The Macomb High baseball squad opened the final week of the regular season on a high note, blanking visiting Brown County 9-0 Tuesday afternoon in the team's home finale at Phil Bradley Field.
Senior pitcher Jaxon Barclay was masterful, pitching a two-hit shutout. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter.
Barclay threw 87 pitches, 52 for strikes. The Bombers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Nick Elbe drew a one-out walk before moving to second when Drew Watson walked with two outs. Aiden Reynolds doubled to center, scoring Elbe and Watson.
Macomb then added four runs in second on the strength of five hits, an error and a run-scoring ground out.
Elbe and Watson had run-scoring singles, while Jake Ogle also knocked in a run with a ground out to third.
