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Late rally not enough as Comets fall to Vikings, 9-5

Press Staff Report

DECORAH — Down 9-1 after five full innings, the Charles City Comets manage to make a little noise at the end before eventually losing to Decorah, 9-5, in Northeast Iowa Conference baseball action on Tuesday.

Ian Smith had two hits and 2 runs batted in, and Jackson Varney had two hits, including a double, scored a run and had and RBI for Decorah, which improved to 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the NEIC.

For the Comets, who fell to 3-3 and 2-2, leadoff hitter Theo Arndt had two hits, and Jace Cajhami and Dylan Salinas each doubled.

Salinas’s double came with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and was good for 3 RBIs.

Next up for the Comets is a rare morning game as they will host Mason City in a make-up game at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sportsmen’s Park.

DECORAH 9, CHARLES CITY 5

C. CITY AB  R  H BI  DECORAH              AB  R  H BI

Theo Arndt       3  0  2  0  Jackson Varney        4  1  2  1

Colton Slinger    4  1  1  0  Drake Shelton         2  1  1  0

Cole  Reams   2  2  1  0  Brannan Hogan         3  1  1  0

Dylan Salinas        4  0  1  3  Ian  Smith            3  0  2  2

Jace  Cajthaml 4  0  1  1  Dawson Holkesvik    3  1  1  0

Tait Arndt          4  0  0  0  Kailer McCabe         4  0  1  1

Wyatt  Stevenson 3  0  1  0  Jace Johnson       3  2  1  1

Alec Elsbernd  1  0  0  0  Michael Bruening      4  1  1  1

Jalen Jones    2  0  0  0  Thomas Knoke          3  1  1  1

Elliott Sinwell  3  1  1  0   Ryan Schneberger    0  0  0  0

*Ben Miller         0  1  0  0  *Cael Luzum           0  1  0  0

TOTALS          30  5  8  4  TOTALS               29  9 11  7

CHARLES CITY                  010 001 3 — 5

DECORAH                       017 010 x — 9

LOB–CHARLES CITY 7, DECORAH 8. ERR–Jace  Cajthaml, Wyatt  Stevenson (2), Cole  Reams, Kailer McCabe (3), MichaelBruening, Brannan Hogan. 2B–Dylan Salinas, Jace  Cajthaml, Jackson Varney. HBP–Brannan Hogan. SACB–Ian  Smith. SB–Ben Miller, Wyatt  Stevenson (2), Cole  Reams, Jace Johnson, Drake Shelton.

CHARLES CITY            IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR

Theo Arndt                     2.33   10    7    6    0    1    0

Jace  Cajthaml                 0.00    1    1    1    1    0    0

Wyatt  Stevenson               2.67    0    1    1    3    1    0

Cole  Reams                    1.00    0    0    0    0    2    0

DECORAH                   

Thomas Knoke                   5.33    5    2    1    2    7    0

Michael Bruening               1.67    3    3    3    1    4    0

WP–Jace  Cajthaml (2), Michael Bruening. BALK–Thomas Knoke. SO–Dylan Salinas, Jalen Jones, Theo Arndt, Elliott Sinwell (2), Jace  Cajthaml, Alec Elsbernd, Tait Arndt (4), Thomas Knoke, Jace Johnson, Kailer McCabe, Drake Shelton. BB–Theo Arndt, Cole  Reams (2), Dawson Holkesvik, Jace Johnson, Drake Shelton (2).

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