PERRY TOWNSHIP –Bad weather and an extended tournament run by its boys basketball team delayed the start of Perry’s baseball season until Monday night.
It was well worth the wait for the Commodores when they bested visiting Ottoville 6-1 in game that was shortened to 5 1/2 innings when a steady rain made the field unplayable.
“We were able to squeeze a game in.” Perry coach Mark Hoersten said. “It was the first time we were able to play somebody else.”
Perry started right hander Austin Money on the mound and limited him to 29 pitches, which allowed him to get through 1 1/3 innings before being relieved by left-hander Logan Liles, who would go on to record the win for the Commodores.
The new Ohio High School Athletic Association rule that limits the number of pitches a player can throw came into play as Hoersten plans to use Money in a league game today. The OHSAA rule states that if a player throws more than 30 pitches in a game he cannot throw the next day.
Ottoville starter Nick Moorman allowed only one runner through the first three innings and struck out the side in both the first and third innings.
But then the drizzle came and Moorman ran into problems in the bottom of the fourth inning. Two walks, an error, and two singles off the bats of Money and Louie Hoersten allowed the Commodores to plate four runs and take solid control of the game.
Liles, meanwhile, was solid in relief and sailed through the fourth and fifth innings after he escaped a bases loaded jam in the third inning. Liles recorded six strikeouts in the contest.
Perry added a run in the fifth when Money and Dylan Maxwell connected on back to back doubles to make the score 5-0.
With the drizzle becoming more of a steady rain the Big Green (0-3) scored their lone run in the top of the sixth inning thanks to back to back followed by two wild pitches.
The Commodores were able to throw both Luke Floyd and Louie Hoersten in that sixth inning to give four pitchers mound time in their opener.
Perry loaded the bases on three walks and a single by Keaton Miller drove in the sixth Commodores run in the bottom of the sixth before the umpires made the decision to halt play for the night.
Floyd paced the Perry offense with two hits in the game while Liles recorded the win for the Commodores and Moorman suffered the loss for the Big Green.
“I got to see some pitchers work and Liles came in and threw strikes,” Mark Hoersten said. “We need to work on our hitting but it is early in the season.”
Baseball
Kalida 5, Miller City 2
Derek Buss went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs for Kalida in its win over Miller City on Monday.
Owen Recker got the win with 4 1/3 innings of one-hit, no-run relief. Miller City’s Bryce Riepenhoff was 2 for 3 and drove in two runs.
Kalida is 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the Putnam County League. Miller City is 2-1 and 1-1 in the PCL.
Van Wert 4, Parkway 0
Nick Gutierrez was 2 for 3 and Holden Willingham pitched six scoreless innings for the Cougars.
Trace Walls had two hits for Parkway.
Ottawa-Glandorf 2, Fort Jennings 0
The two teams combined for only seven hits but the Titans scored the game’s only runs.
Ethan White allowed three hits and struck out three to get the win.
New Bremen 5, St. Marys 1
Ryan Bertke struck out six and allow four hits to get the win for the Cardinals. New Bremen had only three hits but took advantage of four errors by the Roughriders.
Ada 12, Waynesfield-Goshen 2
Seth Evans had two hits, scored three runs and stole three bases for the Bulldogs (1-2). Winning pitcher Hunter England allowed two hits.
Coldwater 7, Lima Central Catholic 6
Ryan Knapke’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Sam Broering with the game-winning run.
Knapke was 2 for three and drove in three runs. Jack Muhlenkamp was 2 for 3 with two RBIs.
Coldwater (3-1) used five pitchers with Seth Miller getting the win.
Softball
Shawnee 12, Kalida 2
Laken George and Chloe Wohlgamuth had two doubles each for Shawnee and Molly Bollinger was the winning pitcher.
Bath 11, Spencerville 1
Abbie Cosart allowed four hits in a complete game win and hit a home run for Bath (2-2).
Parkway 4, Antwerp 2
The Panthers spotted Antwerp two runs in the first inning, then shut down the Archers the rest of the way.
Lauren Henderson got the win and Haley Hawk threw two innings of scoreless relief to pick up the save. Mackenzie Sipe had two hits and scored two runs to lead the Panthers (2-1).
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