Rotary Wins Little League Season Opener (04/23/16)

(By Rotary Coach Bill Smith)

A strong pitching performance by Ashton Rex helped propel Rotary to a 5-2 victory over Delta Contractors.  Rex struck out eight batters in four innings, and went 2-3 at the plate, scoring twice.

Cole Wrhen and Breckin Rex each had 2 hits.  Tommy Smith went 1-2 and scored 2 of Rotary’s runs.  Brady Pierce and Brendan Heath each added their first little league hits.  Heath’s came in the fourth inning as an inside-the-park homerun for Rotary’s fifth run.  Ryan Hummell struck out four in the final two innings for the win.

Devon Lauer Pitched 4 innings for Delta striking out 4, and Jase Ferguson pitched the final 2 innings striking out 2.  Lauer also went 3-3 at the plate and scored a run.  Delta’s second run came from the bat of Luca Cherico.  Cherico took a 1-1 pitch over the left field fence for the first home run of the 2016 season.

Rotary is in action again Wednesday April (27th) facing Burns & Burns and Delta plays SMI next Tuesday (April 26th).

(Thanks to Coach Smith for this article.)