Miscues costly in FHS loss to St. John's

TOLEDO – Toledo St. John's capitalized on three Findlay errors to score three unearned runs and beat the Trojans 4-1 on Tuesday in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference matchup. St. John's led 4-0 before Ben Best delivered an RBI single in the top of the fifth inning. Austin Sertell and Tucker Oliver had two hits each. The Trojans, who dropped their third straight in falling to 3-6 overall and 2-2 in the TRAC, outhit St. John's (5-3, 3-0 TRAC) 6-4. Best took the tough-luck loss, allowing one earned run on three hits through four innings. Joey Bindas allowed one hit in two innings of relief. Findlay 000 010 0—1 6 4 St. John's 012 100 x—4 4 2 FRESHMAN: Findlay 14, Toledo St. Francis 4. ST. MARYS 5 O-GLANDORF 1 ST. MARYS – St. Marys Memorial starter Brayden Sullivan allowed one run on three hits over six innings and Kasey Gross threw a perfect inning of relief in the Roughriders 5-1 Western Buckeye League win over Ottawa-Glandorf. St. Marys managed just five hits off O-G pitchers Carter Duling and Evan Pester. The Roughriders, though, took advantage of eight walks. Ty Buckland's RBI single in the fifth inning accounted for O-G's lone run. O-Glandorf 000 010 0—1 3 2 St. Marys 201 020 x—5 5 1 WP—Sullivan. LP—Duling. TOP HITTERS: (O-G) Buckland 1B, RBI. (StM) Sullivan 1B, RBI; Kaiser 2-1B, RBI. L-BENTON 12 ARCADIA 0 Trevin Lieb pitched a three-hit shutout and Liberty-Benton gave him all the support he needed with eight runs in the third inning in Tuesday's 12-0 Blanchard Valley Conference win over Arcadia. Lieb struck out nine, walked one and faced just 19 batters in the five-inning game. Ranked No. 3 among Ohio's Division III school, Liberty-Benton improved to 10-1 overall and climbed into a first-place tie with Riverdale (4-0) in the league standings. Conner Hiss led L-B's offense, driving in four runs with two singles and a triple. Lincoln Garlock (1B, 2B) drove in three runs and Ashton Crawford had a two-run triple. Arcadia 000 00—0 3 4 L-Benton 318 0x—12 11 1 WP—Lieb (1-0). LP—Aufdencamp. TOP HITTERS: (Arc) Emerich 1B; Snoke 1B; Stoner 1B. (L-B) L. Garlock 1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Hiss 2-1B, 3B, 4 RBI; J. Elchert 2B, RBI; Arnold 1B, 2 RBI; Crawford 3B, RBI; Lieb 2B, RBI; Modd 1B, RBI. RECORDS: Arcadia 21-11, 1-3 BVC; Liberty-Benton 10-1, 4-0 BVC. RIVERDALE 12 ALLEN EAST 2 MOUNT BLANCHARD – Carson Young singled, doubled , scored and drove in a run, and Riverdale scored eight runs in the third inning on its way to a 12-2 thrashing of Allen East. Alex Russler had two singles, an RBI and scored three times for the Falcons, while Lex Weber singled and drove in two runs. Evan Reiter threw four shutout innings and struck out seven batters in moving to 5-0. The Falcons improved to 9-2. Allen East &emsp;&emsp;000&emsp;&emsp;02 – 2 3 &emsp;&emsp;3 Riverdale &emsp;&emsp;208&emsp;&emsp;2X – 12 6 &emsp;&emsp;3 WP – Reiter (5-0). LP – Thompson. TOP HITTERS (AE) Hershberger 2B, R. (RIV) Russler 2-H, RBI, 3-R; Young 2B, 1B, RBI, R; Lex Weber 1B, 2-RBI, R. H-LOUDON 13 DANBURY 2 BASCOM – Hopewell-Loudon scored in every inning, leading it to a 13-2 win over Danbury. Thomas Daniel gave up zero runs during his four innings on the mound and struck out nine batters. He was also responsible for a home run, a single, and four RBIs at the plate. Cohen Sendelbach hit three triples and had four RBIs for the Chieftains, while Caine McDonald doubled and had two runs. Marco Shvorob and Park Wilhite each doubled for the Lakers. Danbury &emsp;&emsp;000&emsp;&emsp;02 –2 4 &emsp;&emsp;5 Hopewell-Loudon &emsp;&emsp;435&emsp;&emsp;1X – 13 11 &emsp;&emsp;1 WP –T. Daniel. LP – E. Hatfield. TOP HITTERS: (DAN) Schvorob 2B, Wilhite 2B; Hatfield RBI. (H-L) T. Daniel HR, 1B, 4-RBI; C. Sendelbach 3-3B, 4-RBI; C. McDonald 2B, 2-R, RBI. U. SANDUSKY 15 BUCYRUS 2 UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky benefitted from some Bucyrus Wildness – on the mound and in the field – in a 15-2 win over the Redmen. Upper Sandusky accumulated only six hits but 11 batters walked. The Rams scored eight runs in the fourth inning, with the help of three errors from Bucyrus. Degan Eldridge and Jacob Halter combined to throw four scoreless innings and combined to strike out five. Jacob Halter also tripled and singled, and Kaden Holman hit a single for the Rams. Halter, Holman, Kaleb Francis, and Gavin Frey each had two RBIs. Riley Parker had two singles for the Redmen. Bucyrus &emsp;&emsp; &emsp;&emsp;000&emsp;&emsp;02 – 2 4 &emsp;&emsp;3 U. Sandusky 241&emsp;&emsp;8X – 15 6 &emsp;&emsp;1 WP – D. Eldridge. LP – M. Bayless. TOP HITTERS: (B) R. Parker 2-1B; B. Frost 1B, R. (US) J. Halter 3B, 1B, 2-RBI; K. Holman 1B, 2-RBI; K. Francis 2R, 2-RBI; G. Frey 1B, 2-R, 2-RBI. &emsp;&emsp; CAREY 9 B. CENTRAL 3 CAREY— Carey picked up a conference victory over Buckeye Central as the Blue Devils used their eight walks and two hit-batters to key their 9-3 win. Andrew Plott had 3 RBIs, and Daniel Plott had an RBI. Both players hit two singles. Daniel Plott won the game on the mound, while striking out four. Isaac Hiler singled twice and drove in one run for the Bucks. Buckeye Central &emsp;&emsp;000&emsp;&emsp;102&emsp;&emsp;0 – 3 6 &emsp;&emsp;3 Carey 200&emsp;&emsp;070&emsp;&emsp;X – 9 6 &emsp;&emsp;2 WP –D. Plott (3-1). LP – Estridge. TOP HITTERS: (BC) I. Hiler 2-1B, RBI/. (CRY) A. Plott 2-1B, 3-RBIs; D. Plott 2-1B, RBI. LEIPSIC 10 MILLER CITY 7 MILLER CITY– Leipsic scored six runs over the final two innings and secured a 10-7 victory over PCL foe Miller City Tuesday. Tyler Lammers led the Vikings with a triple and a double. Tommy Offenbacher doubled, while Ethan Zeisloft ended with two singles. Brent Koenig and Ethan Barlage each had two singles to lead Miller City. Leipsic improved to 5-5, including 3-1 in the PCL with their victory. Leipsic 022 004 2–10-7-3 Miller City 105 010 0–7-9-4 WP– Schroeder. LP– Weis. TOP HITTERS: (LEIP) Lammers 3B, 2B; Offenbacher 2B; Zeisloft 2-1B. (MC) Koenig 2-1B, Barlage 2-1B. NEW RIEGEL 8 ARLINGTON 0 NEW RIEGEL– New Riegel had its motor running early, scoring three runs in the first, four in the second, and its final run in the third, as it decimated Arlington 8-0 Tuesday. Mathew Flores had two singles as New Riegel's top hitter. Pitcher Reese Goshe struck out seven batters, while allowing just three hits through five innings. Justin Rausch had two singles for the Red Devils. New Riegel 341 00x–8-8-1 Arlington 000 000–0-3-3 WP– Goshe. LP– Rausch. TOP HITTERS: (NRG) Flores 2-1B; Hohman 1B, RBI; Pahl 1B, RBI. (ARL) Rausch 2-1B; Griggs 1B. COL. GROVE 21 CONTINENTAL 2 CONTINENTAL– Columbus Grove, up 10-2 going into the top of the seventh, drove in 11 in the final inning to trounce Continental 21-2. Brenton Renner and Isaac Ricker each had three RBIs for the Bulldogs. Shep Halker had two singles and an RBI. Col. Grove 203 212 11–21-8-4 Columbus Grove 000 002 0–2-4-9 WP– Schroeder. LP– Sullivan. TOP HITTERS: (CG) Renner 1B, 3 RBI; Ricker 1B, 3 RBI; Halker 2-1B, RBI. (CONT) Heidenescher 1B; Neinberg 1B; Stegbauer RBI.