Particularly his pitchers. Sophomore Travis Kohn started the opener against the Eagles and combined with freshman Rob Musgrave for a five-hitter. Three of those hits were home runs, but all three were solo shots as Kohn and Musgrave avoided serious danger throughout. After Brad Lewicki's solo shot tied the game in the fourth, the Chargers broke it open in the fifth. Silver Lake scratched a run across in the bottom of the inning and then got within one of Brian Martinek's solo homer in the sixth, but Musgrave closed the door in the seventh.
Silver Lake has a fantastic team.
I think this is a big confidence boost. Sophomore Troy Baird scattered three Riley County hits in the second game and struck out nine in five innings. He didn't allow a hit until the fourth. Trail pounded out 12 hits, including seven doubles, and benefited from eight Falcon errors in the rout. Silver Lake, which swept Wabaunsee last Friday, took awhile to bounce back from its first loss, falling behind 3-2 in the third inning.