Tyler Phillips and Joe Dawes each hit home runs and were victorious on the mound Wednesday as the Siloam Springs Senior Babe Ruth team swept a doubleheader 15-1, 9-0 against Fayetteville Whitewater at James Butts Baseball Park.
The sweep extends Siloam Springs’ winning streak to four games.
Phillips got the start on the mound in Game 1 and was blessed with some early run support.
Siloam Springs (7-4-1) scored five runs in the first inning, seven in the second inning and three more in the third inning to take a 15-0 lead.
Offensively, Avery Miller led with three hits, a run and an RBI. Ryan Duffy and Jared Lamont each had two hitsapiece, with Duffy scoring and driving in a run. Lamont drove in four runs and scored one.
David Goodman had a hit, scored three runs and drove inthree runs. Nick Seliga scored a run and drove in two runs. Phillips scored a pair of runsand had a base hit. Austin Van Poucke scored two runs and drove in one. Dawes drove in one and scored one to go with a base hit. Logan Robrahn scored a run, while Shane Carlson drove in a run and had a hit. Jeffree Robrahn scored a run.
Phillips pitched two scoreless innings and struck out three batters. With the big league, Siloam Springs manager Charles Tucker called on Raiff Beever to close it out, and Beever came in and struck out four, walked two and gave up an unearned run in two innings. The game was called after four innings.
“Tyler was doing a great job on the mound, but when we jumped ahead we wanted to work Raiff as well,” Tucker said. “Both did a great job of keeping their batters off balance, hitting their spots and staying focused. Offensively we just kept putting the ball in play. The errors from Fayetteville gave us extra opportunities, and we were able to take advantage of those.”
Dawes got the start in Game 2 and the Siloam Springs bats went to work again in the second inning.
After Van Poucke laced a triple to right-center field, Phillips blasted a two-run home run to leftcenter for a 2-0 lead.
Goodman reached on an error, and Dawes helped himself with a two-run home run to nearly the same spot as Phillips’ home run.
The two-run home runs gave Siloam Springs a 4-0 lead.
Siloam Springs added two runs in the fourth. Phillips singled and Dawes drove him in with a double. Jeffree Robrahn followed with an RBI single to make it 6-0.
Phillips added a tworun double in the fifth inning, and Miller had an RBI single in the sixth.
Phillips finished the night by going 3 for 3 with two runs and four RBIs, while Dawes was 2 for 3 with two runs and three RBIs.
Miller finished with a hit and an RBI. Darren Rocha, Goodman and Duffy each scored a run.
Shane Carlson added a hit for Siloam Springs, while Logan Robrahn scored a run.
Dawes went the distance (six innings) on the mound and finished with 11 strikeouts.
“We wanted to give Joey Dawes some action on the mound,” Tucker said. “It was his first outing on the mound for us this Senior Babe Ruth season. He did a fantastic job and kept Fayetteville quiet.”
Tucker added that a lot of reserves played in Game 2.
“We played a lot of thebench this game and they stayed focused to keep our defense strong,” he said.
Siloam Springs returns to action Sunday for a doubleheader against Pea Ridge at James Butts Baseball Complex. The first game starts at 2 p.m.
Sports, Pages 6 on 06/16/2013