By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The New York Mills Millers improved to 9-2 overall with a pair of wins against Sebeka and Clarissa. 

The Millers will host the Bluffton Braves in the annual fireworks baseball game on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Following the game, a large fireworks show for the Fourth of July will take place on the football field. 

Friday

The Millers made the most of their 8 hits and 4 Sebeka errors as they came away with a 13-4 win over the Stingers on Friday night. 

The Millers actually trailed by a score of 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning, before Shawn Schmitz hit an RBI double and Austin Maneval gave NY Mills the lead with a sacrifice fly to right field to make the score 4-3. 

After Sebeka tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the sixth inning, the Millers scored 3 runs to take the lead for good in the bottom half of the inning when Shawn Schmitz scored on a  single, Adam Patron scored on an error and Finn Roder and Jonah Johnson scored on a fielder’s choice to give NY Mills an 8-4 lead. 

NY Mills added 2 more runs in the seventh inning on wild pitches and 3 more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come away with the 13-4 win. 

Brandon Kupfer and Schmitz led the way offensively with a pair of hits, while Derin Gaudette finished with 3 RBIs. 

Dashaun Robinson picked up the win on the mound in relief of starter Maneval as he went 5 innings and struck out 7 hitters. He gave up just 3 hits and 1 earned run.

AB R H     BI

Derin Gaudette 3 0 1 3

Collin Teich 0 0 0 0

Jacob Guck 4 0 1 0

Sam Kopveiler 1 1 0 1

Brandon Kupfer 5 1 2 1

Maison Roberts 3 1 0 0

Drey Roberts 2 0 0 0

Shawn Schmitz 2 2 0 0

Adam Patron 2 2 0 0

C Smichdts 3 1 2 2

Austin Maneval 1 1 1 1

Dashaun Robinson 2 0 0 0

Jonah Johnson 4 3 1 1

Finn Roder 0 1 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Brandon Kupfer, C Smichdts

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Austin Maneval 4.0-2-3-3-2-2, Dashaun Robinson 5.0-3-1-1-4-7

Sunday

Jonah Johnson picked up 4 hits, including 2 doubles and scored 3 runs as the Millers blew past Clarissa 12-3 on Sunday. The Millers took advantage of 5 Clarissa errors and pumped out 11 hits as a team. 

Derin Gaudette broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the fifth inning when he connected on an RBI single to bring Caden Roberts across the plate. Jacob Guck made the game 3-1 later in the inning when he cross the plate on a passed ball. 

NY Mills broke the game open in the top of the sixth inning when Jacob Guck hit an RBI single, Gaudette hit an RBI double, Guck scored on a passed ball and Brandon Kupfer hit a sacrifice fly in succession to give the Millers as 7-1 lead. NY Mills added another run in the seventh inning and 4 more in the top of the eighth inning to come away with the win. 

In addition to Johnson’s big day, Gaudette finished with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, including a pair of doubles. 

Roberts picked up the win on the mound in relief of Skylar Mursu after going 3 1/3 innings and giving up 4 hits and no runs. 

AB R H     BI

Caden Roberts 5 2 0 0

Jacob Guck 4 3 1 1

Josh Hendrickx 1 0 0 0

Derin Gaudette 5 1 3 2

Brandon Kupfer 1 1 0 1

Maison Roberts 3 1 0 0

Jonah Johnson 5 3 4 2

Adam Patron 5 0 1 1

Hunter Holtti 2 0 0 0

Dashaun Robinson 1 0 0 0

Finn Roder 4 1 2 1

Skylar Mursu 0 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Derin Gaudette 2, Jonah Johnson 2

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Skylar Mursu 3.2-3-1-1-1-3, Caden Roberts 3.1-4-0-0-0-4, Brandon Kupfer 2.0-5-2-2-0-2