Van Buren outlasts Riverdale in nine innings

VAN BUREN 6 RIVERDALE 5 VAN BUREN – Van Buren took a 5-2 lead into the seventh inning but needed a clutch run in the bottom of the ninth to outlast Riverdale, 6-5, in a BVC matchup on Wednesday. Blake Stutzman drove in four runs with two hits. Will Rampe (2-1B) and Finn Martin knocked in runs as well as Van Buren (3-4) ended a three-game losing streak. Canyn Schofield, the third of three Van Buren pitchers, earned the win with 2 2/3 innings of relief. Van Buren starter Brayden Gilts and relievers Matthew Puperi and Schofield gave up just three hits over nine innings. Tate Weber went a gutsy eight innings for Riverdale, allowing six runs on six hits and striking out five. Reydon Bishop's two singles accounted for two of the three hits by the Falcons (1-4, 0-2 BVC). Riverdale 001 001 300—5 3 2 Van Buren 100 202 001—6 7 2 WP—Schofield. LP—Weber. TOP HITTERS: (Riv) Bishop 2-1B. (VB) Rampe 2-1B, RBI: Martin 1B, RBI; Stutzman 2-1B, 4 RBI. RECORDS: Riverdale 1-4, 0-2 BVC; Van Buren 4-3, 1-0 BVC. L-BENTON 8 LIMA BATH 4 LIMA – Liberty-Benton raced to an 8-1 lead and held on in beating Lima Bath 8-4 for its third straight win. Kooper Leatherman earned the pitching win and had an RBI single for L-B, 4-2 overall. Connor Barbara and Zach Elchert led the offense with two hits each. Elijah Steed had three hits and Logan Markley and Jacob Lepley had two each for Bath (1-1). U. SANDUSKY 16 B. CENTRAL 6 UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky blew a close game wide open with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and run-ruled Buckeye Central 16-6 in Northern 10 Conference action. Sylar Jones had two singles, a double and drove in three Upper Sandusky runs. Josh Heilman and Toby Holman added two hits each for the Rams, 2-1 overall and 2-0 in N10 play. B. Central 311 10—6 6 5 U. Sandusky 403 7x—16 10 1 WP—Taylor. LP—Haffner. TOP HITTERS: (BC) Jarvis 2-1B; Fishpaw 2-1B. (US) Gottfried 2B, 2 RBI; Heilman 1B, 2B; Jones 2-1B, 2B, 2 RBI; Holman 1B, 2B, 2 RBI. ELMWOOD 33VANLUE 0VANLUE – Kason Hammer homered and drove in five runs in Elmwood's 33-0 BVC win over Vanlue.Adam Abke and Ryan Zeigler had three hits each for the Royals, 3-3 overall and 2-0 in the BVC. LEIPSIC 18ARCADIA 17ARCADIA – Leipsic's Mill Paniagua earned the win with 2-2/3 innings of relief and the Vikings edged Arcadia 18-17 in a BVC slugfest.Aaron Hazelton, Colin Niese and John Dewar had three hits for Leipsic (2-1, 2-0 BVC). Jayden Rickard, Colin Nusser and Lamarion Tucker all had a pair of hits for Arcadia (1-3, 0-2 BVC). P-GILBOA 11ARLINGTON 1PANDORA – Cory Gerten earned the pitching win in Pandora-Gilboa's 11-1 BVC win over Arlington. Grady Kempf doubled and drove in three runs for the Rockets (1-2, 1-1 BVC). MCCOMB 24ADA 1ADA – McComb brought out the heavy lumber in pounding Ada, 24-1.Luke Kern had four base hits and Grant Schaublin had a single, double and triple. It was McComb's (1-1, 1-0 BVC) first win and Ada's (3-1, 0-1 BVC) first loss of the season. CAREY 18BUCYRUS 2BUCYRUS – Carey's Landon Tarris had four hits, scored three runs and drove in four in the Blue Devils 18-2 Northern 10 romp over Bucyrus.Garrett Hall was the winning pitcher and helped his own cause, lining three hits and driving in two runs as Carey, 5-1 overall, climbed to 2-0 in the N10.