Bobcats sweep pair from visiting Benton Harbor

Published 7:22 am Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Brandywine took on Benton Harbor in a non-league doubleheader Monday night.

In the first game of the night, Brandywine was unstoppable picking up a 10-0 win over the visiting Tigers.

The winning pitcher for Brandywine was Evan Hartman.

Brian Exner had a triple for the Bobcats, whiles Austin Searles and Alex Erwin picked up home runs in the victory.

In the second game, Benton Harbor was looking for revenge but came up short. The Tigers came out swinging, but just couldn’t match the hitting of the Bobcats as they were outhit 18-6.

Picking up the win for Brandywine in relief was Michael Schoenleber.

Buck Bourdon, Jason Andrews and Alex Erwin collected doubles with Exner picking clubbing a pair of doubles.

Searles also had two doubles as well as two triples.

Benton Harbor fought back in the second game but still came up short 13-8 as Brandywine won both games to improve to 13-8 on the year.

First game

Benton Harbor 000 00 – 0 2 1

Brandywine 014 23 – 10 9 1

Evan Hartman (W) and Austin Searles

John Hull (L) and Tim Alexander

3B: Brian Exner(BW)

HR: Searles (BW), Alex Erwin (BW)

Second game

Benton Harbor 203 210 0 – 8 6 0

Brandywine 230 323 x – 13 18 2

Evan Hartman, Mike Schoenleber (W, 5) and Austin Searles

Ron Napier (L) and Tim Bickham

2B: Buck Bourdon (BW), Brian Exner (BW) 2, Searles (BW) 2, Jason Andrews (BW), Alex Erwin (BW)

3B: Searles (BW) 2

Varsity record: Brandywine 13-8