BASEBALL: Flyers, Big Red remain unbeaten in FC

OLIVESBURG — The St. Paul baseball game scored three quick runs and led from start to finish in Tuesday's 5-3 Firelands Conference win over host Crestview. With the win, the Flyers improved to 7-3 overall and 3-0 in the FC, which is tied for Plymouth atop the early standings. "It was nice to escape Crestview with a victory," St. Paul coach Aaron Fries said. "Scotty (Adelman) was outstanding on the mound. His performance was even better than his numbers show." Adelman went 6 2/3 innings, striking out 11 with two walks. He allowed three unearned runs on five hits. "In the late innings, we just lost confidence defensively and made Scotty work really hard to get us over the top," Fries said. "Great pitching can cover up a lot of mistakes, and that is what happened tonight." Adelman singled to lead off the game and scored three pitches later on an RBI single by Luke Blum for a 1-0 lead. With two outs in the top of the second, Drew Kuhnle and Adam Baker hit back-to-back singles, and Adelman followed with a two-run double for a 2-0 lead. Adelman scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning, then Kaden Maxwell scored on an RBI groundout by Jaycob Stanley in the fifth for a 5-0 lead. The Cougars scored twice in the bottom of the sixth, and had the tying run at the plate with two outs in the seventh. Fries then summoned Blum to record the final out, which he did on a five-pitch at-bat. The two teams are scheduled to play again on Wednesday in Norwalk. "We ran ourselves out of some potential big innings offensively, and defensively we made routine plays look difficult in the sixth and seventh innings," Fries said. "At the end of the day, we achieved our goal while not playing our best, and that is a good thing." St. Paul 120 110 0 — 5 8 4 Crestview 000 002 1 — 3 5 4 WP: Adelman; LP: Ringler 2B: (SP) Adelman Plymouth 7, W. Reserve 5 PLYMOUTH — The Big Red scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to slip past visiting Western Reserve and stay in a tie for first place in the FC on Tuesday. The Big Red (4-4, 3-0) led 5-4 through four innings, only to see the Roughriders score a run in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Kaden Boswell to tie the game. In the bottom of the sixth, Camden Welch walked and Trace McVeigh singled for Plymouth. Ethan Gillum then grounded out to score Welch, and Clayton Miller added a two-out, RBI single to plate McVey for the 7-5 lead. Boswell finished 3 for 4 with two doubles and an RBI for the 'Riders (1-10, 1-2). Logan Wiegel was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, while Chris Buchanan was 2 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs. W. Reserve 031 010 0 — 5 10 0 Plymouth 111 202 x — 7 9 1 WP: Miller; LP: Jarrett 2B: (WR) Boswell 2, Wiegel; (P) Welch, L. Hamman; HR: (WR) Buchanan Mapleton 12, So. Central 11 ORANGE TWP. — The Trojans suffered their first FC loss as the Mounties rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth on Tuesday at Mapleton High School. South Central (4-6, 2-1) trailed 9-4 through three innings, but scored six runs in the sixth and seventh innings to tie the game at 10. Karl Ferber was 3 for 4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs for the Trojans. He also pitched all 7 2/3 innings, allowing 12 runs (six earned) on 14 hits with six strikeouts and seven walks. Also for the Trojans, Sam Seidel was 2 for 2 with a double, a home run, one RBI and four runs scored. He also walked three times. David Lamoreaux was 3 for 5 with a double and scored twice. S. Central 211 002 41 — 11 11 5 Mapleton 621 001 02 — 12 14 7 WP: Vermilya; LP: Ferber 2B: (SC) Ferber, Lamoreaux, Seidel; (M) Ramey, Cline, Miller; 3B: (SC) Ferber; HR: (SC) Seidel Margaretta 3, Willard 2 CASTALIA — Willard was unable to overcome an early 3-0 deficit in Tuesday's SBC Bay Division loss at host Margaretta on Tuesday. Willard (1-8, 0-3) got three singles from Isaac Robinson, Jake Cok and Cooper Wiers. Wiers drove in a run, with Cok and Carson Cinniger scoring for the Crimson Flashes. Dylan Thompson went the first four innings for Willard, allowing three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and two walks. Ethan Rodriguez pitched the final two scoreless innings with one hit and a strikeout. Willard 000 020 0 — 2 3 0 Margaretta 003 000 x — 3 8 0 WP: Polomo; LP: Thompson 2B: (M) Moore