Baseball team off to another solid start

The Trenton baseball team has a reputation for being a tough team to beat and the 2023 versions seems to be living up to that standard. The Trojans won six of their first eight games, including a thrilling walk-off win over Roosevelt and a streak of four straight victories.

The walk off win came on April 12 when Trenton beat Wyandotte 4-2 on a home run by Jaoquin Maldonado clubbed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give his team the win. It was Maldonado’s first career high school homer.

Trenton had led for most of the game, but Roosevelt scored a single run in the top of the seventh to force extra innings. Earlier in the game, Trenton had scored on a passed balland on a double by Zack Hitchcock. Senior Alex

Stepaniak poached six innings and struck out 10.

A few days after the Wyandotte win, Trenton swept a doubleheader from n on-league rival Grosse Ile. It was Grosse Ile that knocked the Trojans out of the state playoffs in a district final last year. This time the Trojans won 11-1 and 11-6.

Trenton won the first game big, banging out 11 hits and scoring four runs in the first inning and five in the fifth, but the story of the game was Ashton Rooney’s pitching. The righthander allowed one run on no hits, while fanning nine.

Trenton was keyed in the second game by Reece Omodio, who knocked in five of his team’s 11 runs with two singles, a triple and a home run.

It was a back-and-forth game during the early going and Trenton led just 5-3 when it exploded for five runs in the fourth inning, Omodio, Rooney and Grayson Bender all drove in runs during the decisive rally.

On April 18, Trenton got back over the .500 mark in Downriver League play with a 7-3 win over Taylor.

This one was never in doubt as Trenton led 7-0 heading into the fifth inning before the Griffins pushed across a couple of runs.

Rooney drove in five runs in the game with three hits and Joel Mator struck out 12 batters in six innings of work.

The win improved Trenton’s record to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in league play.

2023 ROSTER

0 Zack Hitchcock

1 Zach DeChane

2 Matt Jividen

3 Caleb Kidd

4 Joaquin Maldonado

5 Ashton Rooney

7 Blake Boike

9 Reece Omodio

10 Joel Mator

11 Grayson Bender

18 Danny Rodriguez-Nutter

22 Alex Stepaniak

Remaining Schedule

April 26 Belleville, 4:30 p.m.

April 27 At Allen Park, 4 p.m.

April 29 Algonac, TBD

April 29 Cheyboygan, TBD

April 29 Pioneer, TBD

May 1 Edsel Ford, 4 p.m.

May 3 At Roosevelt, 4 p.m.

May 4 Carlson, 4 p.m.

May 6 At Berkley (DH), 11 a.m.

May 8 At Taylor, 4 p.m.

May 10 Anderson, 4 p.m.

May 11 At Woodhaven, 4 p.m.

May 13 Melvindale (DH), 11 a.m.

May 15 Divine Child, 4 p.m.

May 17 Lincoln Park, 4 p.m.

May 18 Allen Park, 4 p.m.

May 20 Crestwood (DH), 11 a.m.

May 22 At Edsel Ford, 4 p.m.

May 24 At Churchill, 4:30 p.m.

May 27 U-D Jesuit, 11 a.m.

May 27 Owosso, 12:30 p.m.

May 27 Richmond, 3 p.m.

May 30 At Dearborn, 4:30 p.m.

June 3 Districts at Trenton, TBD