By From staff reports
newsroom@dailystandard.com Kyle Homan took a 3-2, two-out pitch from Alex Leugers and doubled to left-centerfield, plating two runs to give the Redskins a 2-1 win over New Bremen at the Wally Post Athletic Complex on Friday night.
St. Henry wraps up the Midwest Athletic Conference season at 4-5 and goes to 15-11 overall. New Bremen drops to 15-9 on the season and 4-3 in the MAC.
The St. Henry seventh-inning rally started after Leugers got Josh Schmackers to strike out and Andrew Huelsman to ground out to start the inning.
Evan Bertke kept the hopes up with a single and Leugers then hit Jeremy Schwieterman putting runners on first and second base.
The count went to the limit and both runners were going on the pitch when Homan belted a shot to left-centerfield. Bertke scored easily and Schwieterman made a mad-dash for home, coming in standing up to end the game. Both pitchers came up with fine efforts. Zach May picked up the win for the Redskins, striking out nine and walking two in seven innings. Leugers struck out eight and walked three over 6 2/3 innings.
Homan's double was the only extra-base hit of the game.
New Bremen scored its run in the third. Andy McMurray reached on an error and after two outs and a steal of second base, Shaun Imwalle singled home McMurray.
St. Henry is at Fort Loramie today for a doubleheader.
New Bremen 001 000 0 -- 1 5 2
St. Henry 000 000 2 -- 2 5 2
WP -- May; LP -- Leugers.
2B -- SH: Homan.
Records: New Bremen 15-9 (4-3 MAC), St. Henry 15-11 (4-5 MAC).
Panthers run-rule Rangers
Jake Long fired a one-hitter as Parkway scored seven times in the third inning on the way to a 10-0 five-inning win at New Knoxville on Friday. The Panthers improve to 11-13 overall and 3-4 in the Midwest Athletic Conference. New Knoxville drops to 6-14 and 0-6 in the league.
Long struck out 12 batters and allowed just one walk to get the win. The lone hit for the Rangers came from Mitch Kellermeyer, who doubled. Steve Hays had two hits, including a double.
Parkway plays Fort Recovery at Don Black Field in Rockford on Monday. The start time of the game has been moved up to 4:30 p.m.
Parkway 307 00 -- 10 8 0
New Knoxville 000 00 -- 0 1 5
WP -- Long; LP -- Wierwille.
2B -- P: Hays, Peel. NK: Kellermeyer.
Records: Parkway 11-13 (3-4 MAC), New Knoxville 6-14 (0-6 MAC).
Wildcats romp Indians
Minster snapped back from its loss to New Bremen on Thursday by defeating Fort Recovery 11-6 at Hanover Street Park.
The Wildcats (17-8, 5-2 MAC) broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the fifth after trailing the Indians 4-1 early in the game.
Scott Kuehner picked up the win for the Wildcats, going six innings and allowing eight hits and three earned runs. Tim Cordonnier gave up two runs in the top of the seventh before closing the door.
Ty Parks had another big game, doubling and homering for the Wildcats. Cordonnier had four hits with Jon Kaylor, Bob Inskeep, Scott Sherman and Wes Sherman each adding a pair of hits each. Nick Wehrkamp had two doubles for the Indians (7-15, 1-7 MAC) while Greg Faller added a home run.
Minster plays Marion Local in the a Division IV district semifinal on Monday at Hanover Street Park.
Fort Recovery 400 000 2 -- 6 11 3
Minster 140 240 x -- 11 17 0
WP -- Kuehner; LP -- Post.
2B -- FR: Wehrkamp (2). M: Parks, Cordonnier, W. Sherman, Spillers.
HR -- FR: Faller. M: Parks.
Records: Fort Recovery 7-15 (1-7 MAC), Minster 17-8 (5-2 MAC).
Flyers down Blue Jays
Marion scored seven times in the bottom of the fifth to hold off St. John's 10-9 in MAC action from Maria Stein. The Flyers improve to 14-7 and 4-4 in the MAC as the Blue Jays fall to 8-13 and 3-5 in league play.
The Flyers trailed 9-3 going into the bottom of the fifth after the Jays scored five times in the top of the inning. Andy Kuether and John Alexander each had two hits for Marion.
St. John's 300 150 0 -- 9 13 0
Marion Local 000 370 x -- 10 8 0
WP -- R. Moeller; Sv -- C. Luebke; LP -- Bertling,
2B -- SJ: Odenweller, Hayson, Collins. ML: C. Luebke, Alexander, Kemper.
HR -- SJ: Hayson.
Records: St. John's 8-13 (3-5 MAC), Marion Local 14-7 (4-4 MAC).
SOFTBALL
Bulldogs win 24th
Celina's softball team ran its record to 24-2 with a 4-0 win in five innings over Kalida at Bill Feth Diamond.
Kinsey Schumann ran her record to 13-0 with her eighth shutout of the season. Schumann struck out four and walked two over four innings.
Kelli Williams continued her hot-hitting, belting another over-the-fence home run and going 2-for-2 in the game. Julia Siefring went 2-for-3 with a double.
Celina plays New Bremen in a single game at New Bremen this morning at 11 a.m.
Kalida 000 00 -- 0 4 1
Celina 103 00 -- 4 7 1
WP -- Schumann; LP -- Schnipke.
2B -- C: Siefring, Adams.
HR -- C: Williams.
Record: Celina 24-2.
Wildcats down Flyers
Another strong pitching night for Dana Hartings was not enough as Minster scored three unearned runs in picking up a 3-2 win over the Flyers on Friday.
The win is the second in as many nights for the Wildcats in the MAC. Minster is now 2-4 in the MAC and 7-9 overall while. Marion drops to 13-9 on the season and 3-3 in league play.
Hartings allowed just four hits and struck out 13, putting her at 261 strikeouts this season, but three Marion errors brought all three Minster runs across. Erin Stueve got the win for Minster.
Minster 000 012 0 -- 3 4 0
Marion Local 000 200 0 -- 2 5 3
WP -- Stueve; LP -- Hartings.
2B -- M: Stueve, Brown. ML: M. Homan.
Records: Minster 7-9 (2-4 MAC), Marion Local 13-9 (3-3 MAC).
Indians fall to Redskins
Fort Recovery dropped to 17-7 with a 2-1 loss against Wapakoneta on Friday. Both teams scored their runs in the first inning.
Lisa Grisez had a double and two hits for the Indians.
Fort Recovery 100 000 0 -- 1
Wapakoneta 200 000 0 -- 2
LP -- Tobe.
2B -- Grisez.
Record: Fort Recovery 17-7. |
