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The first game of the postseason can sometimes be the most stressful one.
That won’t be the case for the Ankeny Centennial baseball team.
The top-ranked Jaguars pounded out 15 hits and rolled to a 22-0 victory over visiting Des Moines North in four innings in a Class 4A substate quarterfinal on Friday.
“The guys are certainly very focused this time of year,” said Centennial coach Mark Hey. “I was happy with how they played.”
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Centennial pitchers Joey Oakie, Easton Pratt and Emerson Alberhasky combined on a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts. Oakie had seven strikeouts over the first two innings, then Pratt and Alberhasky each worked an inning and struck out the side.
Oakie (7-2) took the mound for the first time since leaving a game at Sioux City North six days earlier with a hip injury.
“His velocity was good, and his mechanics looked clean,” Hey said. “There was no pain from his hip, so that was a real positive sign.”
Oakie also had a big game at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a home run, a triple and three RBIs. It was his first homer of the season and the fourth of his career.
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Centennial (30-7) took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. The Jaguars erupted for 11 runs in the second, then added eight more in the third.
Isaac Bruhl went 3-for-3 with a triple and drove in four runs. Damin Churchman went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and two RBIs.
Sean Stewart went 2-for-3 and knocked in two runs. Kyle Miller also had two RBIs, while Preston Glatt doubled and drove in a run.
Lucas Bruhl went 2-for-3 with a double. Seven of Centennial’s hits went for extra bases.
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“Even our outs were hard-hit outs,” Hey said. “The pitcher’s velocity wasn’t great, but sometimes those are the hardest guys to stay back on. I was really happy with the adjustments that our guys made. We had some really good at-bats.”
North finished the season with a 1-29 record.
The Jaguars will host Ames (27-13) or Fort Dodge (20-18) in the substate final on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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