Benjamin Logan’s baseball swept a pair of ballgames Saturday as hosts of the Micah Gregg tournament.
The Raiders defeated Franklin Monroe 8-4 in the first game, and defeated Ansonia 16-3 in game two.
With the pair of wins, the Raiders improve to 3-8 overall, rallying from behind in both contests on Saturday.
After plating the first two runs in the bottom of the first inning against Franklin Monroe to go ahead 2-0, Franklin Monroe scored four times in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead. Ben Logan responded with five runs of their own in the fifth to go ahead for good.
A three-run double off the bat of Hayden Kennaw in the bottom of the fifth inning broke a 4-4 tie and proved to be the difference. Kennaw went 2-3 on the game, including those three RBI.
Ben Logan tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth inning to clinch the final, 8-4.
Trey Miracle also drove in three runs for Ben Logan. Collin Powell collected a pair of hits also for the Raiders.
Luke McKenrick earned the win in relief for Ben Logan, pitching two scoreless innings. Starter Hunter Peterson went five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and striking out seven.
In game two, Ansonia scored three times in the top of the first inning to take an early 3-0 advantage, but it was all Raiders after that. Ben Logan scored five times in the second and third innings and added another six runs in the fourth inning to complete the five-inning run-rule, 16-3.
Powell drove in four runs on a pair of hits to lead the Raiders at the plate in game two.
Miracle and Keaton Horney each also tallied three RBI. One of Miracle’s two hits in game two was a home run.
Bryden Morris earned the win on the mound for Ben Logan, allowing three runs on six hits and striking out four. The Raiders are back in action today against Northwestern in a Central Buckeye Conference matchup.
BEN LOGAN 8
FRANKLIN MONROE 4
Jets. 000 040 0 — 4 7 0
Raiders 200 051 X — 8 8 0
WP — McKenrick.
BEN LOGAN 16, ANSONIA 3
(FIVE INNINGS)
Tigers 300 00 — 3 6 3
Raiders 055 6X — 16 11 0
WP — Morris.
Chiefs win CBC, non-conference road games
Bellefontaine’s baseball team has won two in a row after defeating Urbana on Friday in a Central Buckeye Conference matchup, and dispatching Marysville on Saturday in a non-league game.
The Chiefs defeated Urbana 6-5 on Friday and came away Saturday with a 6-2 win against Marysville. Both victories came on the road, and push the Chiefs record to 3-6, 1-5.
The Chiefs scored two in the first inning Friday against Urbana to go ahead 2-0, but that lead was short lived as the Hillclimbers responded with a pair of runs of their own in the bottom half of the first to tie the game, 2-2.
The score remained 2-2 heading into the fifth when the Chiefs scored three times to go ahead for good. Urbana responded with a single run of their own in the bottom of the frame to make the score 5-3.
The Chiefs added an insurance run in the top of the seventh. The Chiefs staved off a late rally from the Hillclimbers, who scratched across two runs in the bottom of the seventh to make it interesting, before finally succumbing, 6-5.
Bellefontaine was active on the base paths in this one, stealing seven bases including two each from Zane Tevis, Lane Reeves and Riley Neer.
Reeves led the way for the Chiefs, going 2-4 with two RBI. He also earned the win on the mound, tossing seven innings and striking out six.
Saturday, Keyon Collier threw a complete game to earn the win on the mound, and Owen Larison and Reeves each drove in two runs as the Chiefs knocked off Marysville in a non-league game.
Marysville outhit the Chiefs 10-6, but Bellefontaine was able to manufacture enough runs to earn the victory, as Collier pitched out of trouble and kept Marysville off the board. A four-run third inning proved to be the difference for the Chiefs. Marysville managed only single tallies in the third and sixth innings. The Chiefs scored two more in the top of the seventh to secure the win.
The Chiefs are back in action today at Shawnee.
BELLEFONTAINE 6
URBANA 5
Chiefs 200 030 1 — 6 6 1
Hillclimbers 200 010 2 — 5 9 1
WP — Reeves; LP — Endres.
BELLEFONTAINE 6 MARYSVILLE 2
Chiefs 004 000 2 — 6 3 1
Monarchs 001 001 0 — 2 10 2
WP- Collier.
Riverside drops pitcher’s duel at Northwestern
Riverside’s baseball team plated an early run Saturday at Northwestern, but could not make it stand up as they fell 3-2 in a non-conference game.
The Pirates fall to 6-9 overall on the season with the loss.
Riverside led 1-0 after two innings of play before Northwestern tied the game at a run a piece after three complete. The Pirates scratched across another run in the fourth inning to take a 2-1 advantage, but the Warriors responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth innings to go ahead for good.
Sam King went 1-3 at the plate and scored twice to lead the Pirates offensively. Kaleb Schindewolf went 1-3 and was credited with an RBI. Zander Crouch also went 1-3 for Riverside.
Warren Shockey pitched well for the Pirates across six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out nine. The Pirates were also undone by errors in the field.
The Pirates host Fairlawn today.
NORTHWESTERN 3 RIVERSIDE 2
Pirates 010 100 0 — 2 4 4
Warriors 001 200 X — 3 7 2
LP—Shockey.
