Lincoln Cunningham drove in five runs — three on a home run — to lead Fredericktown to an 18-0 win in five innings at Mount Gilead on Monday, April 26; completing a season sweep in Knox Morrow Athletic Conference play.
Ty Hatfiled had three hits and scored three times for the Freddies, who used a 13-run second inning to create an insurmountable lead.
Hatfield (two innings), Xavier Mullins (two innings) and Luke Currier (one inning) combined for a one-hit shutout.
Hatfield went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs and two RBIs to lead host Fredericktown to a 15-4 win over Mount Gilead on Friday, April 26.
Trevor Jobes drove in five runs and Kaid Carpenter added three RBIs for the Freddies, who blew the game open with a 12-run third inning.
Zack Davidson had two hits and two RBIs to lead MG.
Caleb Sheriff doubled twice and drove in five runs to lead host Fredericktown to a 14-4 win in six innings over Johnstown in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday, April 26.
Evan Rine kept the Johnnies off balance, allowing one unearned run in a complete-game 11-1 win in six innings to close out the doubleheader sweep for the Freddies.
Mullins and Currier had two hits and two RBIs each, and Brady Lester had three hits and scored twice to lead Fredericktown in the nightcap.
Utica runs win streak to 8
Brock Pfister struck out seven in a three-hit shutout to lead Utica to a 7-0 win at Newark Catholic on Monday, April 26.
Tanner Parsons hit an RBI single, Collin McCullough worked a bases-loaded walk and Roman Gamble added a sacrifice fly to stake Utica to a 3-0 lead after one inning. Pfister took over from there.
Josh Dillon drove in three runs and Hunter Billman added two RBIs to lead Utica to an 11-1 win in five innings over Coshocton in non-league play on Saturday, April 24, at American Legion Post 92 Field.
Dillon and Billman had two hits each for Utica. Dillon also scored twice, and Mason Grant allowed one unearned run over five innings to get the win.
Parsons and McCullough each went 4-for-4 to lead Utica to a 14-0 win in five innings at Northridge in LCL play on Friday, April 26, in Johnstown.
Parsons drove in three runs, and McCullough scored twice and drove in two as all nine batters got a hit for Utica.
Bulldogs take two of three
East Knox rallied from a 4-0 early deficit to win 7-4 in a KMAC contest at Cardington on Monday, April 26.
Ryan Morton’s sacrifice fly in the third inning scored Sam Printz, giving the Bulldogs the lead for good.
Printz had three hits and scored twice, and Bryar Householder settled down after a rocky first inning to toss a complete game and pick up the win.
Printz struck out five batters over six scoreless innings to lead the Bulldogs to a 7-1 victory at West Muskingum in non-league action on Saturday, April 24, in Zanesville.
Householder, Peyton Lester and Weston Melick each had two hits, a run and an RBI to lead East Knox, which scored two runs in the first inning and cruised from there.
Melick doubled twice and drove in two runs, but host East Knox couldn’t keep up with Jeromesville Hillsdale in an 8-3 non-league loss on Friday, April 23, in Howard.
Nick Candel had three RBIs and Ty Williams went 4-for-4 with three runs to lead the Falcons.
Knights earn season sweep of Devils
Max Lower, Andrew Armrose and Garrett Corwin each drove in three runs to lead Northmor to a 21-5 win over Danville and finish off a season sweep in KMAC play on Monday, April 26, in Galion.
Armrose had three hits and scored twice; Lower had a hit, two walks and scored four times; and Corwin hit a home run to lead the Golden Knights, who scored nine runs in the fourth inning and added seven more in the seventh.
Gavyn Lepley had two hits and Preston Brady drove in a pair of runs to lead the Blue Devils.
Grant Bentley struck out six batters in a two-hit shutout to lead Northmor to a 10-0 win over Danville in the opener on Friday, April 23, in Galion.
Corwin provided the big blow at the plate with a two-run single as part of a six-run third inning for the Knights.
