Fulton vs. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart – – MHSAA Baseball Regional Final – – The Bleacher Denizen – – June 6, 2026 – – by Chuck Krafft

Today, the BleacherDenizenMobile has dropped your Bleacher Denizen off at Theunissen Stadium at Central Michigan University where the Bleacher Denizen is covering two baseball regional finals and a quarterfinal. Maple City Glen Lake played Portland St. Patrick in today’s first game; here is the play by play link to that game. 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/

As we wait for this game to begin, I hope you will enjoy this recent addition to my You Tube Channel, a cover of “I’ll be Seeing You!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VARqaaFbk4

In today’s second game, the Pirates from Fulton will compete with the Irish from Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart to determine who will play in today’s state quarterfinal later this afternoon.

Here are the starting lineups. Fulton will be the home team and Sacred Heart will bat first.

MT. PLEASANT SACRED HEART

Noah Zeien 3b

Teagan Duffy cf

Brady Davis p

Nate Siler ss

Hank MacDonald 1b

Brody Collin c

Caleb Strauch dh

Jaxon Moore 2b

Nico Vasquez lf

Maxim Boykin-Lynch will play right field, but will not bat.

FULTON

Connor Cunninghman cf

Parker Billings 3b

Bryson Sattler p

Robert Kral 2b

Lincoln Beltinck ss

Jennings Burley c

Eli Coblentz rf

Gibby Jason 1b

Kenton Taylor-Zarka lf

It is now time to look at the events of this game through the somewhat observant eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen whose baseball career never went very far. He came up with a revolutionary concept to help save wear and tear on baseball gloves. Instead of catching fly balls and grounders and allowing the ball to put excess wear on his mitt, the Bleacher Denizen would allow balls to drop and stop rolling before he picked them up. He found that baseball gloves lasted longer under these conditions.

However, his coach was not as impressed by these cost savings as the Bleacher Denizen was. When he noted a lot of batters reaching base and runners circling bases as the Bleacher Denizen allowed the ball to stop rolling, he became concerned. He seemed to be obsessed with the idea that the opposition was scoring more runs with the Bleacher Denizen’s approach to catching and fielding baseballs. A conflict arose, and unfortunately for your Bleacher Denizen, the coach’s approach prevailed and the Bleacher Denizen spent much more time leading cheers than playing.

Noah Zeien beat out an infield single to lead off the top of the first inning for Sacred Heart. Noah Zeien advanced to third base when Teagan Duffy was safe at first base on an error. Fulton first basement Gibby Jason made a great scoop of a grounder by Brady Davis and flipped the ball to Pitcher Bryson Sattler, who alertly covered first base to take the throw for the out. The groundball drove Noah Zeien home and Teagan Duffy advanced to second base.

Teagan Duffy stayed at second base when Nate Siler blooped a single to center field. Hank MacDonald drove a triple to deep left field; Teagan Duffy and Nate Siler both scored. Hank MacDonald came home on a wild pitch. Bryson Sattler retired the next Irish batter on a grounder to second base. Caleb Strauch walked. Sacred Heart made its third out on a bouncer to first base.

Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart scored four runs in the top of the first inning to take a 4-0 lead.

Sacred Heart Pitcher Brady Davis struck out the Fulton leadoff batter in the bottom of the first inning. Parker Billings walked. Irish Catcher Brody Collin collided with First Baseman Hank MacDonald as he caught a foul popup to first base. The game was delayed as Brody Collin left the field to be treated. Hank MacDonald moved to catcher and Walter MacDonald entered the game to play first base. Brady Davis struck out the next Pirate hitter to end the inning.

Fulton Pitcher Bryson Sattler struck out the Sacred Heart leadoff batter in the top of the second inning and retired the next hitter on a grounder to the shortstop. Teagan Duffy singled to right field and stole second base. Fulton Center Fielder Connor Cunninghman alertly backed up the play to make sure that an overthrow did not result in an extra base. Brady Davis walked. Jack McConnell entered the game as a courtesy runner for Brady Davis. Sacred Heart made its third out on a fielder’s choice grounder to third base. Pirate Third Baseman made a nice diving tag after he snared the runner to get the out.

Irish Pitcher Brady Davis retired the Pirate leadoff batter in the bottom of the second inning on a fly to left field. Jennings Burley walked. Brady Davis struck out the next two Pirate hitters to end the inning.

After two full innings, Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart held a 4-0 lead.

Hank MacDonald was safe at second base to lead off the top of the third inning for Sacred Heart. Bryson Sattler struck out the next Irish hitter. Caleb Strauch singled to right field and Hank MacDonald moved up to third base. Maxim Boykin-Lynch pinch ran for Caleb Strauch. Fulton Catcher Jennings Burley fired the ball to second base to catch the runner stealing. Bryson Sattler retired the next batter on a grounder to third base to end the inning.

Brady Davis struck out Fulton’s leadoff batter in the bottom of the third inning and got the next out on a soft liner to first base. Parker Billings singled up the middle.

Nico Vasquez beat out an infield single and went to second base when Noah Zeien beat out a bunt single. Nico Vasquez was out at third base and Teagan Duffy safe at first base on a fielder’s choice bunt to the pitcher. Noah Zeien advanced to second base. Brady Davis doubled to center field to drive Noah Zeien and Teagan Duffy home.

Parker Billings came in to pitch for Fulton. Bryson Sattler moved to shortstop and Lincoln Beltinck to third base. Jack McConnell entered the game as a courtesy runner for Nate Davis. Jack McConnell went to third base on a wild pitch. Nate Siler singled to center field to drive Jack McConnell home. Hank MacDonald singled to center field and Nate Siler advanced to third base.

Hank MacDonald was out at second base and Walt MacDonald safe at first base on a fielder’s choice grounder to first base. Nate Siler went to third base. Nate Siler scored and Walt MacDonald took second base on a wild pitch. Parker Billings retired the next Irish batter on a popup to shortstop to end the inning.

Sacred Heart scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to boost its lead to 8-0.

Charlie Montross reentered the game at catcher. Hank MacDonald moved back to first base and Walt MacDonald went out to right field.

Nate Davis retired the Fulton batter in the bottom of the fourth inning on a groundout to second base. Lincoln Beltinck walked and stole second base. Brady Davis struck out the next two Pirate batters to end the inning.

Jaxon Moore led off the top of the fifth inning for Sacred Heart and was safe at first base on an error. Parker Billings struck out the next Irish hitter. Jaxon Moore stole second base. Noah Zeien walked. Jaxon Moore took third base on a wild pitch. Noah Zeien stole second base; he went to third base and Jaxon Moore went home when the pitch was a wild pitch. Teagan Duffy tripled to left field to drive Noah Zeien home.

Brady Davis walked and stole second base. Nate Siler was hit by a pitch. Teegan Davis scored, Brady Davis went to third base and Nate Siler took second base on a passed ball. Hank MacDonald walked. Jack Morrow went in to run for Hank MacDonald. Walt MacDonald walked to force Brady Davis home. Nate Siler went to third base and Jack Morrow to second base. Parker Billings struck out the next Irish batter and got the third out on a fly to center field.

Sacred Heart scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning to extend its lead to 12-0.

Jaxon Moore went in to pitch for Sacred Heart. Jack Morrow went in to play second base.

Jaxon Moore retired the three Fulton batters on a fly to center field, a strikeout and a grounder to the shortstop.

Because Sacred Heart had a twelve run lead after five full innings, the mercy rule was invoked. Sacred Heart won this game 12-0 and will play Portland St. Patrick in this afternoon’s quarterfinal game.

Parker Billings had one single for Fulton.

Bryson Sattler pitched three and one third innings and struck out two batters. Parker Billings pitched one and two thirds innings and struck out one batter.

Hank MacDonald had a triple, a single and two RBI for Sacred Heart. Teagan Duffy had a triple and one RBI. Brady Davis had a double and three RBI. Nate Siler had two singles and one RBI. Noah Zeien had two singles. Caleb Strauch and Nico Vasquez each had one single. Walt MacDonald had one RBI.

Brady Bavis pitched four shutout innings for the Irish. He gave up only one hit and struck out eight batters. Jaxon Moore pitched one shutout inning. He did not allow anyone to reach base and struck out one batter.