HOLCOMB – The Thomas
More Prep-Marian baseball team picked up a couple of run-rule wins over Holcomb
Thursday. The Monarchs pull away late in a 16-0 win in the opener then strike
early in their 14-1 game two victory. The Monarchs improve to 4-0 with all four
games decided by run-rule.Game 1: TMP-Marian 16, Holcomb 0 (6 innings) 
The Monarchs led 4-0 after three innings then put the game away with
a three-run fifth and nine-run sixth inning.Mark Rack had
three of the Monarchs 10 hits and drove in three runs, two of them on a triple
in the sixth inning.Jace Wentling
went 2-for-2 with two walks and scored three runs. Caden Morgan
drove in two runs. He also struck out 10 with one walk over five innings on the
mound for the victory.Game 2: TMP-Marian 14, Holcomb 0 (5 innings) 
The Monarchs took control early, scoring five runs in the top of the first
inning then added two in the second, three in the third and fourth then capped
the scoring with a run in the fifth.Jace Wentling
opened the game with a solo homer to right field. Mark Rack, Caden Morgan,
Nicholas Herrman and Bryce Conner strung together four straight hits. Morgan’s
single drove in Nick Helget who reached on a base hit earlier in the frame.
Herrman’s single knocked in Rack and Conner single scored Morgan and Herrman.Wentling
finished with three hits, a walk, two RBIs and four runs scored. Conner
finished 3-for-3 with three RBI. Morgan drove in three runs and Chet Irvin
knocked in two.Mark Rack
picked up the win on the mound. He allowed one run on four hits with four
strikeouts and two walks over four innings. Nicholas Herrman struck out three
to close out the game in the fifth.

⚾ Monarchs sweep Holcomb to move to 4-0