North Baltimore scores 14 runs in first, downs Hornets

N. BALTIMORE 21CORY-RAWSON 11NORTH BALTIMORE – North Baltimore scored 14 runs in the bottom of the first inning, then played Cory-Rawson even-up the rest of the way in a 21-11 Northwest Central Conference win over the Hornets.Peyton Coykendall had two singles, a double and drove in four runs for North Baltimore. Avery Benedict had three hits and scored three runs, and Allen Lennard knocked in five runs with a pair of base hits.Coykendall's double was North Baltimore's only extra-base hit. But the Tigers capitalized on 19 walks and six Cory-Rawson errors in scoring 12 unearned runs, winning for the fourth time in five games and improving to 5-4 overall.Cory-Rawson had several extra-base hits. Hazel Dixon and Addison Inbody both homered and Ella Bonnett and Willow Hailey tripled for the Hornets (0-2), who broke loose for seven runs in the top of the fifth inning.C-Rawson 102 170—11 12 6N. Baltimore (14)21 301—21 11 4WP—Lennard. LP—Hamilton. TOP HITTERS: (C-R) Dixon 1B, HR, 2 RBI; Inbody 1B, HR, 2 RBI; Bonnett 3B, RBI; Hailey 1B, 3B, 2 RBI. (NB) Trout 1B, RBI; Coykendall 2-1B, 2B, 4 RBI; Zeigler 1B, RBI; Benedict 3-1B; Lennard 2-1B, 5 RBI.RECORDS: Cory-Rawson 0-2; North Baltimore 5-4. L-BENTON 10COLUMBIAN 0FINDLAY – Megan Gerken pitched a two-hit shutout and Liberty-Benton overcame a slow start with a big finish in Tuesday's 10-0 softball win over Tiffin Columbian.Gerken struck out seven in what for three innings was a pitching duel with Columbian's Maizie Mellott. L-B broke a scoreless stalemate with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, then run-ruled the Tornadoes with seven runs in the fifth.Sophie McDaniel had two doubles, Carly Schwab had one and both drove in two runs for L-B (4-4). Kylie Modd also had two hits for the Eagles, who host Carey in a nonleague game on Thursday.Gabriella Conley had a double for Tiffin Columbian (0-4).Columbian 000 00—0 2 0L-Benton 000 37—10 9 0WP—Gerken. LP—Mellott. TOP HITTERS: (TC) Conley 2B. (L-B) McDaniel 2-2B, 2 RBI; Schwab 2B, 2 RBI; Modd 2-1B; Erdeljac 1B, RBI; Shaw 1B, RBI. CAREY 3BUCYRUS 2CAREY – Carey pushed across the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth inning and Blue Devils' ace Tylinn Stoll shut down Bucyrus the rest of the way in Tuesday's 3-2 Northern 10 Conference win over the Redmen.Tylinn gave up six hits, two runs and struck out nine in a complete-game victory. Autumn Bouillon doubled, Ashley Homan had an RBI single and Bayah Haranje walked twice and scored twice as Carey (4-3) evened its N10 record at 1-1.Haylee Stratton had a pair of base hits for Bucyrus (1-4, 0-1 N10).Bucyrus 002 000 0—2 6 1Carey 101 010 x—3 4 3WP—Stoll. LP—Fackler. TOP HITTERS: (Buc) Stratton 2-1B. (Car) Bouillon 2B; Hohman 1B, RBI.RECORDS: Bucyrus 1-4, 0-1 N10; Carey 4-3, 1-1 N10. U. SANDUSKY 15B. CENTRAL 4NEW WASHINGTON – Upper Sandusky's top five batters pounded out seven doubles, were a combined 13-for-21, scored 11 runs and drove in 12 in the Rams 15-4 Northern 10 Conference win over Buckeye Central.Madison Wengerd in the lead-off spot and No. 3 hitter Madison Hart both had a single and two doubles, with Hart driving in three runs. No. 2 batter Addy Johnson (2-1B, 2B, 3 RBI) also had three hits, with clean-up hitter Ava Saull (1B, 2B, 3 RBI) and Adilyn Hessey (1B, 2B, RBI), hitting fifth, adding two hits each.Ella Frombaugh gave up just three hits and struck out eight over six innings. That kept her pitching record unbeaten at 3-0 while also keeping Upper (5-1, 2-0 N10) tied for first in the league standings.U. Sandusky 135 303—15 15 4B. Central 210 010—4 3 2WP—Frombaugh (3-0). LP—Jury. TOP HITTERS: (US) Wengerd 1B, 2-2B, RBI; Johnson 2-1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Hart 1B, 2-2B, 3 RBI; Saull 1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Hessey 1B, 2B, RBI; Frombaugh 1B, 2 RBI. (BC) Jury 1B, 2B.RECORDS: Upper Sandusky 5-1, 2-0 N10; Buckeye Central 1-2, 0-1 N10. MCCOMB 23NORTHWOOD 8NORTHWOOD – McComb scored 11 runs in the first inning, gave up eight in the second, then rallied with a pair of six-run innings to beat Northwood 23-8 in a slugfest on Tuesday,Alyvia Shaheen (3-1B, 2B) pounded out four hits and Peyton Dingledine (3-1B, 2B, 3 RBI), Brooke Koenig (2-1B, 2B, RBI) and Madison Brown (2-1B, 2B, 3 RBI) lashed out three each.Caroline Bryan drove in four runs with a pair of doubles for the Panthers (3-1). SPENCERVILLE 6ARLINGTON 0ARLINGTON – Spencerville ace Alexis Post pitched a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in the Bearcats 6-0 softball win over the Red Devils.Post and Arlington's Mireya Velazquez were locked in a scoreless pitchers' duel until Spencerville pushed across two runs in the fifth inning. The Bearcats, who got two hits each from Haley Hittle (2-1B, RBI), Elise Litsey (1B, 2B, 2 RBI) and Jenna Wannemacher (2-1B) then added another four runs in the sixth.Gracie Shultz had a double for Arlington (0-4), which travels to Pandora-Gilboa today for a BVC matchup.Spencerville 000 024 0—6 8 0Arlington 000 000 0—0 3 4WP—Post. LP—Velazquez. TOP HITTERS: (Spe) Hittle 2-1B, RBI; Litsey 1B, 2B, 2 RBI; Wannemacher 2-1B.RECORDS: Spencerville 1-2; Arlington 0-4.