Three seniors were recognized before Bulldogs series
ST. JOHN - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse baseball team are 5-10 on the season after losing four in a row.
After losing to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings, 4-14, the Eagles were swept by the Dayton Bulldogs on senior night, 0-11, 0-17.
Senior night took place on Saturday, April 27, in Endicott, where three seniors were recognized.
Matthew DeFord, Joshua Thompson, and Wade Gribble were recognized by the fans and parents before the Bulldog series.
The first game of the week was against the Garfield-Palouse Vikings, which was played on Tuesday, April 23, in Endicott.
The Vikings would defeat the Eagles 15-3.
Jeffrey Mackey picked up the loss for the Eagles with four runs allowed on seven hits in three innings of action.
Zane Webb pitched four innings, allowing 11 runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts.
Rowan Edwards pitched five-and-two-third innings for the Eagles. He allowed two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.
The Vikings had 17 hits in the game, led by five from Colton Pfaff, he finished with two RBIs.
Preston Olson, Kaleb Kelnhofer and Olsyn Fiscus each had two hits each for the Vikings.
St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse managed nine hits in the game, led by two each from DeFord and John Hergert. DeFord picked up the only RBI in the game.
After the game against the Vikings, the Eagles took on the Dayton Bulldogs. The Eagles were shutout in both games, allowing 28 total runs.
The first game saw both teams register two hits, however, the Bulldogs scored 10 un-earned runs off walks and errors from the Eagle defense.
DeFord pitched three-and-two-thirds innings for the Eagles. He allowed nine runs, one earned, on one hit and seven walks. DeFord struck-out 10 batters in the game.
The two hits for the Eagles came from DeFord and Creighton Kauffman.
The second game in the series was one where the Eagles had three hits, but 13 errors to lose 17-0 in five innings.
Kauffman pitched two-and-a-third innings, allowing 14 runs, six earned, on five hits and eight walks, striking out four batters along the way.
Webb pitched two-and-a-third innings for the Eagles, allowing three un-earned runs on three hits.
Of the three hits in the game for the Eagles, Blake Johnson, Webb and Wade Gribble each had one.
The Eagles took on the Bulldogs for the final regular season game on Tuesday, April 30, in Dayton. The game was not completed at the time of press.
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