Hart was unable to solve North Muskegon star pitcher Logan Slimko, a
Dartmouth University commit, Tuesday afternoon. Slimko threw a perfect
game to blank Hart 2-0 as part of a doubleheader loss for the Pirates.
Slimko's perfect game was the first seven-inning perfecto in Norsemen history, according to a Local Sports Journal report.
The
remarkable performance included what is known in baseball as an
'immaculate inning' - Slimko threw nine straight strikes to strike out
the side in the sixth. Hart only managed to put three balls in play in
the game, as Slimko fanned 18 Pirates in all.
The Norsemen
turned two singles, two stolen bases, a sacrifice fly and an error into
the only two runs of the game in the second inning. Mason Guikema
pitched a good game in defeat, allowing only six hits and one earned
run. He struck out 10 and walked one.
Caden VanGelderen walked
and eventually came around to score in the first inning of game two,
cutting an early North Muskegon lead to 2-1, but the hosts took over the
game from there and won in six innings by mercy rule, 12-2. Jordan
Thies went 3-for-3 in the game, and Halen Boos and Guikema each added
two hits.
