Area Baseball: Tigers Top Gilman

Grundy, Tri-County Each Win One, Lose One

The Princeton Tigers rode a tremendous outing from pitcher Mason Morris on Monday, picking up a 6-1 victory at home over the Gilman City Hawks.
Morris fired the full seven innings, allowing a lone run, which was unearned, on a single hit and one walk. Morris fanned 12 batters in the win.
Gilman got its only hit in the first inning when Brody Langfitt drove home Kaden Locker to stake the Hawks to a 1-0 lead. That would be all they got, however, as Morris hit his stride, closing the contest with six shutout innings.
Princeton’s big inning came in the third when the Tigers scored four of their six runs. The rally was highlighted by a home run from Landon Krohn. He finished the day 3-for-3 with the run and RBI created by the solo blast.
The Tigers also got two hits, one a double, a run and an RBI from Kelby Thomas. Kaleb Thomas had two hits and a run scored as well. Morris did not have a hit, but drove in two runs in the victory.
Gilman’s Locker allowed four runs on four hits and a walk, but struck out seven in three and one-third innings worked. Cameron Gregg threw the final two and two-thirds innings, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two.
Gilman City dropped to 2-2 overall with the loss. The Hawks were set to be at Meadville on Thursday and will play host to Pattonsburg on Monday. The first pitch in Gilman is scheduled for 5 p.m.
BRASHEAR 11
PRINCETON 8
The Tigers had the rug pulled out from under them on Tuesday. Princeton dug a 7-1 hole in the first two innings at Brashear, but battled back. The Tigers plated five runs to take a 13-11 lead in the top of the sixth inning when rain suspended the game.
On Wednesday, the state awarded Brashear an 11-8, five-inning victory due to the fact that the sixth inning was unable to be completed. The bizarre ruling gives Princeton its first loss of the season and drops the Tigers to 6-1 overall on the season.
Princeton was scheduled to host Putnam County in Grand River Conference action on Thursday and will be at the Putnam County Tournament in Unionville on Saturday.
TRI-COUNTY 13
HAMILTON 3
The Tri-County High School baseball team secured a 13-3 win on Monday night, defeating the visiting Hamilton Hornets at home in Jamesport.
Hamilton scored single tallies in each of the first three innings and the game was tied at 3-3 going into the bottom of the third. But after two Mustang runs, Tri-County had a lead they would not relinquish. Hamilton did not score again while the Mustangs added four in the fifth and four more in the bottom of the sixth to walk the game off an inning early by the 10-run rule.
Montee Hughes led the Mustangs at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored. Logan Malott had a hit, three RBIs and a run and Garrett Skinner had a hit, drove in three and scored twice. Oren Waterbury, Boston Bell, Will Johnson and Grayson Allen all had two runs scored in the win as the Mustangs plated a season-high 13 runs.
On the hill, Waterbury fired the first three innings, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk while striking out three. Keaton Norman threw the last three innings, allowing no runs, two hits and no walks while striking out four.
LATHROP 15
TRI-COUNTY 1
Lathrop posted five runs in each of the first three innings against Tri-County on Tuesday, leading to a 15-1 road loss for the Mustangs.
Tri-County had no hits in the loss, but Logan Malott reached on an error and was able to work his way around the bases to score a lone run for Tri-County in the second inning. That run kept the game from ending by the 15-run rule after three, but neither team scored in the fourth or fifth innings and the game was called by the 10-run rule after five.
Bell allowed 10 runs on six hits and six walks while striking out two in an inning and one-third. Skinner threw the final two and two-thirds innings, allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits and no walks while striking out one.
Tri-County moved to 2-2 overall on the season. The Mustangs were back in action on Thursday, traveling to Novinger and Tri-County is slated to be at East Harrison on Monday at 5 p.m.
GRUNDY COUNTY 9
SOUTHWEST 7
The Grundy County Panthers outlasted Southwest on Monday, winning 9-7 on the road in Ludlow.
Three runs in the fifth gave the Panthers the final lead in a game that saw three lead changes in a span of three innings.
Outside of the third and fourth innings where Southwest plated all seven of its runs, Panther pitchers Corbin Axtell and Aiden Rains were pretty solid, shutting the Wildcats out in the other five frames.
Axtell picked up the win, allowing three runs on one hit and eight walks while striking out nine in four and two-thirds innings. Rains allowed four runs, only one earned, on four hits and a walk while striking out four in two and one-third innings.
At the plate, Axtell had one hit, two RBIs and a run scored and Layden Fordyce had one hit, one RBI and two runs scored. Zack Cross had the only other hit for Grundy and Brett Otto walked twice and scored twice in the win.
GREEN CITY 4
GRUNDY COUNTY 0
Grundy couldn’t get anything going offensively on Friday, April 1, falling 4-0 on the road in Green City.
The Panthers mustered just two hits on the night, both coming off the bat of Axtell, who was 2-for-3.
Cross allowed three runs, one earned, on three hits and three walks while striking out three in five innings. Rains threw the sixth, giving up one run on a hit and a walk while striking out two.
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PUTNAM COUNTY
Grundy’s road game with Putnam County in Unionville on Tuesday was suspended in the third inning. Grundy trailed 7-0 at the time of the suspension, but the Panthers had the bases loaded with two outs in the top of the third when play was stopped.
Grundy, 2-1 overall on the season, will return to the diamond on Monday, playing host to Green City in Galt at 5 p.m.