2015 MHSAA Baseball State Finals Highlights (Division 1-4)

The first

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featured a pair of freshmen Portage Northern and Heartland, both making their first appearance in a

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final. The bottom of the first Heartland got things going right away. John Baker with a strong throw to left field that easily sets up Alex Vidic Northern would threaten in the fourth two runners in for Jacob Begaman who makes a soft diving play made by Hunter Delanoy eliminates the runner double play to end the inning and stop the sixth inning threat not many chances left for the Huskies Brady Young with Center's base throw will be airmailed and Max Schuman's scores to send this game into extra innings.

Tenth entry. Heartland's number nine batsman Brett Oliver with a chance to be the hero. One deep drive to the right and that will do it. Heartland tops Portage Northern 2-1 in longest Division 1 title game in mhsa history to claim first

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championship against defending Division Two state champion Mount Pleasant heading into Orchard Lake, Saint Mary's, top of the first inning, two men for Mount Pleasant and Max Trucks, puts one in right field, Ryan. luxtag comes in to score and the oilers are on top at the start of the second inning now the game is tied one on one for joe carlini and he hits a walk over the head of the left fielder who will score griffin shepish and olsm takes He leads the same inning two for Drake Titus, hits a single into the left side, Carlini scores and this is a three to one ball game. fifth inning now harrison salter at the plate looking to add some insurance, his single up the middle precisely makes titus return home. a four-to-one lead, senior pitcher Greg Lucenan would take it from there, the strikeout seals the complete game effort and a 4-1 victory as Orchard Lake Saint Mary's captures its first

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2 baseball title in 12 years and moves to division three jackson lumen christie looking for his first state baseball title in 37 years when they faced buchanan lumen christie would have a good start in the first with the bases loaded, it's connor mogul coming up the middle for the hit that josh ioka and chad thayer score the titans won a quick inning of two nothing the same for lumen christy, it's Connor Fours sweeping it and scores two more runs.

The four would end up on third with a triple and that makes the lead four to nothing, then the next batter is Parker Cook. He prepared the stomach for the single that will score four and Lumen Christie led 6-0 after the first and everyone was a titan in this one in the second inning. He is a magnate with the opposite field hit. The junior went three for four. He had three races. in the afternoon, jackson lumen christie shuts out buchanan eight to nothing and they win the first state title in baseball since 1978 and finally in division four, two teams make their first appearance in a state championship game when centerville faced muskegon catholic central we started in the top of the first centerville threatening a pair for senior colin schlebel and he goes up the middle for the single scoring jalen brown and colton gashko bulldogs led two to nothing catholic would respond in the bottom of the first junior big jacob Holt smashes it down the right field line which would allow Zachary Windsor and Jacob's brother Nicholas Holt to cross the plate.

Jake had five RBIs in the game and we were tied at two after the first jump. Now, in the third inning, the crusaders seek to even the game and it is Nicholas. holt making it fall for the hit anthony woodard comes sliding head first towards home and this game is tied at three muskegon catholic would start to pull away in the sixth inning stops again this time with woodard's deep drive to right center scores easily this time and muskegon catholic central wins its first state baseball championship 10-8 is the final