Redskins miss chances in loss to Riders
ST. MARYS — When chances come along, they can’t be wasted.
St. Marys was able to manufacture enough offense and use quality pitching to get a 5-2 win over rival Wapakoneta in Western Buckeye League baseball play on Tuesday at K.C. Geiger Park.
The Roughriders scored three runs in the third, then added some insurance in the later innings. Wapakoneta was able to get a big jolt early with a home run, but was held to one the rest of the way.
Ty Kiehl got the victory, pitching 5 2/3 innings. He allowed the two runs on four hits. He walked four and struck out four. Logan Hale completed the game with 1 1/3 innings of hitless ball, with one walk and two strikeouts.
Coach Adam Graves of St. Marys said Kiehl “did a great job holding them to two runs.” He noted that he did a good job of mixing fastballs and off speed
pitches.
“It was a good overall effort,” Graves said, “The guys didn’t get complacent.”
Dylan Trogdlon had a triple and two RBIS. Adam Tobin and Joey Caldwell each had an RBI as well. Andrew Ibrahim had two hits, while Braedan Trogdlon had a hit and two walks.
Wapakoneta skipper Jason Brandt said that “we left too many men on base. We had some opportunities.” He added that “we have to understand the game better and get everybody on the same page.”
Braedan Goulet pitched 4 2/3 for the Redskins, allowing four runs on six hits
and three walks. He struck out five. Ryan Camper pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief, giving up one run on a hit and two walks.
Landon Brandt had a solo home run in the third, and Cooper Talowsky had a double for the Redskins. Trevor Crow and Grant Bauer had the other hits.
Wapakoneta got runners on in its first at bat. Talowsky reached on an error. An infield fly by West put him on but eliminated Talowsky. Crow drew a walk, but St. Marys ended it with a force play at third.
The Roughriders were set down in order in their first chance at the plate.
Both pitchers worked quickly through the second, with a single by Aidan Eigenbrod making him the only one to reach base.
Brandt led off the third, and drove a 2-1 pitch from Kiehl over the fence in right to give the visitors the initial advantage. Talowsky and West would get walks with one out, but Kiehl got Crow looking and then a flyout.
Kiehl led off the bottom half by drawing a base on balls from his opposite number. Ibrahim bunted to the third-base side and beat it out for a hit. Braedan Trogdlon battled Goulet, fouling off several pitches before getting a walk to load the bases.
Tobin then popped a ball up, which was caught in foul ground behind first. Kiehl was able to tag up and score. The throw went sailing into the Riders dugout, and Ibrahim was given the next base, which made it 2-1.
to third on the relay throw.
A single by Lisi up the middle brought West across before a strikeout ended the inning.
Lininger and Wedding got hits to start the second, After a strikeout, Lininiger was tagged out trying to score, and a groundout ended the inning.
Watt reached on an error to start the bottom half. She took second on a sacrifice bunt from Jeanneret, then scored on a hit by Doseck.
Neither side scored in the third, with St. Marys leaving one on and Wapakoneta two.
The Riders were retired in order in the fourth. In the bottom half, hits by Doseck and Wilson put runners on second and third. A grounder back to Mcglothen got an out, but also allowed Doseck to score.
Schroeder grounded to second, and Wilson used that to make it 5-0 in favor of the Lady Skins.
Poppe and Hirschfeld each singled to lead off the fifth, putting runners on the corners with no outs. Poppe then scored on a wild pitch and Hirschfeld went to third at the same time.
Kiley Tennant hit a liner to second, and Hirschfeld was doubled off. St. Marys got a walk to Emma Birt and a single by Swiegart. Jeanneret then faced Mcglothen and retired her on a flyout to end the frame.
In the Redskins sixth, Wilder reached on an error, then a single by Schroeder and a walk to West loaded the bases.
Lisi reached on a bunt, with Wilder scoring, and the others moving up one base. Thompson’s grounder to third was the second out, but for the third time, an out produced a run for Wapakoneta, with Schroeder crossing the dish.
St. Marys then was retired in the seventh to end the contest.
Wapakoenta (2-0 WBL, 5-4) will travel to Van Wert on Friday, while St. Marys (1-2 WBL, 5-4 overall) will host Waynesfield-Goshen on Thursday.