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Mineral Point baseball coach Jordan Tibbits is sure that freshmen Curtis Cox will remember his first pitching start of his high school career.
Cox took the mound against Boscobel Tuesday and turned in a 10-0 shutout. The SWAL game was stopped after five innings by the WIAA mercy rule.
Cox fanned seven, walked only one and hit a batter in his shutout performance. He was helped by a Pointer defense that played errorless ball.
The Pointers had six hits and were aided by five Bulldog errors. Joey Dolphin lead the Pointers with a double and single finishing 2x3. Curtis Cox, Brandon Dolphin, Dylan MacGilvra , and Jake Gorgen added one hit a piece.
"Great effort by Curtis tonight," Tibbits sad. "He did what we asked him to do and that was throw strikes. We put the ball in play and were patient at the plate. It was a good step in the right direction."
Friday the Pointers lost to Iowa-Grant in a SWAL game 11-5.
The Pointers had eight hits and committed two errors. The Panthers smacked out 11 hits and had one error.
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MP Pitching
Sawyer Wallace - 1.1 IP, 2K, 3 BB, 2 HBP, 2 H, 4R, 3 ER
Curtis Cox - 3.2 IP, 5K, 2 BB, 5H, 3R, 3ER
Joey Dolphin, 1 IP, 0K, 1 BB, 3H, 4R, 4 ER
IG Pitching
Caleb Hill - 6 IP, 4K, 2 BB, 7H, 5 R, 4 ER
Acea Upmann - 1 IP, 1K, 0 BB, 1 H, 0 R
The Panthers got untracked in the first inning. Caleb Hill was hit by a pitch, stole second, and Charles Christianson followed with a walk. Acea Upmann drove in Hill with a single. Christianson then scored when Upmann was thrown out at second trying to steal.
The Panthers added two more in the second. Brent Coppernoll singled, stole second and scored on a single by Peyton Simon. After Simon was picked off, Hill reached on an error and later scored on an error.
In the third Coppernoll singled, and came home on a single by Peyton Simon.
The Pointers got all five of their runs in the fifth. Lance Steffes singled, stole second and scored on an rbi single from Cole Howard. Brandon Dolphin then singled. Howard scored on an rbi double by Joey Dolphin. Brandon Dolphin scored on a sac fly from Zach Cummins. Dylan MacGilvra reached on error which plated Dolphin. MacGilvra stole second, advanced on an infield out and scored on an error attempting to pick him off third.
Leading hitters for the Pointers were Brandon Dolphin 2x4, Joey Dolphin 2x4. Lance Steffes, Cole Howard, Zach Cummins, Curtis Cox all had one hit each.
Upmann and Simon led Iowa-Grant with 2x4 performances. Christianson, Charlie Richards, Kenny Schoville, Tanner Casper, Sawyer Sarbacker, Brent Coppernoll and Erik Raimer had one hit each.
"Curtis Cox did a nice job pitching in his first varsity mound action," said Tibbits. "We fell behind early again and made a nice comeback in the fifth but couldn't shut them down. Early walks hurt us.
Monday the Pointers lost to Prairie du Chien in a non-conference game, 10-0 in five innings.
Prairie had a 15-2 edge in hits, scoring once in the first and fourth and four times in the third and fifth.
Drew Scott went the distance for Prairie. He fanned three and did not issue a walk.
Zach Cummins worked all four frames for the Pointers. He gave up 15 hits, fanned one and walked four.
Brogan Potter was 4x4 with a double for Prairie. Dylan Yeomans was 2x4 with a triple. Peyton Hall was 2x3 with a double. Hunter Sheckler was 3x3 with a double and a triple. Chas Sagedahl, Jon Dyer, and Chad Mara each added a hit a piece.
Sawyer Wallace doubled and Zach Cummins added a single for MP.
"Although the score doesn't show it. I'm happy with our effort," Tibbits said. "We hit the ball hard and Zach did a good job of throwing strikes in his first time on the mound. Prairie du Chien is one of the best teams in our division and will make a strong push to the state tournament. We tried some new guys out at new positions."