Local Sports

New Bremen baseball can't seize opportunities at Celina

April 5, 2013

CELINA — The New Bremen  baseball team had its chances as Celina pitchers walked 11 batters, but six Cardinal errors allowed the Bulldogs to stay undefeated with a 10-2 victory over the Cardinals at Montgomery Field on Friday.

“We walked a lot and left a lot of batters on,” Cardinals head coach Josh Bowersock said. “We also got picked off a lot. We had errors, we got picked off and we lose the ballgame. When you look at the errors and the times we got picked off and that was the basis of the game.”

Thursday Sports Round-Up

April 5, 2013

WAYNESFIELD — New Knoxville scored six times in the seventh inning to rally past Waynesfield-Goshen 6-4 for its first win of the season  on Thursday night.

New Knoxville entered the final frame down 4-0.

After Cody Shaw got on base to start the seventh, back-to-back doubles from Jake Allen and  Spencer Wolf cut the lead to 4-2.

Michael Porter, who went 2-for-4, singled home Wolf to make it a one-run game.

After pinch runner Adam Howe stole second, Tyler Shreve singled home Howe to tie the game 4-4.

Trio of St. Henry pitchers combine on 4-hit shutout of Roughriders

April 5, 2013

ST. HENRY — The St. Marys baseball team had one chance to get to St. Henry’s strong pitching staff in the top of the first inning. After that, the Redskin staff teamed up to shut down the Roughrider bats.

St. Henry had three pitchers combine on a four-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over St. Marys on Thursday night at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

St. Marys loaded the bases with no one out in the first inning, but Ryan Mikesell got out of the jam unscathed. He pitched four scoreless innings before turning it over to the bullpen.

Lima Central Catholic's 5-run third inning difference in win over Riders

April 4, 2013

ST. MARYS — The St. Marys baseball team couldn’t take advantage of its two-out bases-loaded situation early in the game. Lima Central Catholic turned that exact scenario a half inning later into what turned out to be the game-deciding rally.

The complexion of the St. Marys-Lima Central Catholic game on Tuesday — a game LCC won 8-4 — changed drastically over the short span of an inning.