Ryan Cook pitches no-hitter

Ryan Cook pitched a no-hitter to lead the Outlaws to their 11-1 victory over Sweet Home at home on Friday, April 22. Three days earlier, Sisters lost 4-3 at Cottage Grove.

In Friday's game against Sweet Home, the Outlaws scored 11 runs on eight hits and had three errors in the game. Sweet Home got one run off zero hits, and had three errors.

Ryan Funk got the Outlaws on the scoreboard in the first inning with a two-RBI double to left center. The hit scored Alec Gannon and J.W. Bertagna and put the Outlaws on top 2-0.

In the second, the Outlaws' batters were on fire. Ryan Cook hit a two-RBI double, and J.W. Bertagna had a two-RBI single. Will Werts and Alec Gannon both had RBI singles in the inning.

"All of those were hit well," said Coach Steve Hodges. "There were no cheapies in there."

Sisters added two runs in the third off an RBI double from Gannon and an RBI single from Werts. The final run came in the fifth on an error. After five innings, the game was over due to the 10-run rule.

Cook recorded four strike- outs in the contest.

"Ryan had command of his fastballs, and mixed in an occasion curve-ball," said Hodges. "He stayed in the strike zone and made the hitters put the ball in

play."

Cook has thrown a three-hitter and a no-hitter in his last 12 innings of work, which Hodges stated is phenomenal for a kid that didn't even pitch last year.

In their game at Cottage Grove earlier in the week, the Outlaws had 10 hits in the game, but were unable to get any back-to-back. They got three runs off 10 hits, and committed one error in the game.

J.W. Bertagna went four-for-four in the game, and had two spectacular diving catches in the outfield. Ryan Funk went three-for-four with two RBI in the third.

Sisters had a chance in the eighth with the bases loaded with one out, but the following two batters struck out, and the inning was over.

The Outlaws played good defense, but left 11 runners on base. Zach Morgan did a good job on the mound the first six innings. Morgan left the mound with the score tied at 3-3. Bertagna pitched the seventh and eighth innings, and Cook closed out the ninth.

Sisters was to face the Huskies at Sweet Home on Tuesday, April 26. On Friday, April 29, the Outlaws will play at home against Elmira.