PANORA — Panorama scored in the bottom of the ninth of Thursday’s second game with visiting Earlham to claim a sweep in WCAC baseball as the Panthers rebounded from an extra-inning loss to Madrid June 17.
Panorama (9-7, 9-6) won Thursday’s opener by a 10-1 margin, then finished off the sweep of the Cardinals (6-15, 4-13) with a 4-3 win in nine frames. The wins followed a 5-4 loss in eight innings to Madrid (17-5, 14-3) to start the week.
Earlham trailed, 3-2, in the second contest before forcing extra baseball with a single run in the top of the sixth.
Koltin Sloss started the bottom of the ninth with a double for the Panthers. Malachi Peasley bunted pinch-runner Ryan Klinge to third, where he remained after a ground out. He sped home with the winning run when Noah Kirtley — who had doubled earlier in the game — lifted a single that delivered team win number nine on the season.
Drew Taylor went five frames on the mound, allowing two runs on three hits and four walks while striking out 10. Dominic Walker picked up the win with four innings of relief work. He surrendered a run on three hits and a walk while fanning four.
Trent Williamson tossed eight innings for Earlham, allowing three runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts. John Humphrey retired two batters but suffered the loss.
Williamson had a single and a two-run home run for the visitors.
Earlham’s only run in the opener came in the bottom of the seventh, with Panorama scoring in all but the second frame to set up the eventual sweep.
Levi Richey had two doubles and Drew Taylor two singles, a home run and three RBIs to fuel the Panthers. Brice Taylor had a single, a double and a RBI with Sloss adding a base hit and a RBI.
Brice Taylor pitched five innings of six-hit ball during which he struck out six, with Walker throwing 1-1/3 frames, allowing a run on a walk while striking out one. Hunter Holmes allowed a hit while striking out a batter in two-thirds of an inning on the hill.
Williamosn had two hits and drove in a run for Earlham.
Alex Caskey threw five innings, allowing eight runs (five earned) on 10 hits and striking out five. Colin Forcht relieved for two frames, yielding two runs on two hits.
The wins followed a tough loss to Madrid Monday, with the Panthers scoring four runs in the fourth to rally from a 3-0 hole. The Tigers scored once in the seventh to tie and the game and then won with a single tally in the top of the eighth.
Holmes threw one inning, allowing a run on a hit and three walks while striking out one. Sloss entered and tossed three innings, giving up three hits and four walks and fanning two while allowing two runs (one earned). The loss went to Drew Taylor, who pitched four innings of two-hit ball, striking out six but being touched for a pair of unearned runs.
Evan Taylor had a triple, a double and two RBIs, with Sloss adding a double and a RBI while Holmes drove in a run with a pair of base hits.
C.J. Dean had a triple, a double and a RBI for Madrid, with Landen Klatt driving in two runs with a single.
Noah Owensby went 3-1/3 frames, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks. The win went to Logan Wicker with 4-2/3 innings of relief. He surrendered a run on four hits and a walk and finished with six strikeouts.
Panorama hosts AC/GC tonight before visiting Ogden Tuesday and Interstate-35 Thursday for a varsity doubleheader. All four games are WCAC contests.
