An early afternoon shower gave way to a beautiful Monday as the Cooper Hawks and the St. Louis Park Orioles split a doubleheader with the Orioles flying over the Hawks in the first game 15-1 and in the second game, Cooper broke a 6-6 tie with a six run seven inning to beat St. Louis Park 11-6.
In the first game it was all St. Louis Park as the Orioles scored two runs in the second inning on a two run single by eighth grade catcher Sam Hunt. They added three more runs in the third to go up by five, including an RBI single by Brent Ryan.
Hunt would account for the only run in the top of the fourth with a home run over the right field fence. He would also drive in two more runs to give him five RBIs for the day as the Orioles would put the game away with nine runs in the top of the sixth. St. Louis Park sent 13 batters to the plate and the first nine would reach base and head home as walks and wild pitches contributed to the lengthy half inning. Josh Gabrick would steal home in the bottom of the sixth as an attempted pick off play for St. Louis Park accounted for the only Cooper run.
Jack Elias pitched a complete game for St. Louis Park, giving up only three hits and striking out four batters.
Now to the second game as both teams would tally in the first inning. The Hawks got their run on a ground out to second baseman shea Pekarek that scored Will Young and the Orioles vaulted into the lead with two runs on back to back doubles from Riley Dvorak and Julien Shadle.
St. Louis Park would add three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on RBI singles from Johnny Sorenson, Connor Cornell and Dvorak. But the Hawks would fly into the lead with four runs in the top of the sixth, including a two run double by Martin Spies. The Orioles got a run back in the top of the inning on an RBI single by Jacob Stillman that scored Luke Mobley.
Cooper would put the game away in the top of the seventh as they scored six runs and took advantage of lackluster St. Louis Park fielding. Spies hit his second double of the game and Zach Thomas had an RBI single. The Orioles had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh as they scored two runs on a single from Pekarek and a sacrifice fly by Mobley that scored Dvorak. The bases were loaded with two outs and Stillman had a chance to clear the bases and send the fans home happy. But he would hit into a force play to end the game.
The Hawks record is now 2-14 and the will host the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles on Wednesday, May 17 at 4:30 PM. The Orioles have a 7-10 record and are also in action on the 17th as the head to Benilde-St. Margaret's for a 7 PM game with the Red Knights.
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