Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart vs. Marcellus – – MHSAA Division 4 Baseball Final – – The Bleacher Denizen – – June 13, 2026 – – by Chuck Krafft
Today, your Bleacher Denizen is at McLane Stadium at Michigan State University to watch as the Irish from Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart take on the Wildcats from Marcellus in the Division 4 State Baseball Final! Sacred Heart enters this game with a 37-4 record and is rated #2 in Division 4. Marcellus brings a 22-11 record into the final game.
As we wait for this game to begin, I hope you will enjoy this cover video of “God Bless the USA” from my You Tube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePjJiWG5OY
Cale Hackenberg is having a great season for Marcellus, both on the mound at at the bat. (Please note that these statistics do not include the semifinal game. Cale pitched an incredible game to lead his team to today’s final game.) He is batting .584 with 44 runs scored, 13 doubles, 44 RBI and 19 stolen bases. On the mound, he has a 7-3 record to go along with a 2.25 ERA and 114 strikeouts in 53 innings.
Seth Barrera has a .392 batting average with 39 runs scored, fourteen doubles and 16 stolen bases. He also pitches; he has a 6-4 record with a 2.60 ERA and 67 strikeouts. Eli Torres has a .367 average and 31 RBI; he also has a 2-0 pitching record. Abram Coffey is batting .684 and has a 4-0 pitching record with a 1.31 ERA. Abram Coffey was All-State last year. He has only played one month this season because he has had to recover from an injury.
Sacred Heart won their semifinal against Royal Oak Shrine to advance to the final. I covered that game; here is the play by play. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2026/06/12/mt-pleasant-sacred-heart-vs-royal-oak-shrine-catholic-mhsaa-division-4-baseball-semifinal-the-bleacher-denizen-june-12-2026-by-chuck-krafft/
Sacred Heart is led by two fantastic pitchers who also contribute a lot with the bat. Nate Siler, who pitched a complete game shutout to win the semifinal game has a 13-1 record with a 0.80 ERA as well as 134 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched. (Again, none of these statistics include the semifinal game.) With the bat, Nate Siler has a .457 average as well as 11 doubles and 51 runs scored.
Brady Davis has a 12-2 pitching record with a 0.52 ERA. He has struck out 102 batters in 54 innings. With the bat, he contributes a .536 batting average as well as 51 runs scored, 14 doubles, 58 RBI and 23 stolen bases. Noah Zeien has a .460 average with 66 r4uns and 45 stolen bases. He occasionally pitches and has contributed a 3-0 record with a 0.54 ERA. Hank MacDonald has a .442 average along with 14 doubles and 56 RBI. Teegan Duffy is hitting .422 with 64 runs, 37 RBI and 20 stole bases.
Here are the starting lineups. Sacred Heart won the coin flip and will be the home team. Marcellus will bat first.
MARCELLUS
Seth Barerra ss
Cale Hackenberg cf
Abram Coffey p
Eli Torres c
Zade Tyszka 1b
Gage Rumsey 3b
Blake McWilliams lf
Rory Rogers 2b
Matthew Lehew rf
SACRED HEART
Noah Zeien 3b
Teegan Duffy cf
Brady Davis p
Nate Siler ss
Hank MacDonald 1b
Brody Collin c
Jaxon Moore 2b
Maxim Boykin-Lynch rf
Nico Vazquez lf
It is now time to review the events of this game through the eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to get his baseball career off to much of a start. He was showing some promise as an outfielder who could leap high to intercept would-be home runs at the fence. However, when the baseball powers that be ruled he was no longer permitted to use a pogo stick to help with his leaps at the fence, he was no longer effective. When the home run totals rose, the Bleacher Denizen’s playing time dropped.
Sacred Heart Pitcher Brady Davis retired the Marcellus leadoff batter in the top of the first inning on a fly to center field. Cole Hackenburg beat out a bunt single. Brady Davis struck out the next two Wildcat hitters to end the inning.
Noah Zeien walked to lead off the bottom of the first inning for Sacred Heart and took second base on a wild pitch. Teegan Duffy singled to center field to drive Noah Zeien home. Teegan Duffy advanced to second base on a throwing error. Teegan Duffy stole third base. Brady Davis walked. Marcellus Pitcher Adram Coffey retired the next Irish hitter on a popup to the shortstop. Brady Davis stole second base. Teegan Duffy scored and Brady Davis advanced to third base on an RBI groundout to the shortstop by Hank MacDonald.
Jack McConnell entered the game as a courtesy runner for Brady Davis. Brody Collin walked. Walter MacDonald entered the game as a courtesy runner for Brody Collin and stole second base. Jaxon Moore lined a single to left field to drive Jack McConnell and Walter MacDonald home. Abram Coffey struck out the next batter to end the inning.
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart scored four runs in the top of the first inning to take a 4-0 lead.
Zade Tyszka walked to lead off the top of the second inning for Marcellus. A Marcellus hitter looked like he was hit by a pitch, but it was ruled that he deliberately leaned into the pitch. Brady Davis struck out him and the next two Wildcat batters to end the inning.
Nico Vazquez was safe on an error. He took second base and then third base on wild pitches. Abram Coffey retired the next two Irish batters on a popup to shortstop and a grounder to third base; Nico Vazquez held at third base. Brady Davis walked and stole second base. Blake McWilliams made a nice running catch in left field to secure the third out.
Matthew Lehew walked to lead off the top of the third inning for the Wildcats and went to second base on a wild pitch. Brady Davis retired the next three hitters on a fly to center field, a stikeout and a popup to second base to end the inning.
Abram Coffey retired the Irish leadoff batter in the bottom of the third inning on a grounder to the shortstop. Brody Collin walked. Walt MacDonald entered the game as a courtesy runner fo Brody Collin. Wildcat Catcher Eli Torres fired the ball to second base to catch the runner trying to steal. Abram Coffey struck out the next batter to end the inning.
After three innings, Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart continued to hold a 4-0 lead.
Sacred Heart Right Fielder Maxim Boykin-Lynch made an impressive running, diving effort to catch a foul fly by the Wildcat leadoff batter in the fourth inning, but he just missed it. Pitcher Nate Davis went on to strike out the hitter. Zade Tyszka was hit by a pitch. Zade Tyszka was out at second base and Gage Rumsey safe at first base on a fielder’s choice grounder to the shortstop. Gage Rumsey advanced to second base on a throwing error. Blake McWilliams walked.
Rory Rogers was safe at first base on an error. Gage Rumsey advanced to third base and Blake McWilliams to second base. Nate Davis struck out the next Marcellus hitter to end the inning.
Maxim Boykin-Lynch lined a single to right field to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning for Sacred Heart and took second base on a sacrifice bunt by Nico Vazquez. Maxim Boykin-Lynch went to third base on a wild pitch. Teegan Duffy walked. Ball four was a wild pitch and Maxim Boykin-Lynch scored from third base. Brady Davis roped a home run over the right field fence to drive himself and Teegan Duffy home.
Seth Barrera came in to pitch for Marcellus. Cale Hackenberg came in to play shortstop and Abram Coffey went out to center field.
Nate Siler lined a single to left field. Sacred Heart made its third out on a fielder’s choice grounder to the shortstop.
Sacred Heart scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to boost its lead to 7-0.
Seth Barrera was safe at second base on an error to lead off the top of the fifth inning for Marcellus. Cale Hackenberg walked. Nate Davis got the next batter to hit a sharp ball to Thir Baseman Noah Zeien, who caught the ball, stepped on third base for the force out and fired to first base to complete the couple play. Cale Hackenberg advanced to second base on the play. Brady Davis retired the next Wildcat batter on a bouncer to third base.
Seth Barrera got pinch hitter Jack Morrow, the leadoff batter for the Irish in the bottom of the fifth inning out on a fly to the shortstop. Jaxon Moore was safe at first base on an error and stole second base. Maxim Boykin-Lynch lined a single to left field to drive Jaxon Moore home. Maxim Boykin-Lynch stole second base. Pinch Hitter Caleb Strauch walked. Casey Hutchins went in as a pinch runner for Caleb Strauch.
Noah Zeien singled up the middle to drive Maxim Boykin-Lynch home. Casey Hutchins went to second base; he went to third base and Noah Zeien to second base on the throw home. Teegan Duffy was intentionally walked to load the bases. Brady Davis hit a single well over the drawn-in outfield to send Casey Hutchins home with the winning run.
Sacred Heart took a 10-0 lead and the game was ended by the mercy rule. (Sacred Heart was up by ten runs in the fifth inning.) Congratulations to the Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart Irish on winning the State Division 4 Baseball Championship!!
Cale Hackenberg had one single for Marcellus.
Abram Coffey pitched three and two thirds innings. Seth Barrera pitched two thirds of an inning.
Brady Davis had a home run, a single and three RBI for Sacred Heart. Maxim Boykin-Lynch had two singles and one RBI. Jaxon Moore had a single and two RBI. Noah Zeien and Teegan Duffy each had one single and one RBI. Nate Siler had a single.
Brady Davis pitched a complete five inning shutout. He gave up one hit and struck out eight batters.