Biggs Baseball Wins 14th Straight
Apr 18, 2024 09:11AM ● By Steven Bryla, photos by Steven Bryla
BIGGS, CA (MPG) - The Biggs Wolverines baseball team won their 14th consecutive game of the season as they shut out the Lindhurst Blazers 14-0 in a non-league matchup on Wednesday, April 10.
This was the second time this season that Biggs has played and shut out Lindhurst as they were participants in the Wolverines tournament last month.
Biggs senior pitcher Zach Smith (2) throws a pitch in the Wolverines’ 14-0 victory against Lindhurst on Wednesday, April 10.
The win over the Blazers last week was the team’s 15th victory of the season, which is tied for the most in the program since the 2018 spring season.
Biggs Head Coach Allen Lee expressed to the Herald that the biggest word to describe this team is dedication. Lee told the Herald this group of players has put in the work throughout the entire school year, including when some of the players were playing other sports in fall/winter seasons.
“When the kids would be done with basketball, they would come out to the cages and get some swings in,” Lee said.
Biggs junior outfielder Davis Long (8) swings at a pitch during the Wolverines’ 14-0 victory against Lindhurst on Wednesday, April 10.
He added the team collectively bought in as a unit at the end of last season when they got a taste of the playoffs as they had the program’s first playoff victory against Fall River in the 2023 CIF Northern Section Division VI playoffs since the 2018 season.
“We spent a lot of time in the cages to get their timing down,” Lee said.
The Wolverines used five different pitchers in the win over Lindhurst and surrendered one-hit in the shutout. Lee added that the pitching staff he has is deep and he feels comfortable to throw any of his pitchers through any type of situation.
Biggs freshman utility Dennis Dewhurst led the Wolverines in the game with three hits and four runs-batted-in (RBI’s).
Biggs scored four runs in the first and two in the second inning before they broke the game open and scored the final eight runs of the game in the third inning where they had four of their seven hits in the game.
Wolverines senior third baseman Zach Smith and senior second baseman Emiliano Burmudez are two of the multiple leaders of the Biggs senior class.
Smith told the Herald the chemistry among the roster as everyone has played with one another for a few years has helped this team get better each day.
Bermudez added that the energy in the dugout has picked up more this season compared to last season as they are more vocal as a squad this season.
Smith and Bermudez had a hit each in the win over Lindhurst. Biggs was scheduled to play their next Mid-Valley League series against Hamilton this past Tuesday and Thursday before they are scheduled to play at Durham tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, at 9 a.m.
Biggs senior outfielder Rylan Jones (4) connects with a pitch in the Wolverines’ 14-0 win over Lindhurst on Wednesday, April 10.
