Findlay baseball pounds Lima Senior

LIMA – Ben Best highlighted two seven-run rallies with a two-run single in the second inning and a bases-clearing three-run double in the fourth in Findlay's 16-2 romp over Lima Senior on Tuesday in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference game in Lima. Austin Sertell singled, doubled and drove in two runs for Findlay. The Trojans led 7-1 after two innings and 14-2 after four. Findlay's offensive outburst backed a solid pitching effort from Durham Heiserman, a junior who allowed two runs on three hits, struck out three and walked two. Heiserman upped his record to 4-0 in helping the Trojans improve top 8-4 overall and 3-2 in the TRAC. Findlay 070 72—16 11 3 Lima Senior 010 10—2 3 1 WP—Heiserman (4-0). LP—Jordan. TOP HITTERS: (Fin) Best 1B, 2B, 5 RBI; Sertell 1B, 2B, 2 RBI. (LS) Hahn 2-1B. RECORDS: Findlay 8-4, 3-2 TRAC ARLINGTON 3 CAREY 2 CAREY – Arlington got solid pitching from Rylar Essinger and clutch sixth-inning singles from Jared Griggs and Martin Jones in getting past Carey, 3-2, in a nonleague baseball game on Tuesday. Essinger allowed one earned run on two hits and struck out 10 ibn a complete-game effort. Arlington trailed 2-0 after five inning, but RBI singles by Griggs and Jones highlighted a three-run rally that earned Arlington (6-7) its sixth win of the season. Carey (5-6) got excellent pitching as well from Nate Crawford, who gave up just one earned run on five hits and struck out six. Jordan Vallejo had both of Carey's hits. Arlington 000 003 0—3 5 1 Carey 000 110 0—2 2 3 WP—Essinger. LP—Crawford.. TOP HITTERS: (Arl) J. Griggs 1B. RBI; Jones 1B, 2B, RBI.(Car) Vallejo 2-1B. RECORDS: Arlington 6-7; Carey 5-6. PATRICK HENRY 3 MCCOMB 2 HAMLER – Aiden Behrman scored one run when Patrick Henry tied the game in the top of the seventh inning, scored what proved to be the winning run in the ninth, and pitched two solid inning of relief in the Patriots 3-2 win over McComb. Houston Miranda lined three hits, Nash Meyer had two and Behrman, Landon Johnson and Logan Hudson had RBI singles. Johnson went the first seven inning for Patrick Henry. Behrman allowed no hits and struck out five of the eight batters he faced in the eighth and ninth innings. McComb (4-9) outhit Patrick Henry 14-10 with Daniel Rader (3-1B) and Grant Dishong (3-1B) banging out three hits each and Camden Glaser (2-1B), Blake Wittenmyer (1B, 2B) and Brandon Stutzman (2-1) collecting two each. Patrick Henry 000 000 201—3 10 1 McComb 000 020 000—2 14 1 WP—Johnson. LP—Hiolman. TOP HITTERS: (PH) Behrman 2-1B, RBI; Hudson 2-1B, RBI; Meyer 2-1B; Miranda 3-1B. (McC) Rader 3-1B; Glaser 2-1B; Wittenmyer 1B, 2B; Bryan 1B, RBI; Stutzman 2-1B, RBI; Dishong 3-1B. RECORDS: McComb 4-9. BLUFFTON 5 CORY-RAWSON 0 RAWSON – Bluffton's Jaden Coonfare pitched a five-hit shutout in the Pirates 5-0 win over Cory-Rawson on Tuesday. A junior right-hander, Coonfare walked two and struck out six. Jacob Granger (2-1B, 2B) had three hits and Garrett Bogart (1B, 2B) and Landen Worchester (2-1B) had two for the Pirates (3-11). Zeke Elliott had two base hits for Cory-Rawson (1-6). Bluffton 201 010 1—5 9 90 Cory-Rawson 000 000 0—0 5 2 WP—Coonfare. LP—Puthoff. TOP HITTERS: (Blu) Gar. Bogart 1B, 2B, RBI; Granger 2-1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Worcester 2-1B, RBI. Elliott 2-1B. RECORDS: Bluffton 3-11; Cory-Rawson 1-6. OTTOVILLE 5 PANDORA-GILBOA 1 PANDORA – Jayden Saxton and Grant Leis combined for four hits and both scored a run in Ottoville's 5-1 Putnam County League win over Pandora-Gilboa. Saxton and Leis both had a pair of singles to back a solid pitching effort by Keaton Schnipke, who allowed one run on four hits and struck out five for the Big Green (4-4, 2-3 PCL). P-G pitcher Grant Farthing gave up five runs on six hits and struck out 11 over 5 1/3 innings Ottoville 000 203 0—5 7 2 Pandora-Gilboa 010 000 0—1 4 0 WP—Schnipke. LP—Farthing. TOP HITTERS: (Otto)Saxton 2-1B, RBI; Leis 2-1B; Miller 1B, 2 RBI. RECORDS: Ottoville 4-4, 2-3 PCL; Pandora-Gilboa 1-9, 1-4 PCL. VAN WERT 10 OTTAWA-GLANDORF 1 VAN WERT – Van Wert ace Luke Wessell allowed just one hit and struck out 11 Ottawa-Glandorf batters in pitching the Cougars to a 10-1 Western Buckeye League win on Tuesday. A junior left-hander who no-hit Elida earlier this season, Wessell allowed only a sixth-inning RBI single by Carter Schimmoeller. He faced just 23 batters in a complete-game effort . Ottawa-Glandorf 000 001 0—1 1 3 Van Wert 020 008 x—10 11 1 WP—Wessell. LP—Maag. TOP HITTERS: (O-G) Schimmoeller 1B, RBI. (VW) Bates 2-1B, RBI; Rupert 2-1B, RBI; Wittin 2B, 3 RBI; Stoller 2-1B; Wise 2-1B, 2 RBI. RECORDS: Ottawa-Glandorf 6-5, 3-2 WBL; Van Wert 6-6 overall. MILLER CITY 6 LEIPSIC 0 LEIPSIC – Miller City's Caleb Niese pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts and the Wildcats knocked Leipsic from the ranks of the Putnam County League unbeatens with a 6-0 win on Tuesday. Miller City's win left Columbus Grove (9-3), which beat Continental 11-1 on Tuesday, alone in first place in the PCL standings at 4-0. Miller City (8-5, 4-1 PCL) and Leipsic (9-4, 3-1 PCL) both now have one league loss. ADA 14 FOSTORIA 7 ADA – Fostoria scored six runs in the first inning, but scored only one run the rest of the way, allowing Ada to rally for a 14-7 win. Kaden Phipps picked up the win on the mound for the Bulldogs. Fostoria &emsp;&emsp;601&emsp;&emsp;000&emsp;&emsp;0 – 7 8 &emsp;&emsp;0 Ada 212&emsp;&emsp;342&emsp;&emsp;X—14 7 &emsp;&emsp;2 WP – Phipps. H-LOUDON 20 RIVERDALE 9 MOUNT BLANCHARD – Hopewell-Loudon came into Tuesday's game at Riverdale with an 11-0 record and as the No. 2-ranked team in Division IV. Against the Falcons, the Chieftains kept their perfect season going. They ripped 17 hits, had 16 runs through four innings, and topped Riverdale 20-9. Ashton Bour had a single and triple for Hopewell-Loudon, driving in three runs. Tyler Fedele had three hits, scored twice and drove in five. Jason Smith singled twice and drove in three runs for H-L. Caine McDonald started and went 3 1/3 innings for the Chieftains, allowing five runs on four hits. He struck out five. Riverdale was down 16-0 going to the bottom of the fourth, then scored eight runs. But it couldn't catch H-L, which won for the 12th straight time. Evan Reiter tripled and drove in a run for the Falcons. Gauge King singled and drove in two runs. Gunner King started on the mound for Riverdale and went two innings, allowing eight runs, seven earned. Hopewell-Loudon &emsp;&emsp;073&emsp;&emsp;64 – 20 17 &emsp;&emsp;3 Riverdale &emsp;&emsp;000&emsp;&emsp;81 – 9 6 &emsp;&emsp;1 WP – McDonald. LP – King. TOP HITTERS: (H-L) Bour 1B, 3B, 3-RBI; Fedele 3-1B, 2-R, 5-RBI; Colatruglio 3-1B, RBI. (RVD) Reiter 3B, R, RBI; Miller 1B, 2-RBI; Gauge King 1B, 2-RBI.