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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