Matt Skelan and Sam Lammes combined to allow visiting Kendall just two hits as Holley rebounded from a walk-off loss one day earlier to defeat the Eagles 7-0 in boy’s baseball.
Lammes tossed five-plus innings and earned his first victory of the season in relief of starter Matt Skelan, who left due to pitch count rules.
The Hawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Lammes singled, stole second and scored on an RBI single by Nathan Towne.
It remained a pitcher’s duel with Kendall right-hander Mason Kuhn fanning eight batters before the Hawks batted around and scored six times in the sixth inning.
Senior Ryan Andrews drew a lead-off walk, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch before scoring on an RBI double to left-center by Patrick Bower. Brandon Dillenbeck drove in Bower with a single to make it 3-0 Hawks.
Michael Passarell reached on an infield single before Nick Schutz was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Senior Glenn Thrower plated two more runs with a single to left and Skelan two more with another single to extend the lead to 7-0.
Holley pitching allowed just the two hits and struck out a combined 12 batters.
“It was nice to see the team pull together (after the walk-off loss the day prior),” first year varsity head coach Dan Burke said. “It was a 1-0 game here until late, so good to see they didn’t lose their confidence.”
