Deerfield baseball remains tied for first in conference standings after sweeping Fall River; lose non-conference game to Lakeside Lutheran

The Deerfield pitching staff combined to hold Fall River to just two hits in an 18-1 win on Thursday, May 2 at Fall River High School.

Senior Kris Hahn earned the start, pitching four innings with 11 strikeouts. Hahn allowed one unearned run and gave up two hits in the win.

Junior Bryce Eickhoff pitched an inning of relief, recording two strikeouts and not allowing a hit or a walk.

The Demons’ offense provided plenty of run support with junior Luke Sigurslid recording five RBIs in the win.

Senior Austin Anderson hit two triples to drive in three runs and senior Jackson Drobac and junior Aiden Brown both recorded two RBIs. Hahn, sophomore Landon Brattlie, Eickhoff and junior Stephen Bagley each knocked in a run as well.

The Demons are 9-5 on the season and 7-0 in the Trailways-South Conference, tied with Johnson Creek for first place.

Deerfield 14, Fall River 3

The Deerfield baseball team jumped all over Fall River in the bottom of the first inning, scoring 11 runs in a 14-3 win on Tuesday, April 30 at Deerfield High School.

Senior Jackson Drobac went 3x3 at the plate, driving in two runs and scoring two as well.

Senior Adam Suess and junior Stephen Bagley also recorded two RBIs, while sophomore Landon Brattlie, senior Austin Anderson and junior Mesfin Drexler each drove in a run.

On the mound, Suess pitched five innings, recording six strikeouts in the win.

Lakeside Lutheran 4, Deerfield 0

Lakeside’s Phil Becraft and Deerfield’s Landon Brattlie spent the first five innings trading zeros.

When the Demons went to the bullpen, the Warriors pounced.

Lakeside’s baseball team put together a four-run rally in the sixth inning and Becraft pitched a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in 4-0 home win on Monday, April 29 over Deerfield in non conference action.

Lakeside, which stranded the bases loaded in the fourth, jumped all over reliever Aiden Brown in the sixth.

Aidan Berg was hit by a pitch to open the frame and Thomas Dwyer advanced his pinch runner Haydenn Schoenherr to third with a single. Tyler Chopp then lined a run-scoring single to right.

After Logan Schwab bunted for a hit, Owen Marty singled home a pair on a chopper to left field. Schwab capped the scoring by coming across on a wild pitch.

Becraft took a perfect game into the fifth before Brown singled with two outs. Lakeside’s lefty struck out the side in the seventh to end it for the Warriors (9-3), who have won four straight.

Brattlie punched out 13 and walked four over five innings of one-hit ball for the Demons.

Nate Gilbert of the Jefferson Daily Union contributed to this article.