Northmor wins baseball game by football score, 14-7, over Pirates
In action on thee diamonds, a pitchers’ duel turned into an offensive display with 19 runs scored in the final two innings, as Northmor toppled Cardington-Lincoln by a football score of 14-7 on March 4.
The Golden Knights broke open a 2-2 game with an outburst of seven runs in the top of the sixth. The Pirates answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning, and the game entered the seventh 9-7 in favor of Northmor, The Golden Knights put the game out of reach with a five-spot in the seventh to win by seven.
Northmor outhit Cardington-Lincoln 11-10, with eight Knights reaching base on hits. Max Lower led Northmor with three hits, and Andrew Armose got two and drove in four runs. Grant Bentley also had four RBIs for the Knights. Six Pirates got hits, with Joe Denney, Nate Hickman, Wyatt Wade and Ed Huffman each connecting for two. Hickman and Wade each drove in two runs. Drew Hammond earned the win on the mound for Northmor, striking out nine and allowing only two runs – one earned – in five innings.
East Knox scores late to tie, takes Centerburg in extras, 10-6
Centerburg struck early, taking a 4-0 lead with four runs in the second. Down 5-0 after five, the Bulldogs struck for five runs to tie it in the fifth on a handful of hits, a walk and a Trojan error.
Landon Spearman singled in a run to give EK the ninth-inning lead. The Bulldogs outhit the Trojans 12-8, led by Shane Knepp, Peyton Lester and Spearman with two hits each of the nine Bulldogs with hits. Knepp drove in four runs and bashed a double, and Lester scored three times. Dakota Baer bombed a triple and a single, and Jarred Rings had a pair of singles for Centerburg.
Bryar Householder pitched seven innings to garner the win on the mound. He allowed six runs – only one earned run – and struck out seven for EK.
Blue Devils-Golden Knights game suspended after two
The April 6 game between Northmor and Danville was suspended after two innings, but there was plenty of action in the two frames played. Northmor was held scoreless in the first, but Danville pushed across a run without the benefit of a hit. After a one-out walk to Dustin Beckett, he stole second, and with two outs and Beckett at third, after advancing on a ground out, he scored on a passed ball. Levi Lyons was hit by a pitch and was left on base to end the inning.
In the second, the Golden Knights put five runs on the board. A one-out single by Cooper Thomas and a walk to Drew Hammond after Thomas advanced on a passed ball put runners at first and second. They each moved up a base after a ground out, and after a walk to Trenton Ramos loaded the bases, Northmor scored when Lower was hit by a pitch. Griffin Workman singled and Jack Sears scored (he had reached base on a fielder’s choice). An infield single by Grant Bentley reloaded the bases, and Andrew Armose drove in two runs with a double to left to give Nortmor a 5-1 lead.
The game was suspended with Thomas at bat for Northmor in the third.
