The Bonduel High School baseball team was no match for Turner Doornink and Clintonville in a nonconference game Friday at Olen Park in Clintonville.
Doornink had a first-inning single and a second-inning home run to deep center field that put the Truckers up 4-0. He finished with four RBIs.
“He’s on fire right now,” Clintonville coach Dean Muthig said. “He’s seeing the ball really well and he’s putting good swings on it. He’s a heck of a threat.”
Clintonville (2-1, 1-1 Eastern Valley) added three runs in the sixth off back-to-back doubles by Parker Mindel and Nick Hogen.
Bonduel’s lone run came in the bottom of the fourth when Jacob Wudtke hit a double to score Hunter VanderLinden. Wudtke also had a single in the second inning. Jordan Richter had a pair of singles.
Despite getting the bat on the ball, the Bears (1-1, 1-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) struggled to get on base.
“We hit a lot of balls today,” Bonduel coach Don Gruenewald said. “We hit right at them.”
Connor Rosin took the loss, pitching three innings and allowing four runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out five. Hunter VanderLinden came in for relief and was replaced by Lloyd Allen after 1 2/3 innings.
“Our pitching is not real good yet,” Gruenewald said. “We’re not locating the strike zone.”
Gruenewald said he wants to get five innings from his starters, but that hasn’t happened yet.
“Once we get into our relief pitchers, we start to struggle,” he said.
Jordan Doornink earned the win, pitching 3 2/3 innings. He walked two, struck out five and allowed two hits. Zac Riemer pitched the rest of the way, allowing one run on three hits and striking out two and walking one.
The win was satisfying for the Truckers, who lost a late-season game to Bonduel last season.
“They kind of tuned us up here last year at the end of the year,” Muthig said. “I know they lost a lot of seniors, and we did too, but it’s good to beat a team that put it on you last year.”
Categories
