ORCHARD LAKE – When you’re locked up, time can go by.

When Tommy Allman cruised in the second game of double headers on Saturday against Novi Detroit Catholic Central, the game seemed to be over in a flash.

Jacksonville University’s engagement brought 15 hits in a one-hit shutout when Orchard Lake St. Mary’s won 5-0 in 1st place to complete the Shamrocks double-header sweep that ended with a 9-3 win in the game started 1.

“I was just locked up. I just do what I do and trust my team behind me. I looked up and it was the sixth inning, the seventh inning. Felt good, ”Allman said. “It goes quickly in my head. I only get three outs, go into the dugout, put on the hoodie and go out again for the next three. “

The victories put St. Mary’s to 19-0 overall and 12-0 in the Catholic League, giving them a four-game win over Catholic Central. However, Saturday’s games were closer than the first meetings between the two teams when the Eaglets won 5-0 and 16-0 on March 27.

“I knew they were going to be pretty good today. They started hitting the ball in the last couple of games, ”said Allman. “I knew I had to have my things and I had it.”

He also worked at the pace his trainer wanted him to do.

“Tommy did a great job today. It was a very quick innings. So yeah, all of a sudden you look up and it’s the fifth, sixth inning. That precedes the hits and puts them away, and not the boys. Tommy did a great job scoring strikes, ”said OLSM trainer Matt Petry, agreeing that Allman has an unwavering manner on the hill. “Yeah, and we worked on that this year because he wasn’t working at a good pace at the beginning of the year and he was kind of slowing down sometimes. I told him we need to accelerate the pace and now he’s just nice and smooth, calm, collected and works quickly, and the other team feels uncomfortable. “

Two double games allowed Allman to face the minimum through three innings – which obliterated the only hit of the game for CC, a one-off single in Jordan Scott’s third – but Allman had to struggle afterward to strand Evan Haegar in goal position The Alabama commit encountered an error starting the fourth. Allman hit three straight to hit Haegar in third place, then hit the side in order in sixth and also finished the last two innings with Ks.

While everything was working for him, Allman – who hit 150 km / h on the fastball and was sitting around 88 or 89 – pointed to the slider as the playing field he had relied on to reach the strikers.

“Everything worked, but my slider worked really well. I played around with it with some kids, ”he said.

The Eaglets took the lead in the first inning 2-0 against a homer from two runs by Nolan Schubart (Michigan), in the second with an RBI single from Alex Mooney (Duke). Jasen Oliver (Michigan) led fourth place 4-0, then Alex Mooney covered another run with a sacrificial fly to end the classification.

The Eaglets had a home run from Ike Irish (Auburn) in their first game, but it wasn’t really strength that made the difference, it was their record discipline.

OLSM fired 13 batters in the first inning and scored seven runs with just one hit – another RBI single from Alex Mooney – and used six walks, two hit batters and one mistake to quickly take the lead 7-1 walk.

Ryan Mooney (Notre Dame) and Jake Dresselhouse (State of Michigan) both drew base-laden walks to drive in runs, while Jack Crighton, Michigan and Coleson Titus (Army) were both hit by pitches with laden bases.

“You made seven runs with one hit. It’s entirely up to us, ”said CC coach Ryan Rogowski in the first year. “We’re in every game. You give a team seven runs in one game, you just can’t beat anyone like that. We will minimize that; Our coaches will do their job and I’m looking forward to this group. “



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Orchard Lake St. Mary’s batsman-designate Jasen Oliver, 14, is bullied by teammates after his home game in the fourth inning of the second double header game against Novi Detroit Catholic Central on Saturday, April 24, 2021. The Eaglets won, 9-3 and 5-0 to go to 19-0 that season. (MATTHEW B. MOWERY – For MediaNews Group)

After the rocky first hit, CC starter Connor Appligian settled down and held the result where it was until the fourth inning.

“Good teaching moment. After that he wouldn’t come out. He wanted to fight and fight, and I don’t care if he threw 60 pitch in that first inning. And then he calmed down. Damage control, that’s what we call it. In a district game – we’re preparing for it – that can’t happen. You can only get maybe two or three runs. We’ll learn from that, ”said Rogowski, admitting that he was glad it felt like the Shamrocks were closing the gap from the first game against OLSM in his first few games on the field with his new team.

“One hundred percent. We gave them both games. When it comes to pitching, base running and fielding, we’re not very good here. And as a coach, I’ll take responsibility there. We haven’t practiced enough to be honest. We play games, which is great, but we keep getting better. I love the effort. These guys keep fighting, which is great. They can’t give the No. 4 team in the country seven runs with one hit. That won’t happen, we play in this game. “

Appligian, who put CC 1-0 lead with an RBI double at the top of the first, was part of a three-step rally to start the sixth. The Shamrocks scored one hit at the choice of a base-laden outfield player from Jacob Pallozzi and another hit on a wild field to make it 7-3. The Eaglets would bring those two back to sixth on Ireland’s two-part homer on the opposing field, but it was one good sign for the Eaglets not to just rely on the long ball.

“I said after the De La Salle game on Thursday that we found a way without winning our bread and butter – you know, the power game – because you are going to run into a good pitcher at some point and you ‘we will won’t be able to hit a few balls out of the yard, ”said Petry. “So we scored a couple of times on Thursday. Today our record discipline helped us draw some walks and put pressure on the other team. Credit to the guys for only finding ways to be successful depending on who we are playing against. “

Run support was ample for John Essig (Ashland), who scored 14 in six innings for the win.

The Shamrocks will host Detroit Western International on Monday.

“We are 3-11. And that’s not even a reflection of who we are. We’ll be a tough team to beat in June. We’re still involved in the Catholic League – we’re not even convinced of it, ”said Rogowski. “We know what to expect (in OLSM). That’s no surprise. We were there in 1999 and 2000. They were where we were. We will return there. But it’s a great team. Phenomenal. Petry does a (damn good) job. I’m just happy that we can keep up and get better. We’ll get her. “