Prep baseball: Sultan 6-3, Granite Falls 2-5

Published 8:00 pm Thursday, April 7, 2011

GRANITE FALLS — Sultan’s Sam Hatton struck out six and gave up three hits and batted 1-for-3 with an intentional walk in Game 1. In Game 2, Granite Falls’ Mitch Byron struck out five and gave up four hits and James Barnard batted 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Tigers. Hatton batted 1-for-2 with an RBI and two intentional walks.

At Granite Falls H.S.

Game 1

Granite Falls 010 000 1–2 3 1

Sultan 000 420 x–6 7 2

Benson, Denke (5) and Byron. Hatton and Leverett. WP–Hatton. LP–Benson (0-1). 2B–Barnard (GF), Anderson (S).

Game 2

Sultan 001 011 0–3 4 2

Granite Falls 010 112 x–5 7 4

Olson and Leverett. Byron and Barnard. WP–Byron (1-0). LP–Olson. 2B–Leverett (S), Byron (GF). Records–Sultan 2-6 league, 2-6 overall. Granite Falls 3-4, 3-6.