By: BHS Sports Staff
April 17, 2025
Last Friday, the Brooklyn Hurricanes baseball team (0-5) went on the road to face the Open Door Christian Patriots (0-1). This was the perfect opportunity for the Hurricanes to tally their first victory of the season against a winless Patriots squad.
The Hurricanes’ first two batters went down in order, but senior Aiden Starr drew a two-out walk, followed by two stolen bases. With Starr now at third, senior Jadyn DeLuca flew out to end the frame. On the mound, senior Collin Flanagan struck out two and walked one in the bottom half of the first, but he managed to get out unscathed.
Both teams failed to score in the second after getting runners on, but both had runners caught stealing.
The Hurricanes went down in the third inning, but the Patriots had an opportunity with a runner on third base, but similar to the script of the first two innings, they failed to convert as the game remained scoreless after three.
The Hurricanes got on the scoreboard first in the fourth inning when junior Dominic Pytel hit into an RBI fielder’s choice. However, in the bottom half of the frame, the Patriots evened it up on an error to knot the score at 1-1.
The pitchers’ duel continued into the fifth as both teams went scoreless.
In the sixth inning, the Hurricanes broke through after DeLuca led off with a single and advanced to third on a single by freshman Mason Vega, putting runners at the corners with nobody out. DeLuca later scored on an error, and Vega advanced to third, giving the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead. After a Pytel walk and a stolen base, junior Zander Rolon hit a pinch-hit, two-run single to extend the Hurricanes lead to 4-1. Defensively, Flanagan kept the Patriots scoreless in the sixth, concluding his day on the mound. He pitched six innings, giving up one unearned run on three hits, while striking out 10 batters.
Starr relieved Flanagan and nailed down the save in the seventh and final inning, striking out two, as the Hurricanes earned their first victory of the season.
Final Score: Brooklyn 4, Open Door Christian 1.
The Hurricanes, now 1-7, will travel to Oberlin on Saturday morning to battle the Phoenix. First pitch is at 10:00.
In other Spring sports, the softball team (2-3) travels to Euclid tonight to take on the Panthers. First pitch is at 5:00.
Go Canes!
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