Marshall, Detmers carry Glenwood
Before University of Louisville commit Parker Detmers could take the mound and throw a first pitch, Mason Marshall gave Chatham Glenwood an early lead.
Marshall kept contributing to the Titans’ cause with his bat and his arm.
The sophomore left fielder was 3-for-4 with a double, a leadoff solo home run, two RBIs and made a run-saving throw home in Glenwood’s 4-1 win over Sacred Heart-Griffin at Comstock Field on Wednesday. It gave the Titans (7-1 overall, 7-0 Central State Eight Conference) a sweep of the two-game series against its long-standing rival.
“It felt great. Yesterday, I didn’t have too best of a day at the plate but we got the win,” Marshall said. “Today, I was just trying to drive the baseball and it worked out.”
Glenwood led 1-0 in the bottom of the third when SHG senior Ben Raes became the first SHG player to reach against Detmers with a one-out single. After Detmers was called for a balk due to a pre-pitch motion, Raes moved to second with two outs and looked to score on a hard hit to left by senior Max Petrilli.
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Marshall came up throwing to catcher Griffin Graue, who received the throw to his left and put the tag on Raes well before Raes reached the plate to prevent the tie.
“I was coming in on it,” Marshall said of Petrilli’s hit. “I knew it was going to be a close play at the plate. I was just trying to get a nice, strong throw in there. It skidded off the turf and it got in there before (Raes) did. As soon as I saw (the ball) go, I knew it was going to skip off that turf and I knew it was going to beat him there. It was a great play by (Graue).”
Graue, a senior, had no doubt that Marshall would make the play.
“It was smoked to left and Mason has a really good arm — really accurate in our in-and-out practices, usually right on line pretty much every time,” Graue said. “It was a little bit to the left but in enough time to get the runner.”
In the sixth, Alex Cashman drew a two-out walk and Rigley Hickman singled to end the day of SHG starting pitcher Michael Prose. Marshall took the first pitch from reliever Max Powers to right field to score Cashman from second.
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“They brought Powers in, first pitch, and Mason found a way to find some green out there and we were able to cash in a run when we needed it,” Glenwood coach Casey Erickson said. “He had a nice game today and we expect that out of Mason even though he’s a sophomore. He’s a good ballplayer.”
SHG got a run in the bottom of the sixth when Petrilli singled and stole second. He moved to third when Jake Kepler reached on a two-out throwing error and scored on a Matt Goldasich RBI single up the middle.
With two outs and bases loaded in the top of the seventh, Cashman hit a two-run grounder to left field to score pinch runner Jacob Ahlberg and courtesy runner Jackson Rose.
Detmers struck out 11 and allowed five hits, no walks and one unearned run.
SHG coach Nick Naumovich said the box score won’t indicate just what he thought of the Cyclones’ performance against the Louisville-bound pitcher with a brother (Reid Detmers) who threw a no-hitter with the Los Angeles Angels last year.
“I thought we had some really good at-bats,” Naumovich said. “I thought we put the ball in play, we pieced up some balls; I honestly thought we had a really good approach today. The reality is (Detmers) is just a really good pitcher.”
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SHG fell to 4-7 (3-5 CS8). Petrilli and Goldasich combined for four of the Cyclones’ five hits. Kepler reached twice: once on the sixth-inning error and was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the fourth.
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