BASCOM - Oak Harbor had to feel pretty good about itself going to the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday.
The Rockets had rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the top of the inning, scoring three runs off unbeaten Eric Tanner to take a 5-4 edge.
All that remained to secure the comeback victory was three outs.
But Hopewell-Loudon had a comeback of its own.
Tyler Tyree hit a two-run single, sending the Chieftains (13-1) home with a walk-off, 6-5 win over Oak Harbor.
Tyree scored a run and had a pair of hits in the game. Alex Ratchen had two hits and two RBIs, while Tanner scored, doubled and drove in a run.
Fact Box
| Hopewell-Loudon 6, | |||
| Oak Harbor 5 | |||
| Oak Harbor (9-5): Cecil 4-2-3-0; B. Mallarnee 4-1-1-1; J. Mallarnee 4-1-1-2; Bryant 4-0-0-0; Grotz 4-0-0-0; Galway 3-0-0-0; Fischer 3-0-2-0; Lacer 3-0-0-0; Graber 1-0-0-0; Bores 1-0-0-0; Seggrard 1-1-1-0. Totals: 30-5-9-4. | |||
| Hopewell-Loudon (13-1): Austin Harrison 4-0-1-0; Logan Sendelbach 4-2-3-1; Tyler Tyree 4-1-2-2; Alex Ratchen 4-1-2-2; Austin Kihn 3-0-0-0; Eric Depinet 3-0-0-0; Eric Tanner 2-1-1-1; Logan Kirby 3-1-1-0; Jordan Reinhart 3-0-1-0. Totals: 30-6-11-6. | |||
| Oak Harbor | 200 000 3 — 5 | ||
| Hopewell-Loudon 102 010 2 — 6 | |||
| WP — Tanner (4-0). LP — NA. | |||
| 3B — Cecil (OH). | |||
| 2B — Seggrard (OH); Sendelbach, Tanner (H-L). | |||
| Norwalk 10, Columbian 4 | |||
| Norwalk (14-1, 4-1): Isaac Perry 4-2-2-1; Nick Davis 4-2-2-2; Dustin Lieber 5-0-2-1; Evan Bader 4-1-2-0; Michael Finch 5-0-0-0; Brandon Malson 3-1-1-1; Tyson Putnam 1-0-0-0; Ethan Rhodes 3-1-2-0; Collin Souter 4-1-1-0; Trey Hallock 0-1-0-0; Cam Wrabel 1-1-0-2; Aaron Ritchie 0-0-0-0. Totals: 35-10-12-7. | |||
| Columbian (7-3, 4-1): Jonah Boyer 3-2-1-0; Nick Loura 4-0-3-0; Tyler Fuhrer 4-1-1-2; Carter Mullins 3-0-0-1; Michael Rohrbach 3-0-1-0; Bryce Lonsway 0-1-0-0; Bradley Craig 1-0-0-0; Logan Tracy 3-0-1-0; Daniel Wood 3-0-1-1; Derec Blodgett 3-0-0-0; Vince Anway 2-0-0-0; Nate Hoyda 0-0-0-0. Totals: 27-4-8-4. | |||
| Norwalk | 020 | 420 | 2 — 10 |
| Columbian | 201 | 001 | 0 — 4 |
| WP — Bader. LP — Fuhrer. | |||
| HR — Fuhrer (TC) | |||
| 2B — Rohrbach (TC), Davis (N) | |||
| New Riegel 11. Arcadia 9 | |||
| New Riegel (6-4): Andrew Hohman 5-1-2-0; Blaine Hughes 2-2-0-1; Brady Hall 3-2-1-3; Brandyn Reinhart 5-1-2-1; Josh Nye 4-2-2-2; Jake Dryfuse 3-1-2-1; Aaron Reinhart 4-0-2-1; Jared Coleman 3-1-1-1; Cody Kinn 1-0-0-0; Aaron Acree 4-1-1-0. Totals 34-11-13-11. | |||
| Arcadia (5-8): Luke Huntley 4-4-1-0; Loren Huntley 4-1-0-0; Casey Mock 5-2-4-0; Trevor Colman 3-1-1-2; Johnson Baird 5-1-2-0; Hayden Ramsey 3-0-1-1; Grant Baker 3-0-0-1; Clay Moyer 4-0-0-0; Garrett Schling 3-0-0-0. Totals 34-9-9-4. | |||
| New Riegel | 400 | 160 | 0 — 11 |
| Arcadia | 014 | 102 | 1 — 9 |
| WP: Hall (3-0); LP: Baker. | |||
| 2B: Baird (A) 2; Hall (NR); B. Reinhart (NR); Nye (NR) |
Tanner improved to 4-1 with the win, going all seven innings and allowing four earned runs. He struck out three and walked two.
Oak Harbor dropped to 9-5.
New Riegel wins see-saw affair
ARCADIA - New Riegel jumped out a big lead in the first, lost it then blasted past Arcadia in the fifth to pick up a thrilling 11-9 victory Tuesday.
The Blue Jackets (6-4) scored four in the first, with Josh Nye driving in two with a double, and Jake Dryfuse following with an RBI single. Nye came into score on an error to make it 4-0 early.
While the New Riegel bats were silent, the Redskins (5-8) woke up with a run in the second, four in the third and another in the fourth to take 6-5 lead.
But the Blue Jackets batted around in the fifth. Aaron Reinhart and Jared Coleman each had RBI singles and Brady Hall cleared the bases with a three-run double. Brandyn Reinhart followed with an RBI double to top off the scoring.
Arcadia scored two in the sixth and one in the seventh, leaving the bases loaded when Nye picked up the final out.
Hall (3-0) picked up the victory with five and two-thirds innings of work, striking out three and walking three.
Grant Baker took the loss for Arcadia, giving up all the runs in the fifth, his only inning of work.
