Bay Port baseball putting together one of best seasons in FRCC history
The Bay Port baseball team is attempting to become the third team in FRCC history to have an undefeated conference season.
The stakes weren’t as high for the Bay Port baseball team against Sheboygan North on May 19 as they will be in tournament play, but Pirates coach Harvey Knutson got another peek at how his group deals with pressure. Bay Port, which has clinched the Fox River Classic Conference title in dominant fashion, was down 3-0 after a half inning against a Golden Raiders team it beat by 10 runs last month. A leadoff double.
A single. An RBI double. An error that helped score two more runs.
This did not look like a team that’s one of the favorites to reach the WIAA state tournament and hasn’t lost in a month. The Pirates flexed enough muscle to come back and win 5-4, thanks to a game-tying two-run homer deep to center by Artie Adams on a 2-1 pitch in the sixth inning and a game-winning homer to right from Eli Hart with one out in the seventh. A junior and sophomore helped make the Senior Night banquet following the game a lot more enjoyable for their veteran teammates.
“I always joke with the team that I will always take a one-run game where every little spot in the game matters and you have to be on point and playing good competition,” Knutson said. “Pulling out a game like that, I will take that over a blowout any day. “But, then, I always say, I think you guys know that’s BS.
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