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Knights fall in non-region showdown

ROCKY GROVE With District 10 going to a new playoff format in 2015-16, the baseball schedule has become a bit of a cat-and-mouse game.

Such was the case in Wednesday’s non-region showdown between Eisenhower and Rocky Grove. Those showing up to see Casey Vincent vs. Travis Perry on the mound didn’t get that, but what they did see was a 6-2 win by the host Orioles.

“Their coach and I chuckled before the game,” said Eisenhower coach Cody Vincent. “The Oil City paper was their expecting to see something different, but I told their coach I’m not showing you Casey and he said ‘well I’m not showing you Perry.'”

Instead, Rocky Grove got Jake Harvey, and the junior turned in a very solid effort, allowing just one earned run.

“Jake threw very well,” Vincent said. “Both innings that they did most of their damage (first and fifth) we had a lot of miscues that led to unearned runs. Six innings pitched, one earned run and one walk, you’ll take that. He’s not going to have those 14 or 15 strikeout games, but as long as the defense plays well, he’ll be fine.”

The two teams are very familiar with each other, having met in last season’s District 10 title game, a 15-0 Eisenhower win.

On Wednesday, RG struck twice in the first inning, only to watch the Knights tie the game in the third.

The Orioles re-took the lead in the fourth and, as Vincent alluded to, had a big 3-run inning in the fifth.

Perry didn’t pitch, but Scott Perry – Travis’s younger brother, came on and got the win in relief of starter Conner Curran.

“Rocky Grove is a team we’re very familiar with,” Vincent said. “We’ve seen them in the playoffs the last three years and we’ll probably see them against down the road.”

Eisenhower gets started with region play on Friday, traveling to Youngsville.

EISENHOWER (2): Harvey P-3B 3-1-2-0, Vincent SS 2-0-0-0, Elmquist 3B-P 3-0-0-0, Genz 2B 3-0-1-1, Jackson C 2-0-0-0, Pascuzzi LF 3-0-0-0, Hayes CF 3-0-0-0, Carlson RF 2-0-0-0, Hamilton PH 1-0-0-0, Smelko 1B 3-1-1-0

ROCKY GROVE (6): White 2B-P 3-0-0-0, Wilson CF 4-2-2-0, Perry SS 4-1-0-0, Kirwin 3-2-1-3 RF, Curran P-3B-2B 3-1-1-0, Rodemoyer 2-0-2-2, Winslow 3B-2B 2-0-1-1, Perry 1B-P 3-0-2-1, Bruner LF 3-0-0-0

Eisenhower 002 000 0 2 (4 hits, 4 errors)

Rocky Grove 200 130 X 6 (9 hits, 1 error)

WP Perry; LP Harvey

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