Eaton topples Holy Family 12-2 in Class 3A baseball

GREELEY???Eaton made its point early and often Friday.

The Reds scored eight runs in the first inning of their Class 3A elimination game against Holy Family and never looked back, cruising to a 12-2 victory over the Tigers at Butch Butler Field.

Eaton (21-4) will face Lamar at 10 a.m. today for the right to play Brush at 2:30 p.m. for the state title.

"Any of these three teams can beat any of the other," longtime Eaton coach Jim Danley said. "We've got some good momentum going, I'll say that."

Holy Family, which beat the Reds this season at Coors Field, finishes the season with a 17-7 record.

The Reds got to Tigers' pitcher Louis Simpson from the start. Leading 1-0, Simpson nearly got out of a jam, but plunked Bryce Dyer with the bases loaded and then gave up consecutive hits to Keenan Hall, Jake Nelson and Jake Mondragon.

Other than Devlin Granberg, who had a double and triple, the Tigers had trouble against Reds starter Cory Dyer.

"Really, it was a good battle if you take the first inning out of the equation," Holy Family coach Marc Cowell said. "I give the Reds a lot of credit. It didn't matter what we threw in what location or what count, they weren't going to miss it."

Britton Abbott invoked the mercy rule in the bottom of the fifth when he crushed Adrian Do's pitch over the left-field wall.

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Holy Family ? Tinnon lf 3-1-1-0, Granberg ss-p 2-1-2-0, West 1b 3-0-2-1, Walls 3b 2-0-0-1, Elliott cf 3-0-0-0, Simpson p-ss-2b 2-0-1-0, McManus c 1-0-0-0, Johnson rf 1-0-0-0, Erb 2b 1-0-0-0, Trombley p 1-0-0-0, Do p 0-0-0-0. Totals 19-2-6-2.

Eaton ? Mondragon ss 4-2-2-1, Hager 2b 3-3-1-0, Batt c 3-1-1-1, Abbott cf 2-3-2-3, Lind dh 3-0-0-0, C. Dyer p 0-0-0-0, Koehler p 0-0-0-0, Longwell lf 2-0-0-0, B. Dyer 3b 2-1-1-2, Hall rf-p 3-1-2-2, Greiman pr 0-0-0-0, Nelson 1b 2-1-1-1. Totals 24-12-10-10.

E ? Simpson; Longwell. LOB ? Holy Family 6; Eaton 5. 2B ? Tinnon, Granberg. 3B ? Granberg. HR ? Abbott (one on in fifth). SAC ? Walls; Longwell.

Batteries ? Simpson, Granberg (1), Trombley (3), Do (5) and McManus; C. Dyer, Hall (5) and Batt. W ? C. Dyer. L ? Simpson. HBP ? Hager (by Simpson in 1st); B. Dyer (by Simpson in 1st). T ? 1:46.

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