Rochester baseball celebrates Senior Night, stays in contention for share of TRC

Rochester's baseball seniors celebrated Senior Night by going a combined 5-for-6 with seven RBI, four runs scored and the walk-off hit to cap a 5-inning 13-3 TRC win over Whitko.

The Rochester win coupled with Northwestern's 10-6 loss to Peru and a Maconaquah 5-0 victory over Northfield means Rochester (18-5, 6-2 TRC) can claim a share of the conference title with a win over Lewis Cass on Wednesday. 

Northwestern and Macoanauqh, also 6-2 in the TRC, will also play Wednesday.

Zebra senior Tanner Reinartz smacked a 2-run homer in the first, followed by an RBI single in the third, and a walk-off 3-run double in the fifth.  On the night, Reinartz went 3-for-3, with a walk, three runs scored, and six runs batted in.

Fellow senior Drew Bowers was 2-for-3 at the plate with a run and RBI. Another senior, James Garner, walked in his only plate appearance.

Also for Rochester, sophomore Parker Casper went 2-for-3, including a 2-run triple.  He also walked and scored three times.  Freshman Linden Wilburn was also 2-for-3, with three runs scored.  Brant Beck added a 2-run single.

Carson Paulik pitched a complete game and earned the win.  He gave up six hits, three runs, walked two and struck out eight.