Palace City 14U baseball picks up split at Renner

Jun. 23—RENNER, S.D. — Palace City 14-and-under teener baseball picked up a split in a road doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon with Renner Post 307. Palace City won 10-9 in the first game and dropped the second game 9-7 in a shortened, two-inning contest.

In the first game, PCB scored the game's first six runs before Renner scored seven times in the bottom of the fourth inning to take the lead 7-6. From there, Palace City answered back in the fifth with four runs of its own to seal the win despite having six defensive errors for the game.

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Kristopher Hatwan led Palace City on offense, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored, while Preston Maeschen added three hits, three RBIs and two runs scored. Keniel Padilla tallied three hits, two runs scored and one RBI, as James Klinger had two hits and one run scored for PCB, who outhit Renner 13-5 in Game 1.

Gavin Auch earned the win on the mound for Palace City, pitching five innings and allowing seven runs (zero earned) on four hits with two strikeouts and five walks issued. Deyton Puetz made an appearance in relief for the final three outs, surrendering two runs on one hit with one walk allowed to secure the victory in Game 1.

In the second game, Renner tallied three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take the win in the condensed two-inning game. Renner held a 6-4 lead heading into the top of the second frame before Palace City scored three runs to hold the lead at 7-6, highlighted by an RBI-double from Padilla. Despite outhitting Renner 5-4, PCB had three defensive errors and issued seven walks between Klinger and Carter Buschbach on the mound.

Palace City was paced offensively by Padilla's 2-for-2 performance at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored, while Maeschen, Auch and Puetz tallied one hit apiece in the Game 2 loss.

Palace City (8-14-1) is next in action on Wednesday for a 5 p.m. doubleheader against Sioux Falls Post 15 in Sioux Falls.