Bulldogs shut out in season-ending district loss to Plattsburg

Continuing their late-season trend of playing cleaner baseball, but struggling to put runs on the board, the Trenton Bulldogs bowed out of district play on Saturday afternoon with a 5-0 loss to the Plattsburg Tigers at Mid-Buchanan High School in Faucett.

Behind four shutout innings from right-hander Drew Rorebeck, the Bulldogs and Tigers went into the bottom of the fifth inning scoreless, but Plattsburg broke the ice with five tallies in the bottom of the fifth for the game-winning margin.

All five runs allowed by Rorebeck were unearned, with Jesse Farmer pitching a scoreless sixth, working around a walk, for Trenton.  Rorebeck had 10 strikeouts, throwing 101 pitches, 64 for strikes, while allowing only four hits.

Plattsburg’s starter, Brooks, threw six innings of three-hit shutout baseball at THS, striking out ten.  Simms pitched the top of the seventh, striking out two batters.

While Trenton committed only two errors in the game, Plattsburg was error-less in advancing.  Colton Colston, Jesse Farmer, and Sam Schilling had the only hits of the game for the Bulldogs.

In the first game played on Saturday, Lathrop broke open a 1-1 tie with three runs in the 4th inning, then added four more to put away East Buchanan in the sixth, as the Mules won the all-KCI matchup 8-1.

In Monday night’s Class 3, District 16 semifinals, Mid-Buchanan will host Plattsburg at 5, followed by Bishop LeBlond opposite Lathrop.  The semifinal winners meet in the district final on Wednesday at 5 PM.

In Class 3, District 15 at Lexington High School, the Carrollton Trojans beat Lexington 6-2 while St. Paul Lutheran defeated University 12-7, both on Saturday.  In Monday’s semifinals, Carrollton plays Lawson (4:30 PM), followed by Higginsville against St. Paul Lutheran.  The District 15 title game is Wednesday at 5 PM.

In Class 4, District 16 on Saturday in St. Joseph, the Lafayette Fighting Irish hammered cross-city rival Benton 10-0, while Maryille cruised past the Cameron Dragons 13-3.  In Monday’s semifinals, Chillicothe plays Lafayette at 4:30, followed by Savannah playing Maryville.  The Hornets and the Savages had first-round byes.

In the Class 4, District 15 semifinals tonight (Monday night), Smithville plays St. Pius at 4:30, followed by Van Horn against Excelsior Springs.

In Eagleville on Monday night, North Harrison High School will host the Class 1, District 15 baseball semifinals, with top-seed Green City taking on Linn County at 5, followed by North Harrison hosting Northeast Nodaway.

Two of the newest members of the Grand River Conference will be in Class 2, District 5 semifinal action in Memphis tonight.  The Milan Wildcats will take on the #1 seed Scotland County Tigers at 5 o’clock, followed by Canton battling the Putnam County Midgets at 7.