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Ferry rolls past Buckeye

Hanson hurls complete game, strikes out 9 in 12-2 win

MARTINS FERRY senior Trevor Hanson works to the plate during the first inning of Tuesday’s game against Buckeye Local. Hanson threw a complete game and struck out nine in the Riders’ 12-2 victory.

MARTINS FERRY — There’s a cliche in baseball about giving away bases.

Whether it was via the walk, hit batsman or wild pitch, Buckeye Local gave away far too many Tuesday afternoon. And Martins Ferry capitalized to a tune of a 12-2 victory in six innings.

The Purple Riders had only six hits in the game, but a trio of Panthers pitchers proceeded to walk 11, hit three and uncork six wild pitches.

“I’m never going to complain about a win,” Martins Ferry head coach Anthony Reasbeck said. “We’ll take it. We’re happy to be 2-0, but we have a long way to go. We’re still trying to figure out a lot of things.”

While Buckeye Local struggled to find the strike zone, Martins Ferry senior Trevor Hanson filled up the zone. He fanned nine Panthers, issued only one walk and worked the distance en route to picking up the win.

“Trevor is the key to our season,” Reasbeck said. “When he (pitches like) that, we can be pretty good. He was tremendous tonight.”

The Panthers got to Hanson for a pair of runs in the first, but from that point on, he slammed the door. Buckeye Local had multiple runners aboard only once more and that didn’t occur until the sixth inning, but Hanson thwarted the rally with a strikeout.

“When Trevor was young, and when we were younger (as a team), we could have been in some real trouble (with that start),” Reasbeck said. “Trevor single handedly kept us in the game.”

Buckeye Local rookie head coach Jeffrey Patrick watched his team drop to 0-3.

“High school baseball is all about location, location, location,” Patrick said. “At Harrison (on Monday), it was the exact opposite for us. They put any type of bat on the ball and found holes, but (Tuesday), we couldn’t find the zone. That’s the game of baseball at times.”

The Purple Riders knotted the game in the second when Logan Smith doubled home Colin Snedeker, who had led off the inning with a triple.

Snedeker singled home what proved to be the game-winning run in the third inning, scoring Conner Probst, who ignited a multi-run rally when he was plunked with two outs.

Brayden Maine — hitting in the ninth spot in the batting order — drove in a run in the fourth with a single and repeated the feat in the fifth.

The fifth is where the Riders blew the game open. They struck for four runs on only two hits. Kameron Hughes had a RBI in the inning.

When the Riders finished the game with a three-run sixth, they did so without a hit.

“We’re swinging (the bats) OK right now, but we have to start swinging it on a championship caliber,” Reasbeck said.

Patrick’s team was led by Alan Burkett, who had two singles and a double.

“Things really started to snowball on us,” Patrick said.

“Offensively, we’re on a rollercoaster of emotions. We have to understand to stay up, press the gas pedal down and be up all game.”

Maine led the Riders offense with two singles and two RBI. Snedeker had a productive night with a single and RBI to complement his aforementioned triple. Baron Lucey had a single and a RBI.

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