Staff report
SIDNEY — The Lehman Cavaliers plated 14 runs in the bottom of the first and went on to run-rule Lima Temple Christian Tuesday in Northwest Central Conference baseball action at Lehman, 20-0.
The win kept the Cavaliers unbeaten on the season at 4-0, and put them at 3-0 in the NWCC.
“It was nice to get back on the field,” said head coach Dave King of the Cavaliers, who like the rest of the teams in the county and area, hadn’t played in a while because of the bad weather. “We came out strong and took advantage of 12 walks, and we were able to get a lot of kids some playing time.”
King began substituting in the second inning after the huge first frame.
The Cavs added four more in the second for an 18-0 bulge.
Max Schutt, Owen Smith and Stephen Monnin led Lehman’s 13-hit attack with two hits apiece. Schutt, Smith and Bryce Kennedy all had doubles.
Kennedy, Schutt, Monnin, Parker Riley, Nate Bosway, Brandon Simmons and Brandon Barhorst all had two hits apiece, and Monnin, Bosway and Barhorst all drove in two runs each.
Riley started and got the win for the Cavaliers, going the first three inings. He combined with Schutt and Dylan Arnold to strike out 10 Temple Christian hitters and walk just one.
The Cavs are back in action Wednesday at Lima Catholic.
The linescore:
LTC`000 00—0`4`4
Lehman`(14)40 2x—20`13`1
Hutchinson (LP), White (1), Callahan (1), Hohlbein (2) and Williams; Riley (WP), Schutt (4), Arnold (5) and Schutt, Smith (2).
Records: Lehman 4-0, LTC 1-1.
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Loramie 14, Houston 4
HOUSTON — Fort Loramie scored in every inning but one and pulled away with a six-run seventh to beat Houston 14-4 in County baseball action Tuesday at Houston.
The win puts the Redskins at 5-2 overall and drops the Wildcats to 4-3.
Despite the loss, Houston’s Zach Jolly set a new school record for strikeouts in a career. He fanned three Redskins in five innings, and that gave him 195 for his career, a new standard at the school.
The Redskins were paced by Travis Hilgefort and Drew Wehrman, both of whom had a single and a double. Wehrman also scored three times.
The linescore:
Loramie`122 012 6—14`10`3
Houston`000 102 1—4`5`7
Billing (WP), Middendorf (6) and Kitzmiller; Jolly (LP), Ludwig (6) and Miller.
Records: Loramie 5-2, Houston 4-3.
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Anna 10, Covington 6
COVINGTON — The Anna Rockets remained unbeaten on the season with a 10-6 non-league victory over Covington in action on the road Tuesday in high school baseball.
The Rockets go to 4-0-1 with the victory. They scored four times in the first two innings, then put four more up in the fourth to open up an 8-1 lead. That was more than enough for Anna pitching.
Derek Coverstone led the Rockets, getting half of their six hits, all singles, and driving in three runs. He also scored twice.
Luke Albers smacked a solo home run in the first and finished with three RBIs also. Nathan Stiefel added a double.
The linescore:
Anna`130 402 0—10`6`2
Covington`001 030 2—6`2`3
Brinkman (WP), Roe (4), Watren (5), Boyd (6), Cummings (7) (S) and White; Wynn (LP), Sowers (6) and Dilley.
Records: Anna 4-0-1, Covington 2-4.
