The Fruitport baseball team put the final touches on its O-K Silver conference season on Tuesday with a doubleheader sweep of Belding.
Now the Trojans will have to wait a few days to see if they will win a share of the conference title.
They are two games behind first-place Hopkins in the loss column and one behind Comstock Park, and those two teams still have to meet in a doubleheader. Comstock Park also has two games left with Calvin Christian, so there are several possible scenarios, all out of the Trojans’ control.
Fruitport finished the conference season with an 11-3 record.
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The Trojans won the opener against Belding 10-0. They opened the scoring in the second inning with three runs. Kolton Kennedy started it off with a sacrifice fly, Liam Campbell followed with an RBI double, and Satchel Norwood added an RBI single.
Fruitport added two more runs in the third inning on a Hudson Hazekamp RBI double and a Dexter Lillmars sacrifice fly. The Trojans extended the lead in the fourth inning with a Hazekamp RBI single and a run on a passed ball.
Fruitport added one more run in the fifth to take an 8-0 lead into the seventh inning. Belding mounted a late rally in the final inning, but Fruitport closed the game with a strikeout to secure the victory.
Trevor Rusnak earned the win on the mound, pitching six innings while striking out 11 and allowing just two hits. Leading hitters in Game 1 were Satchel Norwood with three hits and Rusnak, Hazekamp, and Wyatt Fielstra with two apiece.
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The Trojans won the second game 10–0. They broke the it open in the third inning with four runs. Norwood delivered an RBI single before Hazekamp launched a home run.
Fruitport added another run in the fourth inning on a solo home run by Liam Campbell before erupting for five runs in the fifth. Campbell delivered a two-run single and Avery Lambers added a three-run homer to make the score 10-0.
Hudson Hazekamp earned the win, throwing five innings with nine strikeouts while allowing just two hits. Leading hitters in Game 2 were Lambers with three hits and Norwood, Rusnak, Olson, and Campbell with two apiece.
“We had some of the best at-bats we’ve had this year,” said Fruitport head coach Nick Reed. “The guys were locked in and battling and making productive outs. They really swung the bats with confidence.”
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