Brandywine plays power baseball against Rangers

Published 11:49 pm Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Brandywine's Dustin Bell fires to first base to complete a double play against Cassopolis Tuesday afternoon. (Daily Star photo/RON HARNER)

Brandywine's Dustin Bell fires to first base to complete a double play against Cassopolis Tuesday afternoon. (Daily Star photo/RON HARNER)

CASSOPOLIS – The Brandywine baseball team played a little power baseball on Tuesday to sweep a Lakeland Conference doubleheader from Cassopolis.

The Bobcats took the opener 5-3 behind the two-hit pitching of Joe Godfrey and then completed the sweep as Dustin Bell tossed a one-hitter in the nightcap.

Derek Nichols provided most of the offensive pop in the first game as he doubled and homered for Brandywine, which had five hits off of losing pitcher Kevin Hatcher.
Dashaun Curtis and Dwayne Morgan had the hits for the Rangers.

In the second game, Austin Searles hit a homerun and doubled, while Bell and Godfrey both doubled as the Bobcats finished with 11 hits.

Brandon Davis had the lone hit for Cassopolis.

First game
Brandywine 100 200 2 – 5 5 3
Cassopolis 0000120 – 3 2 1

WP – Joe Godfrey and Austin Searles
LP – Kevin Hatcher and Rick Hayden
2B: Derek Nichols (B)
HR: Derek Nichols (B)

Second game
Brandywine 008 002 – 10 11 1
Cassopolis 000 000 – 0 1 1

WP – Dustin Bell and Austin Searles
LP – Nathan Blad and Rick Hayden
2B: Dustin Bell (B), Searles (B), Joe Godfrey (B)
HR: Searles (B)

Brandywine softball at Cassopolis
CASSOPOLIS – Visiting Brandywine scored 21 runs in both games to sweep a Lakeland Conference doubleheader from Cassopolis on Tuesday.

The Bobcats collected 18 hits in the opening game, led by Arielle Colcord’s four singles.
Brandywine also got thee hits from Rachael Ort, a double and two singles from winning pitcher Mikayla Kemp and a triple and a single from Chelsea Ravish.

In the second game, Tori Hunt had four hits, while Pellow singled and doubled.

The Bobcats also got a pair of hits from both Colcord and Kemp.

First game
Brandywine 245 37 – 21 18 0
Cassopolis 001 11 – 3 7 1

WP – Mikayla Kemp
LP – Olivia Stewart
2B: Kemp (BW)
3B: Chelsea Ravish (BW)

Second game
Brandywine 762 42 – 21 17 2
Cassopolis 222 02 – 8 3 2

WP – Mikayla Kemp
LP – Olivia Stewart
2B: Madison Pellow (BW)