Metro Sports Report

Former Metro preps in pro baseball

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Boston Red Sox) -- Started in center field Saturday and was 0-for-4 in Boston's 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. Year to date -- BA - .292, AB - 171, R - 19, H - 50, RBI - 13, 2B - 17, 3B - 1, HR - 0, SB - 0.

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers), MWL) -- Started in left field Saturday and was 1-for-4 with an RBI, run scored and two stolen bases in the Loons' 7-4 win over Lansing. Scott has hit safely in five straight games, during which he is 10-for-21 with seven RBIs, four doubles and a home run. Scott is tied for the Midwest League lead in triples (6). Year to date -- BA - .274, AB - 270, R - 37, H - 74, RBI - 43, 2B - 20, 3B - 6, HR - 5, SB - 10.

Xavier drops a pair to Iowa City West

The effort was there, if not the results.

Xavier staged a pair of late-inning rallies that came up short and the Saints dropped both ends of a baseball doubleheader to Iowa City West, 5-4 and 9-7, on Ken Charipar Memorial Night on Friday at Xavier.

Down 5-0 after four innings in the opener, Xavier scored three runs in the fifth led by an RBI double by Mitch Keller, and a run-producing single by Mitch St. Andrews.  Bryce Grimm scored in the seventh to pull the Saints within a run, but Corbin Woods was thrown out at the plate by West center fielder Ezra Reiners to end the game.

Cougars sweep Rams with stellar pitching

DUBUQUE - The Kennedy Cougars nearly had a no-hitter thrown at them Friday night, but the No. 1 baseball team in the state came home with two more victories after finding a way to sweep a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill from Dubuque Senior.

Kennedy captured the first game, 11-0, in six innings behind a three-hit shutout by Alex Hayden. The second game was an entirely different story.

The Cougars scored an unearned run in the first inning and collected another unearned run in the seventh for a 2-0 victory behind a four-hit shutout by Adam Lloyd. Incredibly, the Cougars did not get their first (and only) hit in the game until Hayden delivered an RBI single with two outs in the top of the seventh.

Alex Steines finished with a one-hitter for the Rams in the nightcap and was the hard-luck loser.

The victories lifted Kennedy to 17-2 overall and 10-2 in the MVC. Dubuque Senior fell to 10-11 overall and 5-7 in the league.

Former Metro preps in pro baseball

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Boston Red Sox) -- Started in center field Friday and was 1-for-4 in Boston's 3-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Year to date -- BA - .299, AB - 167, R - 19, H - 50, RBI - 13, 2B - 17, 3B - 1, HR - 0, SB - 0.

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers), MWL) -- Started in left field Friday and was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in the Loons' 7-6 win over Lansing. It was Scott's fourth straight multi-hit game, during which he is 9-for-17 with six RBIs, four doubles and a home run. Scott is tied for the Midwest League lead in triples (6). Year to date -- BA - .274, AB - 266, R - 36, H - 73, RBI - 42, 2B - 20, 3B - 6, HR - 5, SB - 8.