Taylor Prey pitched a shutout, nine Shawano batters had hits and a shorthanded Shawano American Legion baseball team beat Bay Port 10-0 Monday in Howard.
Prey was focused on the mound, scattering three hits in seven innings of work.
“We really played well,” Shawano coach Will Gillis said. “Taylor Prey went out there and pounded the zone, which is really what we’ve been preaching for him.”
Prey struck out seven and walked one.
“I know in the high school season and early in the Legion season, he was really trying to be too fine and hit corners all the time,” Gillis said. “Sometimes you just got to go at guys. That’s what he did today.”
At the plate, Shawano had success up and down the lineup. Despite missing a few players, including slugger Chase Henning, nine of 10 batters managed hits.
“Everybody had good at-bats,” Gillis said. “Even the guys who didn’t have a lot of hits, they still were deep in counts, which was a big thing. Especially with the first pitcher (Bay Port) threw. He threw fairly hard and had a nice curve ball.”
Shortstop Zack Sousek singled off Bay Port pitcher Garrett Borley to lead off the game. Sousek advanced to third on a Ky Schmidt double and scored when the throw to third sailed high. Schmidt was brought home on Prey’s double two batters later, giving Shawano a 2-0 lead.
After drawing a walk to start the second inning, Clint Dallas made it home on a hit by Sousek.
Shawano added a pair of runs in the third on Mason Boogren’s double and extended its lead to 6-0 when Schmidt plated another run on a passed ball in the fifth.
“We played some small ball,” Gillis said. “We hit and run a little bit. Our running game has been really good. … Those are big plays in a game, getting from first to third. So many more ways, obviously, to score from third. That was big for us tonight, too.”
Back-to-back singles by Alex Frechette and Prey scored a run, followed by a double by Grant Wainio, which chased Borley from the mound in favor of Kyle Heinzen, but Shawano wasn’t done.
Heinzen got Mason Boogren to fly out, but then allowed an RBI single to Dallas, an RBI double to Jaryd Wilber and an RBI single by Jon Koth before getting the third out.
The two Bay Port pitchers combined to allow 13 hits, struck out 10 and walked four.
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