Portland St. Patrick vs. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart – – MHSAA Baseball Quarterfinal – – The Bleacher Denizen – – June 6, 2026 – – by Chuck Krafft
Today, your Bleacher Denizen has been blogging the two baseball regional finals being played at Central Michigan University’s Theunissen Field in Mt. Pleasant.
Here is the play by play of today’s first game between Maple City Glen Lake and Portland St. Patrick. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2026/06/06/portland-st-patrick-vs-maple-city-glen-lake-mhsaa-baseball-regional-final-the-bleacher-denizen-june-6-2026-by-chuck-krafft/.
Here is the play by play of today’s second game between Fulton and Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2026/06/06/fulton-vs-mt-pleasant-sacred-heart-mhsaa-baseball-regional-final-the-bleacher-denizen-june-6-2026-by-chuck-krafft/
It is now time to watch the final game between the two winning teams. The Shamrocks from Portland St. Patrick will take on the Irish from Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart. As we wait for this game to begin, I hope you will enjoy this original Christian tune from my You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdCgG0k5bLg
Here are the starting lineups. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart will be the home team and Portland St. Patrick will bat first.
ST. PATRICK
Jerryd Scheurer ss
Charlie Thelen c
Brady Leonard cf
Tyler Thelen 1b
Isaiah Rockey 2b
Logan Howe 3b
Mason Simon lf
T.J. Chamberlain rf
Hudson King dh
Sean Fedewa will pitch, but will not bat.
SACRED HEART
Noah Zeien 3b
Teagan Duffy cf
Brady Davis 1b
Nate Siler p
Hank MacDonald c
Brady Collin 2b
Caleb Strauch dh
Jaxon Moore ss
Nico Vasquez lf
Maxim Boykin-Lynch will play right field, but will not bat.
Let’s take a look at the events of this State Quarterfinal through the eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen who just celebrated his 70th birthday and occasionally sees what really happened. His baseball career never really got going. He was showing a lot of potential as an outfielder who could cover the whole outfield and jump sky high to catch home runs before they left the stadium. However, the Baseball Powers That Be ruined everything when they forbade him to use the jet belt that he used to speed around the outfield and leap at the wall. When the hits starting dropping and the home runs started sailing out of the stadium, the Bleacher Denizen’s coach politely suggested he find another pastime.
Jerryd Scheurer was safe at first base on an error to lead off the top of the first inning for St. Patrick. Sacred Heart Pitcher Nate Siler retired the next hitter on a popup to third base and struck out the next hitter. Jerryd Scheurer stole second base on strike three. Nate Siler struck out the next batter to end the inning.
Sean Fedewa retired the three Sacred Heart hitters in the bottom of the first inning on a strikeout, a high fly to center field and a popup to the shortstop.
Isaiah Rockey was safe at first base on an error to lead off the top of the second inning for St. Patrick. He tried to advance to second base on an overthrow. Irish First Baseman Brady Davis hustled after the ball and threw to second base to retire the runner. Nate Siler struck out the next two Shamrock batters to end the inning.
Nate Siler doubled to right field to lead off the bottom of the second inning for Sacred Heart. Sean Fedewa retired the next Irish batter on a fly to center field. Brody Collin was hit by a pitch. Sean Fedewa struck out the next batter and retired the subsequent hitter on a fly to second base where Isaiah Rockey made a well-timed jump to catch the ball to end the inning.
After two full innings, this game was tied at 0-0.
Irish Second Baseman Brody Collin made a great running catch in short right field to get the first out of the top of the third inning. Nate Siler struck out the next Shamrock batter. Jerryd Scheurer roped a triple to deep right-center field. Charlie Thelen singled to right field to drive Jerryd Scheurer home. Nate Siler struck out the next Shamrock batter to end the inning.
St. Patrick scored one run in the top of the third inning to take a 1-0 lead.
Sean Fedewa struck out the Sacred Heart leadoff batter in the bottom of the third inning. Noah Zeien walked. Teagan Duffy walked and Noah Zeien advanced to second base. Brady Davis blasted a triple to deep center field; Noah Zeien and Teagan Duffy scored. Brady Davis scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Nate Siler. Hank MacDonald singled up the middle. Walt MacDonald entered the game as a courtesy runner for Hank MacDonald.
Brody Collin singled to left field and Walt MacDonald went to second base. Sean Fedewa retired the next batter on a grounder to the shortstop to end the inning.
Sacred Heart scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a 3-1 lead.
Tyler Thelen singled to left field to lead off the top of the fourth inning for St. Patrick. Nate Siler struck out the next three Shamrock hitters to end the inning.
Sean Fedewa struck out the first two Irish hitters in the bottom of the fourth inning and got the third out on a grounder to the shortstop.
Teagan Duffy tripled off the left-center field wall to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning for Sacred Heart.
Jerryd Scheurer came in to pitch for St. Patrick. Isaiah Rockey moved to shortstop and Sean Fedewa went to second base.
Brady Davis clubbed a sacrifice fly to center field to drive Teagan Duffy home. Shamrock Right Fielder T.J. Chamberlain made an excellent running catch in right field to retire the next Irish batter. Hank MacDonald walked. Walt MacDonald entered the game as a courtesy runner for Hank MacDonald. Walt MacDonald advanced to second base when Brody Collin was safe at first base on an error. Jerryd Scheurer struck out the next Irish hitter to end the inning.
Sacred Heart scored one run in the bottom of the fifth inning to extend its lead to 4-1.
Charlie Thelen was hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the sixth inning for St. Patrick. Brady Leonard walked and Charlie Thelen went to second base. Charlie Thelen advanced to third base and Brady Leonard to second base on a wild pitch. Charlie Thelen scored and Brady Leonard advanced to third base on an RBI groundout to second base by Tyler Thelen. Brady Leonard was out at home and Isaiah Rockey safe at first base on a fielder’s choice bunt to the pitcher. Nate Siler retired the next Shamrock hitter on a popup to third base to end the inning.
St. Patrick scored one run in the top of the sixth inning to shave the Sacred Heart lead to 4-2.
Jerryd Scheurer retired the first two Sacred Heart batters in the bottom of the sixth inning on a grounder to third base and a grounder to the mound. Noah Zeien beat out an infield single and went to second base when Teagan Duffy singled past a hustling dive by Shortstop Isaiah Rockey. Mason Simon made a fine running catch in left field to get the third Irish out.
St. Patrick came to bat in the top of the seventh inning needing two runs to tie the game.
Irish Center Fielder Teagan Duffy made a fine running catch to retire the Shamrock leadoff batter in the top of the seventh inning. Third Baseman Noah Zeien made a great running catch of a foul fly to get the second out. Nate Siler got the third Shamrock out on a bouncer to first base.
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart won this game by the final score of 4-2 and will play in the State Semifinal next week.
Jerryd Scheurer had a triple for St. Patrick. Charlie Thelen and Tyler Thelen each had a single and one RBI.
Sean Fedewa pitched four innings for St. Patrick and struck out five Irish hitters. Jerryd Scheurer pitched two shutout innings for the Shamrocks.
Teagan Duffy had a triple and a single for Sacred Heart. Brady Davis had a triple and three RBI. Nate Siler had a double and one RBI. Hank MacDonald, Brady Collin and Noah Zeien each had one single.
Nate Siler pitched the complete game for Sacred Heart. He gave up two runs and three hits while striking out ten Shamrock hitters.