Staff report
DEGRAFF — A masterful pitching performance by Parker Riley gave the Lehman Cavaliers sole possession of first place in the Northwest Central Conference Tuesday in a 4-0 blanking of the Riverside Pirates in a key conference game at Riverside.
The win puts the Cavaliers at 9-0 in the NWCC and 13-1 overall. Riverside lost for only the second time this season and is now 14-2 overall and 9-1 in the conference.
Riley went all seven innings and allowed the Pirates just three singles. He struck out three and did not walk anyone. And as further evidence of his dominance, Riverside left only four runners on base the entire game.
“Parker was superb,” said Lehman head coach Dave King. “Both pitchers did well. Riverside has a very, very good team and Parker gave us what we needed. And he got excellent defensive support behind him.”
Lehman broke a scoreless tie with three in the top of the third, aided greatly by three of Riverside’s four errors in the game. The Cavs also had three of their five hits in that inning.
It stayed at 3-0 until the top of the seventh, when the Cavs added an insurance run.
Nate Bosway had two hits and drove in two runs, and Brandon Barhorst singled and doubled.
Riverside’s Dakota Bollinger was the tough-luck loser. He allowed just five hits, struck out seven and walked three.
The two teams will meet in a rematch Thursday at Lehman, with the Pirates trying to pull even in the standings again,
The linescore:
Leh.`003 000 1`4`5`2
Riv.`000 000 0`0`3`4
Riley (WP) and Schutt; Bollinger and Kreglow.
Records: Lehman 13-1, Riverside 14-2-1.
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Minster 5, Parkway 4
ROCKFORD — Minster ran its record in the Midwest Athletic Conference to 4-1 with a 5-4 nail-biter over Parkway in league action Tuesday on the road.
The Wildcats, now 13-4 overall, trailed 4-3 after three innings, but got two in the top of the fourth. That was all starter Peter Falk needed. He went the distance on a three-hitter, striking out seven and walking two.
Falk also had two hits and scored three times, while Josh Nixon singled, tripled and drove in two, Alex Lehmkuhl and Jon Niemeyer both tripled, and Ben Stubbs had a double.
The Wildcats are home on Wednesday, hosting Dayton Stivers.
The linescore:
Min.`120 200 0`5`9`2
Park.`031 000 0`4`3`0
Falk (WP) and Stubbs; Walls (LP), Ford (5) and Pond.
Records: Minster 13-4, Parkway 6-8.
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Anna 25, Fairlawn 0
SIDNEY — Anna rolled to its seventh County win without a loss, blasting Fairlawn 25-0 in action Tuesday night.
The Rockets, now 12-1-1 overall to go with 7-0 in the league, wasted no time in settling the verdict — they scored 15 times in the top of the first inning, and it was 22-0 after two frames.
For Anna, Colin Wuebker led the onslaught with four hits in five trips and four runs scored.
Kyle Wuebker was 3 for 3, drove in three runs and scored twice, Nathan Frilling was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs scored, and Zach White was 3 for 5, drove in two and scored twice.
Luke Albers homered, doubled and drove in five runs, Kain Luthman and Nathan Stiefel both singled, homered, drove in two and scored twice, Aiden Endsley singled, doubled and scored three times, and Joey Cummings and Zach Watren both had two singles.
Drew Boyd was the starting pitcher and struck out 10 hitters in just four innings.
The linescore:
Anna`(15)70 12`25`26`0
Fair.`000 00`0`1`3
Bopys (WP), Watren (5) and White; Wright (LP), Hickman (1), Booth (4) and Morrison.
Records: Anna 12-1-1, Fairlawn 0-14.
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Russia 9, Botkins 0
RUSSIA — Russia plated six runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull away from Botkins in County play Tuesday and post a 9-0 win.
The Raiders go to 9-7 on the year and Botkins falls to 5-8.
Connor Monnin had a big day for Russia, with three hits, two runs batted in and three runs scored. Monnin and Zach Sherman both homered and Jonah Counts and Hunter Cohee both doubled. Drew Sherman had a single and a triple.
The linescore:
Bot.`000 000 0`0`3`3
Rus.`120 600 x`9`11`0
WP: Cohee; LP: Jutte
Records: Russia 9-7, Botkins 5-8.
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Houston 16, JC 3
JACKSON CENTER — Houston notched a 16-3 victory over Jackson Center in the third County game of the night Tuesday.
The Wildcats go to 9-8 and drop Jackson to 1-8.
Dylan Hensley had a home run for Houston, Howie Ludwig had three hits, and Zach Jolly and Tristin Freistuhler had two hits apiece.
Jackson had just two hits, both by Ethan Zorn. One of them was a triple.
The linescore:
Hou.`352 60`16`12`1
JC`200 10`3`2`5
WP: Jolly; LP: Francis.
Records: Houston 9-8, JC 1-8.
