercy rule victories.
The Royals walloped Erie Mason 23-7 in the opener. Blissfield scored eight runs in the first inning and never looked back. Devin Suiter picked up the win.
In the second game, the Royals defeated Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, 15-5. Eric Schmidt earned the win. The Royals were down 2-0 after the top of the first but, thanks in part to Blake Haupricht’s first varsity home run – a three-run shot over the leftfield fence – the Royals bounced back for six runs in the bottom of the inning.
For more, see Wednesday’s edition of The Advance.
Blissfield won its 27th district championship Saturday with two 10-run mercy rule victories.
The winner of the Blissfield Invitational baseball tournament won’t be decided until after the regular season.
Blissfield and Whiteford both went 2-0 in a tournament that started late because of field conditions caused by a heavy morning rainfall. Blissfield edged Grandhaven 3-0 in its first game, before beating up Dearborn in a 13-1 game shortened to five innings because of the mercy rule.
Whiteford won its first game, 14-13 over Dearborn. The Bobcats then came from behind to defeat Grandhaven 6-5 in a 10-inning thriller.
The winner of the Blissfield Invitational baseball tournament won’t be decided until after the regular season.
Eric Schmidt won the opener and Devin Suiter won the nightcap as the Royals opened the season by sweeping Belleville at home Tuesday afternoon. For more information, see Wednesday's edition of The Advance.
Blissfield defeated Jackson Parma, Fenton and Ann Arbor Pioneer to sweep its own invitational tournament Saturday. The Royals defeated Fenton, 4-1, then upended Parma, 9-3, before clinching the tournament with a 9-5 win over Pioneer.
Devin Moore, Devin Suiter and Eric Schmidt all started and won their games. Cody Spotts saved two games in relief. Travis Babbitt hit Blissfield's first dinger of the year.
Blissfield is 5-0.
For more information on the tournament, see Wednesday's edition of The Advance.
The video above includes highlights from the win over Pioneer.