Scott City baseball sweeps Oberlin to begin season
Oberlin, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon for baseball, the 2025 season got underway for the Scott City baseball team, as they played host to the Oberlin Red Devils. It was the first games for the Red Devils as a school-sanctioned sport. The Beavers would take care of business with a pair of wins, taking game 1 22-0 and the second 22-3, both ending after 2 1/2 innings.
Scott City 22, Oberlin 0, Game 1 (2 1/2 innings)
Oberlin would get a couple of baserunners in the first inning via a walk, but one would be wiped out on a double play, and the other was stranded to end the inning. After that, it was all Beavers. Scott City would send 12 to bat in the first inning, and score six runs, highlighted by an inside the park home run by Spencer Cramer, which would be a two-run home run. In the second, the Beavers added 16 more runs, as they would take advantage of several walks and an error, as they pushed their lead to 22-0. The Red Devils would get a one-out hit in the third inning, but were unable to put anything together, as Scott City coasted to the 22-0 win due to the 15-run rule.
Eloy Ruelas struck out three, and gave up one hit in 2 1/3 innings on the mound for the win, as he threw 42 pitches. Brooks Bailey struck out a batter and got the final two outs. Teagan Feely had three RBI and scored three runs, while Easton Eisenhour and Cramer drove in two runs. Caden Shaw took the loss, going one-plus inning, giving up 14 runs, 13 earned, on eight hits, with a striketout. Brycen Ketterl was unable to record an out in thes econd, while Haden Allen struck out one and gave up a hit in an inning of relief. Cristian Favela had Oberlin’s lone hit in the third inning.
Scott City 20, Oberlin 3, Game 2
The Beavers picked up from where they left off in Game 1, plating 13 runs in the first inning, as 18 came up to bat in the opening frame. After a quick top of the second, Scott City added seven more runs in the bottom of the second to extend their lead to 20-0. Oberlin would score three runs in the third, all on past balls, as they would take advantage of walks, and the final would be 20-3.
Spencer Cramer would strike out the side in the first inning, as he went two scoreless and didn’t give up a run or a hit in just 23 pitches. Hunter Fry went 1/3 of an inning, and was responsible for three runs, one earned, on one hit. Easton Eisenhour closed the deal with 2/3 of an inning pitched and a strikeout. Eloy Ruelas, Spencer Cramer and Hunter Fry each had two hits, while Fry had three RBI in game two. Haden Allen went 2/3 of an inning in the loss for the Red Devils, giving up 13 runs, four earned, on six hits, with two strikeouts. Tyler Ostmeyer went 1 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs on six hits and had three strikeouts in his four outs recorded. Bentley Sutherland had the teams lone hit.
Coach David Dirks Postgame
Worth noting, Scott City was one of the first team to have baseball in the Northwest Kansas League, when they were in the league from 1979-80 to 1996-97. Oberlin is the fourth team in the league. Colby and Goodland were the other two before they left for the newly-formed GWAC in 2010.
Up next for Scott City is a GWAC doubleheader at Ulysses next Tuesday, while Oberlin will host Colby next Tuesday as well.
