Van Buren notches pair of shutouts

VAN BUREN 7BELLEVUE 0BELLEVUE, Ky. – Van Buren got two games of outstanding pitching and more than enough offense to come away with two wins over Kentucky teams during its spring trip south.In Saturday's first game, Grady Mason and Brock Daniel combined on a two-hit shutout in Van Buren's 7-0 win over Bellevue, Ky. Mason struck out 11 in his six inning stint; Daniel struck out two in an inning of relief.Will Rampe doubled in two runs, Brady Lance (1B, 2B) had two hits and Mason helped his own cause with a pair of doubles, driving in a run.Van Buren followed its game one victory with an 8-0 win over Nicholas County, Ky. Cale Henry (5 innings), Cohen Stevens (1 inning) and Daniel (1 inning) surrendered just one hit in the win. Daniel had three base hits, and Rampe (2-1B, RBI), James Patton (2-1B) and Diego Rivera added two each.GAME 1Van Buren 032 011 0—7 7 1Bellevue 000 000 0—0 2 3WP—Mason. LP—Berning. TOP HITTERS: (VB) Rampe 2B, 2 RBI; Lance 1B, 2B; Mason 2-2B, RBI; Daniel 1B, RBI; Rivera 1B, RBI.GAME 2Ni. County 000 000 0—0 1 0Van Buren 110 123 x—8 14 1WP—Henry. LP—Linville. TOP HITTERS: (VB) Rampe 2-1B, RBI; Mason 1B, RBI; Daniel 3-1B, RBI; Patton 2-1B; Martin 1B, 2 RBI; Rivera 2-1B, 2 RBI. U. SANDUSKY 2LIMA BATH 1LIMA – Justin and Josh Heilman combined for three of Upper Sandusky's four hits and teamed up for the pitching win as well in the Rams' 2-1 baseball victory over Lima Bath.Justin Heilman had two singles and scored a run for Upper. Josh Heilman added an RBI single.Josh Heilman pitched the first four innings to earn the win, with Justin Heilman throwing the final three innings for the save.Lima Bath pitcher Logan Markley allowed just four hits and struck out 12 in the loss.U. Sandusky 100 100 0—2 4 0Lima Bath 100 000 0—1 4 1WP—Jo. Heilman. LP—Markley. TOP HITTERS: (US) Ju. Heilman 2-1B; Jo. Heilman 1B, RBI. ELIDA 11LEIPSIC 0LEIPSIC – Elida ace Ryan McGue, a 6-foot-5 senior right-hander, pitched a five-inning no-hitter and struck out 12 of the 18 batters he faced in the Bulldogs' 11-0 win over Leipsic.McGue also did plenty of damage at the plate with three hits, including as pair of RBI doubles.Elida 102 26—11 9 0Leipsic 000 00—0 0 2WP—McGue. LP—Dewar. TOP HITTERS: (Eli) Graham 1B, RBI; McGue 1B, 2-2B, 2 RBI; Daugherty 1B, 2 RBI; Adcock 2B, 2 RBI; Miley 2B, 2 RBI. BLUFFTON 16-23P-GILBOA 6-0BLUFFTON – Something about the second inning certainly agreed with Bluffton's baseball team on Saturday.Bluffton scored nine times in the second inning of the first game, and had a 15-run second-inning rally in the nightcap. Those big rallies, coupled with some solid pitching and sound defense, earned the Pirates two lopsided wins over Pandora-Gilboa, 16-6 in the opener and 23-0 in the second game.Jake Weaver and Luke Jebsen laced three hits each, Keaton Howbert had two and all three players scored two runs in the opener. Robby Taylor, the third of three Bluffton pitchers, earned the win.Landen Worcester powered the Pirates in game two, smashing two doubles, a single and driving in six runs.Grady Kempf had three hits and drove in three runs and Tanner Bott had a two-run single for P-G in the firt game.GAME 1P-Gilboa 131 01—6 5 5Bluffton 095 02—16 10 3WP—Taylor. LP—Leatherman. TOP HITTERS: (P-G) Kempf 3-1B, 3 RBI; Bott 1B, 2 RBI. (Blu) Weaver 3-1B, RBI; Jebsen 3-1B; Howbert 2-1B, 2 RBI; Anderson 1B, 2 RBI. GAME 2P-Gilboa 000 00—0 1 3Bluffton 1(15)0 7x—23 10 2TOP HITTERS: (Blu) Worcester 2-2B, 1B, 6 RBI. ARCADIA 14BUCYRUS 0ARCADIA – Arcadia got its season – and Tim Saltzman's start as Redskins' as head coach – off to a flying start on Saturday, scoring 11 runs in the first inning and rolling to a 14-0 win over Bucyrus.Isaac Stoner started and got the pitching win, striking out six in his three innings on the mound. Stoner and Arcadia's relievers held Bucyrus to a single base hit.Nolan Martinez drove in three runs with a single and a double. Colin Nusser (1B, 3B), Blayne Colman (2-1B) and Aiden Lynch (2-1B) all drove in two runs.Bucyrus 000 00—0 1 3Arcadia (11)02 1x—14 11 2WP—Stoner. LP—Wade. TOP HITTERS: (Arc) Stoner 1B, 2 RBI; Nusser 1B, 3B, 2 RBI; Colman 2-1B, 2 RBI; Lynch 2-1B; Tucker 1B, 2 RBI; Martinez 1B, 2B, 3 RBI. H. NORTHERN 13RIVERDALE 2DOLA – Two big innings and some strong pitching by Xander Wilson powered Hardin Northern to a 13-2 win over Riverdale.Wilson went all five innings in the run-rule game, allowing two runs on five hits. He also delivered at the plate with a pair of singles.Nolan Hopson (2-2B) and Kaden Guinn (1B, 2B) drove in two runs each for Hardin Northern, which scored all of its runs during an 8-0 burst in the first inning and a 5-0 run in the fourth.Evan Reiter doubled twice and Justin Gonzales and Grady Phelps had RBI singles for Riverdale.Riverdale 011 00—2 5 3H. Northern 800 5x—13 12 1WP—Wilson. LP—Reed. TOP HITTERS: (Riv) Reiter 2-2B; Gonzales 2B, RBI; Phelps 2B, RBI. (HN) Hopson 2-2B, RBI; Wilson 2-1B, RBI; Guinn 1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Bacon 2-12B, RBI; Curris 2-1B, RBI; Pore 1B, 3 RBI. H-LOUDON 4CAREY 3BASCOM – Hopewell-Loudon scored all of its runs in the bottom of the first inning and held on the rest of the way in beating Carey 4-3.Cohen Sendelbach doubled in a run and Thomas Daniel (2 RBI) and Matthew Wyman had RBI singles in Hopewell-Loudon's first at-bat. AJ Wynkoop singled in two runs and Kasen Sherman had two hits for Carey.