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DeKalb Minor League games underway
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Minor League player Axel Aldino fires one in over home plate.

Minor League baseball is underway with several games having been played over the past few weeks. 
On May 21, Vickers met DTC in a close game.
Jordon Crook and Antwon McCoy each scored for Vickers during the first inning.  Crook threw 75 pitches before J.J. Pack came in and threw 10.
Axel Aldino, Conner Crabtree, and Creston Bain each touched home plate for DTC.  Bain threw 75 pitches, Axel Aldino came in and threw 12.
DTC came away with the win, 3-2. 
On May 23, Los Lobos faced Southern Landscape Supply in a game dominated by SLS. 
Grayson Hendrix scored Los Lobos’ one and only run, coming in the second inning.  David Judkins threw 65 pitches before being relieved by Malichi Hall who threw 17.  Jathan Willoughby then came in and threw 21. 
Braxton Hutchings started off the scoring for Southern Landscape, touching home plate in the first inning.  Jordon Parker then broke the tie, scoring in the second inning.  In the fourth inning SLS put the game away with Hutchings, Matthew Vickers, Garrett Haye, Ben Snipes, Landon Cripps, and Dylan Trapp all scoring a run.  Braxton Hutchings threw 75 pitches for SLS.  Caleb Taylor then came in and threw nine.
SLS took the win, 8-1. 
That same day Liberty State Bank met DTC in a game that would result in a shut-out. 
Jordon Young came in with a run for LSB in the first inning, while Young, Lucas Hale, Kolton Kirby, and James Tramel would score in the second.  Kirby would round out the score, touching home once again in the third inning.  Jordon Young threw 48 pitches for LBS before Lucas Hale came in and threw 31. 
Axel Aldino threw 75 pitches for DTC.  Levi Cantrell later came in and threw eight. 
Liberty State Bank took the win, 6-0.
On May 28 Vickers faced off with Liberty State Bank in a close game.
Logan O’Conner, Joseph Osment, and Isaac Robinson started off the scoring for Vickers, each getting a run in the first inning.  Osment would join Jordon Crook to score in the fourth inning, while Antwon McCoy would come in during the fifth. J.J. Pack threw 20 pitches for Vickers before Jordon Crook came in and threw 50.  Isaac Robinson would finish the game, throwing 15. 
Caven Ponder, Levi Driver, and Isaac Knowles started off the scoring for Liberty State Bank, each tallying a run in the second inning.  Knowles would join Lucas Hale to score in the second inning, while Driver and Jordon Young came in with runs in the fifth. Jordon Young threw 45 pitches for LSB before Levi Driver came in and threw 35.  Caven Ponder then came in and threw 18 before Lucas Hale finished the game, throwing five. 
LBS would come away with the win, 7-6. 
Later that evening Los Lobos met DTC in a game with some high scoring by DTC. 
Colby Barnes, Conner Crabtree, Creston Bain, Levi Cantrell, Axel Aldino, Logan Smith, and Braden Givens would all come in with a run for DTC in the first inning.  Crabtree, Bain, Aldino, and Smith would each score again in the second inning.  Creston Bain pitched the whole game for DTC, throwing 74 pitches. 
For Los Lobos, Gage Trapp and Nick Anderson each scored a run in the first inning, while Kade Barnes came in during the second.  Anderson would post Los Lobos’ final run in the third inning.  Gage Trapp threw 36 pitches for Los Lobos, while Jathan Willoughby came in and threw 39.  David Judkins finished the game, throwing nine. 
On May 31, DTC met Southern Landscape Supply.
For DTC, Creston Bain and Axel Aldino each came in with a run in the third inning.  Aldino threw 75 pitches for DTC before Levi Cantrell came in and threw 18.  Conner Crabtree finished the game throwing two. 
For SLS, Braxton Hutchings, Matthew Vickers, Caleb Taylor, and Isaac Cross each scored a run in the first inning.  Hutchings, Vickers, and Cross would join Matthew Keaton to each score in the second.  Isaac Cross threw 75 pitches for SLS, before being relieved by Matthew Vickers, who threw 18. 
SLS would come away with the victory, 8-2.
That same day Vickers played Los Lobos.
Jordan Crook and Evan Sprague each scored in the first inning for Vickers.  Crook would get another run in the fourth.  Isaac Robinson threw 35 pitches for Vickers, while J.J. Pack came in and threw 18.  Jordan Crook finished the game, throwing 33.
For Los Lobos, Gage Trapp, David Judkins, Jathan Willoughby, Nick Anderson, and Dexton Emberton each scored in the first inning.  Trapp would score again in the second, with Holden Hendrix and Jaden Johnson coming in during the fourth. 
Los Lobos took the victory, 8-3.