Apr. 11—The Troy Trojans struggled to get going Tuesday afternoon as Columbia Falls rolled to a 17-0 victory in five innings during a league baseball matchup.
The Wildcats jumped out early with six runs in the first inning and never looked back, piling on runs in each of the five frames. Columbia Falls capitalized on 10 Troy errors while collecting nine hits in the contest.
Troy's offense was held hitless by Columbia Falls' pitching staff. Despite the final score, Carson Orr had a solid first inning on the mound in terms of contact allowed, giving up no hits. Orr walked four batters and had six unearned runs scored against him in his single inning of work.
Preston Norder followed in relief, pitching 2 1/3 innings, surrendering four hits and six earned runs while striking out one. Tommy Guinard finished the game, allowing five runs (three earned) on five hits in 1 2/3 innings.
With the loss, Troy fell to 0-3 on the season.
Tuesday, April 8
At Troy
COLUMBIA FALLS 17, TROY 0
C-Falls — 63134 — 17 — 9 — 1
Troy — 00000 — 0 — 0 — 10
TROY HITTING: Mason Crowe — 0-2, Trapper Savage 0-2, Carson Orr 0-2, Lucas Peterson 0-2, Preston Nordor 0-2, Tommy Guinard 0-2, Braxton Pinard 0-1, Ryker Pinard 0-2, Henry Roy Jr. 0-1
TROY PITCHING: Carson Orr (1IP, 0H, 6R, 0ER, 4BB, 2SO), Preston Norder (2 1/3IP, 4H, 6R, 6ER, 2BB, 1SO), Tommy Guinard (1 and 2/3IP, 5H, 5R, 3ER, 1BB)
