Mustangs end tough week with big win over South Hamilton
Jun. 12—JEWELL — PCM senior Beau Webb stopped a four-game losing streak on Friday night when he pitched a complete game against South Hamilton in a Heart of Iowa Conference contest.
Another pitching gem by Webb led the Mustangs to an 8-3 win over the Hawks and kept PCM in the mix for the HOIC championship.
"It was good to see him show leadership in a tough week," PCM baseball coach Jeff Lindsay said. "As they say, he was a stopper. He ended our losing streak."
The Mustangs came into the game losers of four straight but Webb threw seven innings against the Hawks and allowed one earned run on seven hits with eight strikeouts and one walk.
On the season, Webb improved to 3-0 with an earned run average of .36 and he has 17 strikeouts and one walk in 19 1/3 innings.
"He was solid again," Lindsay said. "We played a tough team on the road and he held them in check for the most part."
The offense also showed up for the Mustangs (4-5 overall, 4-1 in the conference) as they cranked out a season-high 14 hits.
All 14 hits were singles, led by two hits each from Webb, Sage Burns, Andrew Mitchell, Connor Bennett and Easton Webb.
Burns also had one run, one RBI, one walk and one steal, Mitchell finished with two runs, two RBIs and one steal, the Webb brothers also scored one run each and Bennett had one RBI and one steal.
Gavin Fenton tallied one hit, one run and three RBIs, Caleb Duinink chipped in one hit, one RBI and one hit by pitch and Cade Lindsay finished with one hit and one run. Durant Van Dyke also had one hit.
"I kept telling the guys that I saw things start to change with our bats," Coach Lindsay said. "I thought if we continued to grind it out, we could get to another level. The confidence is building."
The game was scoreless through four. PCM plated one run in the fifth and three runs in the sixth to take a lead. South Hamilton (7-3, 3-3) got on the board with one run in the sixth.
The two teams combined to score six runs in the seventh with PCM plating four to put the game away.
Clarke 13, PCM 11
OSCEOLA — The Mustangs couldn't hold a lead against Class 3A Clarke on Wednesday night.
PCM led 11-3 after three innings, but the Indians plated a combined 10 runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth to win the non-conference game 13-11.
"We did a nice job at the plate. We hit the ball," Coach Lindsay said.
Beau Webb, Duinink and Van Dyke all had two hits. Webb added two runs, one RBI and one steal, Van Dyke scored two runs and Duinink tallied two runs, one RBI and one walk.
Mitchell doubled and finished with three RBIs, one run, one walk and one steal. Burns added one hit and two walks, Fenton chipped in a double, three RBIs, one run and one walk and Bennett tallied one hit, one run and one RBI.
Easton Webb and Cade Lindsay each had one hit and one run.
Duinink took the loss on the mound after pitching the seventh. He allowed two runs — zero earned — on two hits. The Mustangs committed three errors in the game, which resulted in four unearned runs.
Easton Webb was the starting pitcher and he went three innings, allowing five earned runs on seven hits with four walks and one hit batter.
Jacob Wendt allowed two earned runs with one strikeout and five walks in one inning. Van Dyke surrendered four runs — two earned — on three hits with two strikeouts and two walks in one inning.
Matthew Stickels led Clarke (6-7) with three hits, three RBIs and two walks. Will Smith and Nick Neer added two hits and three RBIs.
Neer was the winning pitcher after allowing one earned run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings of relief.
