Notebook: Timberland Baseball Blasts Holt For Key Win

The and baseball teams renewed their rivalry on Thursday at Timberland, and the Wolves came away with a key 6-5 win over Holt.

Because of rainouts, the Gateway Athletic Conference South schedule has been a bit slow to play out. Still, the victory lifted Timberland (11-5) to a 3-1 record, which helped the Wolves keep pace with Francis Howell Central (2-0) and Francis Howell (3-0). Meanwhile, Holt, though 9-5 overall, dropped to 0-2 in the GAC South.

It was a bounce back performance for coach Frank Masters’ Wolves as they had dropped two consecutive games following a seven-game winning streak. That winning streak was capped with dominant wins over Webster Groves, 16-6, and a 15-5 victory over Troy on April 15. The two losses came against powerhouse teams, as Timberland fell 7-2 to CBC (12-3) last Monday, and 10-0 to Francis Howell (17-2) this past Tuesday.

In the victory over Holt, senior David Masters went 2-for-3 and scored three runs. He leads the team with 20 runs batted in and is hitting .436 and has nine doubles. Sophomore Shane Cooper leads the Wolves with a .472 average on 25 hits, and he’s added 18 RBI. Senior outfielder Devin Johnson is batting .460 and has a team-best .571 on-base percentage. Senior leadoff hitter and outfielder Clay Miller is batting .352.

Senior Adam Bainbridge has been the team’s workhorse on the mound, tossing 29 2/3 innings and putting up a 4-2 record with a 3.07 earned-run average in a team-high six starts. Timberland is only allowing 4.6 runs per game this season.

The Wolves are slated to host Borgia on Monday at 4:15 p.m. and will play at 13-3 Howell Central on Tuesday at 4;15 p.m.

The Timberland girls soccer team continues to have a tough season. The Wolves are 1-11 and play at Hazelwood West on Monday at 4 p.m. Those defeats include four one-goal losses.

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