Washington baseball set to take on No. 8 Assumption

WASHINGTON — The stage is set for Washington Demon baseball.

The Demons postseason run will commence with a matchup against the Knights of Davenport Assumption on Friday, July 7 at North Scott.

Washington will look to end a 10 game skid coming into the first round matchup, most recently coming up short to Pella.

Despite the rough patch of games, the Demons have put together some good ball, nearly upsetting the likes of Mid-Prairie, 8-4, Williamsburg, 8-5, and Clear Creek-Amana, 3-0.

It wont be an easy one though as the Knights enter as the No. 8 team in Class 3A.

The Knights have been playing some great baseball themselves, downing Benton, who is receiving votes in the class, 6-0 along with Ballard 4-3.

Assumption has won six of its last eight with the pair of loses coming from 4A No. 9 Pleasant Valley.

Leading the Demons at the plate is senior Ethan Patterson.

Patterson sits with an average of .338 with a team-high 25 hits, 19 singles, five doubles, one triple and seven RBIs.

Fellow senior Isaac Vetter follows with an average of .319. Vetter has a team second-best 23 hits, 22 singles, one double and seven RBIs as well.

Caleb Zieglowsky, a junior, has a team-best 14 RBIs on the season. Zieglowsky bats .250 with 17 hits, 14 singles and three doubles.

Junior Luke Beenblossom follows Zieglowsky with 12 RBIs. Beenblossom hits .247 with 20 hits, 13 singles, six doubles and one home run.

Freshman Kael Williams bats .220, while sophomore Aaron Boone and junior Noah Greiner both bat .200.

On the hill, Vetter leads with an ERA of 4.85. Vetter has thrown 30.1 innings allowing 28 runs (21 earned) on 32 hits, 20 walks with 18 strikeouts. Opponents are batting .215 against him.

Conner Leyden, Beenblossom, Noah Greiner and Lucas Zahs have all played in 10 plus games on the mound and pitched over 15 innings.

For Assumption, senior Jeffrey Davis leads the way at the plate.

Davis bats .420 with 50 hits, 40 singles, nine doubles, one triple with 15 RBIs.

Senior Tyler Welch hits .311 with 33 hits, 23 singles, seven doubles, two triples and one home run with 20 RBIs.

Cooper Sammon, a junior, has a team-high 25 RBIs. Sammon has 25 hits, 15 singles, nine doubles and one home run. He bats .284.

Isiah Rose, Seth Soliz, Gus Stevens and Alex Milton have all started over 20 games for the Knights. Rose bats .300, Soliz hits .278, Stevens .339 and Milton .370.

On the mound, Tyler Welch has a record of 6-3. Welch leads with an ERA 1.45, while holding opponents to a batting average of .122. He also has a team leading 71 strikeouts.

Senior Jackson Wohlers follows with an ERA of 1.91. Wohlers has a record of 5-3, holding opponents to an average of .185.

Junior’s Aidan Schmidt and Landen Derrer each have four wins as well.

The game is set to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday.