Lammers, Leipsic level Ottoville

LEIPSIC 11OTTOVILLE 1LEIPSIC – Leipsic scored in every inning and all of those little rallies added up to an 11-1 Putnam County League win over Ottoville on Tuesday.Ty Lammers, a senior right-hander who no-hit Vanlue a week earlier, turned in another strong effort for the Vikings, allowing just three hits and one run in the five-inning game. Lammers struck out three and also lined an RBI single.Senior second baseman Nick Schroeder was 4-for-4 in the lead-off spot with two singles, two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored. John Dewar and Colin Niese had two hits each and Aaron Hazelton had a two-run double as the Vikings (9-3, 2-0 PCL) remained tied with Kalida for first place in the PCL standings.Ottoville 000 10—1 3 3Leipsic 312 32—11 11 3WP—Lammers. LP—Saxton. TOP HITTERS: (Ott) Hohlbein 1B, RBI. (Leip) Schroeder 2-1B, 2-2B, 3 RBI; Lammers 1B, RBI; Dewar 2-1B, RBI; Niese 2-1B, 2 RBI; Hazelton 2B, 2 RBI. N. BALTIMORE 8RIDGEDALE 1N. BALTIMORE -- Zander Ferdinandsen was at the top of his game Tuesday against Ridgdale.The North Baltimore starting pitcher hurled a complete game one-hitter, striking out 13 hitters as the Tigers beat the Rockets 8-1. Ferdinanden took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but Ridgedale's Ayden Salyer broke it up with a single up the middle.North Baltimore's Cooper Clark had three singles for the Tigees, while Noah Laureano drove in three runs. The Tigers improved to 4-3, 3-0 in the NWCC. North Baltimore will host Leipsic Thursday. Ridgedale 000 001 0 -- 1 1 4North Baltimore 201 311 X --- 8 6 1WP -- Z. Ferdinandsen (1-3). LP -- Gabe Malo. TOP HITTER (R) Ayden Salyer 1B. (NB) Cooper Clark 3-1B. Noah Laureano 3-RBI. T. CALVERT 4L-BENTON 2TIFFIN – Tiffin Calvert's Connor Moyer blasted a pair off home run in powering the Senecas to a 4-2 win over Liberty-Benton in a matchup of state-ranked teams on Tuesday.Moyer knocked in three runs with his two taters. Charlie Palm (1B, 2B) and Blake Colman (2-1B) also had two hits for Calvert, 10-2 and ranked No. 7 in Division VII.Liberty-Benton, ranked tenth in Division V, fell to 7-3. Reid Irwin and Landen Stansbery both had two hits for the Eagles.L-Benton 000 011 0—2 7 1Calvert 003 001 x—4 6 1WP—Lee. LP—S. Elchert. TOP HITTERS: (L-B) Irwin 2-1B, RBI; S. Elchert 1B, RBI; Stansbery 2-1B; Schworm 2B. (TC) Palm 1B, 2B; Moyer 2-HR, 3 RBI; Colman 2-1B. VAN BUREN 12LAKOTA 2KANSAS – Van Buren doubled its score with a three-run fourth inning, then doubled it again with a six-run fifth in beating Lakota 12-2 on Tuesday.James Patton had two singles and a triple, Will Rampe had three base hits, Brock Daniel doubled and tripled and all three drove in two runs to lead Van Buren's 14-hit attack. Grady Mason (2-1B) and Alex Homan (1B, 2B) had two hits and scored twice and Brady Lance and Finn Martin had RBI hits as the Black Knights, ranked No. 12 among Ohio's Division VI teams, improved to 12-1.Mason and Daniel combined on a four-hitter with seven total strikeouts. Jack Widman's two-run double was one of the four hits for Lakota (4-5).Van Buren 300 36—12 14 0Lakota 200 00—2 4 2WP—Mason. LP—Kern. TOP HITTERS: (VB) Rampe 3-1b, 2 RBI; Lance 2B, RBI; Mason 2-1B; Daniel 2B, 3B, 2 RBI; Patton 2-1B, 2B, 2 RBI; Martin 1B, RBI; Homan 1B, 2B, RBI. (Lak) Widman 2B, 2 RBI. U. SANDUSKY 5SENECA EAST 1UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning and another strong pitching performance by Josh Heilman made that stand up in the Rams 5-1 Northern 10 Conference win over Seneca East.Heilman, 4-1 with a 2.80 ERA, went the distance, giving up one run on five hits and striking out seven. He also had an RBI single as Upper (7-2, 5-1 N10) remained tied with Mohawk (11-2, 5-1) atop the N10 standings.Seneca East 001 000 0—1 5 2U. Sandusky 004 010 x—5 7 2WP—Jo. Heilman. (LP—Bloom. TOP HITTERS: (US) Gottfried 2-1B, 2 RBI; Jo. Heilman 1B, RBI; Gibson 1B, RBI. H. NORTHERN 12RIDGEMONT 2DOLA – Xander Wilson was the winning pitcher and drove in three runs in leading Hardin Northern to a 12-2 Northwest Central Conference win over Ridgemont.Kaden Guinn (2-1B, 2B) had three hits, Dylan Bacon had a pair of doubles and Kruz Curtis had two singles. Wyatt Pore doubled in a run and Mason Stewart had a two-run single for the Polar Bears (10-2, 4-1 NWCC), who stayed just a game back of Upper Scioto Valley (4-0), Elgin (3-0) and North Baltimore (2-0) in the league standings. FT. JENNINGS 4COL. GROVE 2COLUMBUS GROVE – Two-run rallies in the third and fourth innings helped earn Fort Jennings a 4-2 win over Columbus Grove in a game that cost the Bulldogs a share of first place in the Putnam County League baseball standings.Owen Calvelage (4 innings) and Jarron Swick (3) combined on a two-hitter with eight total strikeouts. Swick and Evan Ellerbrock had two hits and an RBI each for the Musketeers (6-4, 1-1 PCL).Caleb Davis had an RBI single for Grove (8-4, 1-1 PCL).Ft. Jennings 002 200 0—4 6 2Col. Grove 100 001 0-2 2 1WP—Calvelage. LP—Basinger. TOP HITTERS: (FJ) Dube 1B, RBI; Swick 2-1B, RBI; Ellerbrock 2-B, RBI. (CG) Davis 1B, RBI.