Knights blanked by Peacock, then cruise past Rudyard
ESCANABA — Lennox Peacock achieved a major milestone while helping the Escanaba Eskymos win a pair of baseball games here Saturday.
The Esky senior fired a two-hitter and set a school record in career strikeouts in a 10-0 conquest of Norway in five innings at Al Ness Field.
Esky then defeated Rudyard 6-2 in the nightcap on a sunny, breezy and warm afternoon.
Peacock fanned six in the opener, running his career total to 253, six more than the previous best by Brad Gauthier in 2006.
“That was satisfying,” Peacock said. “I did a lot of work over the last four years. That was a big record to break. My velocity felt like it was pretty good which I thought kept them off balance. We had to come out and take care of business. As a team it felt really good to win our last home games and to go out on top as a senior feels really good. I think we’re ready for the rest of our regular season games. It’s a matter of cleaning up a few things before heading into the post-season.”
The Eskymos led 3-0 after two innings, then cashed in on three errors while scoring five times in the third.
In Norway’s second game, Landon Debakker tossed a three-hitter, fanned 11 and walked one as Norway beat Rudyard 14-1 in five frames.
The Knights broke the game open in the fourth when they scored 10 runs, including three on a fielding miscue.
Cameron Varda went 2-for-2 for the Knights.
“We had a good inning,” Norway coach Tony Adams said. “I was disappointed in the first game. We weren’t ready to play. Esky has a good team, but that shouldn’t have been a shortened game. The three errors we made in the third inning killed us. Not knowing where to go with the ball shouldn’t be happening this far into the season,” he said.





