April 30, 1999
VAN BUREN &emdash; New Riegel blew the game open with seven runs in the sixth inning and added four more for good measure in the seventh as the Blue Jackets improved to 10-5 with an 18-6 win over Van Buren.
The Blue Jackets scored five runs in the first and held a 6-1 lead at one point, but Van Buren rallied with five second inning runs to tie the game. The score was 7-6 New Riegel before the onslaught sealed VB's fate.
Keith Laughlin is 5-2 after picking up the win. He threw 3 2/3 innings in relief, giving up no runs on three hits. He struck out six and walked one. Starter Jon Kauffman threw 1 1/3 innings and Brett Hammer finished the game with two innings of one-hit ball.
Kauffman was 4-for-4 with three runs, a double and an RBI for New Riegel, and Terry Nye (run, two RBI) had three hits. Brett Hammer had two hits, two runs and an RBI, Kevin Tiell (two runs, two RBI) doubled, and Darin Nye (run, RBI), Dustin Humphrey (two runs), Aaron Lafontaine (run, RBI), Brian Mills (two runs, two RBI) and Ronnie Shellhammer (run) had one hit each.
FOSTORIA &emdash; Aaron Rouser bashed a pair of home runs and drove in six runs as St. Wendelin stepped out of the MAL to post a 14-3 win over Northwood.
Rouser, who also had a two-run double in the first inning, was 3-for-3 with three runs scored.
The Rangers (1-14) actually opened a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Randy Shaneck's three-run blast, but that was the only hit of the game for Northwood.
Shawn Reiter improved his record to 3-1 by striking out three and walking six in going the distance.
St. Wendelin (13-5) had just seven hits, six from the first four in the order. Chad Feasel had a base hit and knocked in two runs, Jeremy Feasel singled in a run, and Mike Shumaker contributed a double. Ryan Smith had the other St. Wendelin hit.
"(Northwood) was having trouble getting the ball over the plate, and we just stayed patient," St. Wendelin coach Paul Feasel said. "When we hit the ball, we hit the ball hard. It seemed like every hit we had, we made it count."
Charlie Vasey retired just one St. Wendelin batter in suffering the loss. He was touched for three first-inning runs. The Mohawks closed that frame with six runs.
Bucyrus scored big in the middle innings and held on to edge Columbian, 10-7, Thursday.
The Redmen, 3-9 overall and 3-4 in the Northern Ohio League, overcame a 4-2 deficit with four-run outbursts in the fourth and fifth innings and held on the rest of the way. Aidt had a two-run homer to key the uprising in the fourth inning.
"Tonight, we just did not play good baseball," said Columbian head coach Adam Schmucker. "We made some mistakes in the field and had eight walks given up by our pitchers. They (Bucyrus) got timely hitting
they turned in three inning-ending double plays."
Jamie Moore had a pair of doubles and Mike Porter also had a double to lead Columbian, which had a 13-10 edge in hits. Moore finished with a 3-for-4 outing, John Slosser went 2-for-4 and Kyle Albert went 2-for-3.
"We hit the ball hard, but left eight runners stranded on the bases and it could've been even higher than that if it wasn't for those double plays they got to get them out of three innings. I'm really disappointed that we're not getting a consistent pattern of play," said Schmucker.
Despite getting roughed up for 13 hits, Winch was the winning pitcher. He gave up four earned runs, struck out six and walked one. Sophomore Anthony Theis suffered the loss. He pitched the first three innings, gave up six runs (four earned), six hits, walked one and struck out one. Slosser and Moore followed him to the mound.
"That was Anthony's first varsity pitching appearance and he's only a sophomore. He learned some valuable lessons which will help later on," said Schmucker.
The Tornadoes, 4-12 overall and 3-5 in the league, travel to Norwalk at 4:30 p.m. today for another NOL battle before taking on Ashland at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Division I sectional tournament at Mansfield's Arlin Field.
BASCOM &emdash; Scott Elchert delived a three-run home run then the game winning hit in the seventh as Hopewell-Loudon nipped Buckeye Central, 14-13.
"Its nice to be on the other end of one of these games," H-L coach Brandyn Zoeller said. " Going into the tournament we needed this. We had the best hitting night of the year tonight. We committed five errors tonioght, but our sticks were on fire."
Neil Harber, also the winning pitcher in relief, had three doubles and drove in a pair of runs while Elchert drove in four and scored three times.
Trevor Heller, Nathan Brickner, Jake Moore and Beau Herman each doubled for the Chieftains, who improve to 4-9. Aaron Depinet, Brickner and Chad Smith each had an RBI.
ARCADIA &emdash; A costly play at secondbase scored an Arcadia runner from third and the Redskins completed four-run seventh inning rally to beat Carey, 7-6.
The Blue Devils held a 6-0 lead going into the bottom of the sixth when Arcadia bats put three runs on the board to start the rally off Carey pitcher Steve Neiderkohr.
Dustin Orians had three hits, including a double, while Tim Adtkins and Bryon Hart each drove in runs via singles. Also getting hits were Neiderkohr, Shane Thompson, Josh Ritter and Gabe Stansbery.
WILLARD &emdash; Upper Sandusky scored three times in the top of the seventh and left two runners stranded on the bases in falling to Willard, 7-6, Thursday.
And, the Rams started the comeback after two outs.
Brett Anderson, Brian Gottfried and Cory Binau loaded the bases on an error, single and walk and Ryan Berg followed with a run-scoring single. Beau Hahn followed with a two-run double to get the Rams within one run (7-6), but the final out was made on a fly to centerfield.
The Rams, winless in the league at 0-6 and 2-11 overall, got three hits from Berg while Eric Yeater chipped in with a pair of singles and Hahn doubled.
Anderson was the losing pitcher and only gave up six hits to the Crimson Flashes including a double and single by Winam.