Manager Chad Gehr couldn’t have asked for more in his Sheboygan A’s debut.
His returning big guns delivered.
One of his top returning pitchers gave a stellar performance.
And his new young players gave a strong accounting of themselves.
Gehr’s A’s racked up a 15-0 exhibition victory at Howards Grove in the season opener Tuesday night.
The club’s two leading hitters of a year ago had big nights. Grant Berkovitz was 4-for-5 with a home run, four runs batted in, four runs scored and two stolen bases. Tim Patzman had a single and a double, drove in a run and scored three. Tim Salm and Ryan Schmitz each drove in two runs, Schmitz and Taylor Schwarz added two hits and Jordan Rennicke drove in a pair of runs.
Lucas Wilsing limited Howards to two hits and struck out 10 in his five innings of work. Hoch fanned a pair in his two.
Peter Reschke had two hits for Howards.
The 1-0 A’s travel to Little Chute tonight for their Northeastern Wisconsin League opener. Drew Powers is scheduled to pitch.
Sheboygan
Bintliff cf 3 1 0 0, Skelton cf 1 0 1 0, Schilter 2b 4 0 0 0, Raff 2b 1 1 0 0, Berkovitz ss 5 4 4 4, Patzman rf 4 3 2 1, Salm c 3 0 1 2, Schmitz dh 4 1 2 2, Schwarz 3b 4 1 2 1, Valdez lf 2 0 0 0, Hendricks lf 2 1 1 0, Rennicke 1b 1 2 1 2, Kramsky 1b 2 1 0 0, Wilsing p 0 0 0 0, Hoch p 0 0 0 0. Totals 36 15 14 12.
Howards Grove
Poirier 2b 3 0 0 0, Taft cf 3 0 0 0, PReschke c 3 0 2 0, Bakke dh 2 0 0 0, NReschke 1b-p 3 0 0 0, Weber rf-p, Vogt 3b 2 0 0 0, Wellna ss 2 0 0 0, Schmitz lf 2 0 0 0, Tollefson p. Totals 23 0 3 0.
Sheboygan 042 352 0 – 15 14 0
Howards Grove 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
E-Tollafson. LB-Sheboygan 8, Howards Grove 3. DP-Sheboygan. 2B – Patzman, Salm. HR- Berkovitz (1). SB- Berkovitz 2, Patzman, Schwarz 2.
Pitching (ip h r er bb so). Sheboygan – Wilsing (W, 1-0) 5 2 0 0 0 10, Hoch 2 1 0 0 1 2. Tollafson (L) 3.2 8 7 7 5 2, NReschke 2.1 4 6 6 2 3, Weber 1 2 2 2 1 0, HBP Salm (by NReschke)