Wayne Trace entered the Regional play in the Division III baseball tournament seeded 3rd in the division and GMC champions. The first inning was 0-0. Second inning gave way to 3 runs to Milan Edison followed by 2 more in the 3rd. Raiders pressed on and held off runs in the 4th. In the 5th, Milan Edison took another run to add to their tally. Wayne Trace rallied in the 6th as Cooper Wenzlick batted Tucker Antoine into home putting the Raiders on the board. This wasn’t enough to secure them a win in the Regional semi-finals though. Wayne Trace ended their season with this loss, 6-1.
Score by Innings:
Milan Edison – 0 3 2 0 1 0 0=6; 10H, 0E
Wayne Trace – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0=1; 5H, 4E
Winning Pitcher – Ben Bates (7 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 5 strikeouts, 1 walk)
Losing Pitcher – Cooper Wenzlick (1-2/3 innings, 2 hits, 3 runs, 0 earned runs, 1 strikeout, 2 walks)
Other Wayne Trace Pitcher – Breven Anderson (4-1/3 innings, 8 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks)
Other Wayne Trace Pitcher – Tyler Davis (1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 strikeout, 0 walks)
Milan Edison Hitters – Clint Finnen (three singles, two RBI), Hayden Fry (single), Bryson Wittmer (single, run), Marcus Medina (single, double, run, RBI), Dominic Dymond (single, run), Max Hoover (single), Gabe Dymond (run), Blake Simon (run, RBI), Davin Wendt (single, run)
Wayne Trace Hitters – Tucker Antoine (single, run), Breven Anderson (single), Cooper Wenzlick (single, RBI), Kyle Slade (single), Tyler Davis (single)
Wayne Trace Baseball ended their 2023 season with a record of 22-6 and 7-0 in the GMC. Raiders will lose three seniors this year — Tyler Davis, Evan Crosby and Kyle Slade. Excellent season Raiders!
