POET’s offense edges Nursery

Offense was not in short order early in the week.

Yet, power hitting wasn’t enough to claim the game.

Despite having eight extra-base hits to five, Cook’s Nursery fell to POET Bioprocessing 13-11 in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball on Tuesday.

Nolan Homan of POET and Trey Hirschey of Cook’s Nursery match each other for the strongest offensive performances. Both players smacked four base hits, including a triple and a double and scored three runs.

Corbin Hutzler and Harvey Hemmelgarn both had hits that netted multiple bases for POET. Hutzler earned a triple and a double while Harvey Hemmelgarn just had a double and a single. They each scored once.

Marshall Hemmelgarn, Wyatt Shawver and Sawyer Stephen all crossed home plate a pair of times for POET. Shawver notched three hits as well, while Marshall Hemmelgarn and Stephen both had two.

Kayden Alberson, James Bruggeman, Steven Robinson and Brantley Sager supported Hirschey’s efforts in the loss.

Sager matched Hirschey with four hits. Sager had a double and three singles and also scored two runs.

Bruggeman also scored twice, while adding a triple and a double.

Rogers scored the most of the bunch, netting three runs for Cook’s Nursery. He also smacked a double and two base hits.

Alberson slashed two triples and a single, but only made it to home plate once.