Philip Wall struck out nine batters in five innings and Juneau Post 25 shutout East Post 34 by a score of 11-0 on Saturday afternoon at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field.<\/p>\n
Wall’s strong pitching — he allowed just three hits — received plenty of run support behind multiple-hit outings by Zeb Storie, Michael Cesar, Kasey Watts and Bobby Cox.<\/p>\n
After only having one run to show for the first two innings, Owen Mendoza’s two-RBI double contributed to a four-run third inning.<\/p>\n
Juneau’s bats spelled more trouble for East in the fourth inning. The home team loaded the bases with no outs and later drove in four runs with two outs.<\/p>\n
Riley Griffin and Cesar ballooned the lead to 11-0 in the fifth inning, and the game was called in the bottom of the inning as Wall picked up strikeouts No. 8 and 9.<\/p>\n
Juneau secured another five-inning win over East earlier in the afternoon, this time by a count of 12-2.<\/p>\n
Donavin McCurley threw five innings — all that was needed to knock off the Thunderbirds — striking out seven batters while giving up two hits.<\/p>\n
East’s Charlie White tossed 4 1\/3 innings and allowed seven hits and five earned runs.<\/p>\n
Storie went 2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead Juneau, who jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings. McCurley, Cesar, Watts, Mendoza, Logan Lesmann and Brandon Keeler all posted hits in the win.<\/p>\n
Juneau is now 5-1 overall and 3-1 in league play. East drops to 1-7 and 1-6 in league play.<\/p>\n
Juneau Post 25 plays two more games against East at noon and 3 p.m. Sunday. The team then heads north for six games in four days starting on Monday, June 25.<\/p>\n
• Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com. Follow Empire Sports on Twitter at @akempiresports.<\/b><\/p>\n
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