LONG BALL … Montpelier’s Kenneth Smeltzer blasts a three-run homer as part of a 20-run first inning by the Locos.
(PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
BBC OPENER … Stryker’s Bradley Williams hits a grounder to shortstop in last week’s BBC opener with Montpelier.
Montpelier 22, Stryker 1 (5 innings)
STRYKER – Montpelier had nine hits, including two homers, and benefited from six walks issued by Stryker pitchers for a 20-run first inning as they steamrolled Stryker 22-1.
Kenneth Smeltzer accounted for one of the long balls, a three-run shot in the first, and finished with four RBIs and Tyler Plourde had the other home run and knocked in two runs.
MHS (20)11 00 – 22 16 0
SHS 000 10 – 1 2 9
Records: MHS 6-0, 1-0 BBC; SHS 0-4, 0-1 BBC
WINNING PITCHER: Hartsock (3 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts) Other: Sharps
LOSING PITCHER: Williams (0.1 innings, 4 hits, 15 runs, 8 earned, 6 walks, 0 strikeouts) Other: W. Donovan, Myers
LEADING HITTERS: (Montpelier) K. Smeltzer – home run, single, 4 RBIs, 4 runs; Plourde – home run, 2 singles, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; M. Smeltzer – double, single, RBI, 3 runs; Sharps – 2 singles, 3 runs; Cooley – 2 singles, RBI, 2 runs; (Stryker) – 2 singles