Fort Recovery baseball picks up first victory (04/12/04)

The Indians found their way into the win column on the holiday weekend.

The Fort Recovery baseball team picked up its first two victories of the year Saturday, sweeping a double-header against the Fairlawn Jets with wins of 12-4 and 5-4.

The Tribe had a pair of excellent fourth innings, scoring five runs in the first game and four in the second.

Fort Recovery pushed ahead 7-1 with their first fourth-inning rally and continued to fight off Fairlawn. The Jets scored three times in the fifth inning to close the gap, but the Indians put the game away with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and three more in the sixth.

The second game saw the Tribe pull ahead 5-0 with its fourth-inning outburst. It managed to hold off Fairlawn, which scored once in the fifth, twice in the sixth and once in the seventh for the final margin.

Dusty Guggenbiller led a powerful game-one offense as the Indians took advantage of nine errors by the Jets on the day. He finished 3-for-4 with a double and a home run. He scored three times and drove in two runs.

Dusty Tobe finished 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, and Steve Trobridge was 2-for-3 with one run and an RBI. Nick Wehrkamp had a two runs and two RBIs, and Greg Faller also scored twice.

C.J. Tobe was big at the plate in the second game, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs and an RBI. Todd Post had a pair of stolen bases, a run and an RBI, and Dusty Tobe finished 2-for-3.

Brad Fortkamp grabbed the game-one win, allowing four runs on 12 hits in seven innings. He struck out four and walked one.

C.J. Tobe went the distance for the win in the second game, allowing four runs on eight hits. He struck out five and walked one.

Fort Recovery will return to action at home today against Franklin Monroe at 5 p.m.

Indians fall twice

Fort Recovery simply could not get the offense going Saturday.

The Indian softball team managed just one run in a pair of losses to the Van Wert Cougars Saturday, 3-0 and 3-1.

Alyssa Tobe took the loss in the first game as she struck out six and walked two in five innings. She tossed five scoreless frames before allowing two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.

She gave up three hits in the contest, and only one of the three runs was earned.

Ciera Rammel went 1-for-1 in the defeat with a double and a stolen base.

Julie Smith was the pitching victim in game two, allowing three runs — one earned — all in the fifth inning. She went the distance, striking out six and walking three.

Lisa Grisez doubled and scored a run for Fort Recovery, and Krystal Rammel doubled and had an RBI. Smith had the only other hit for the Indians.

The Tribe (4-3) returns to the field at home Friday against Fairlawn at 5 p.m.

FR JV splits pair

Fort Recovery’s junior varsity softball team won a hard-fought first game, but couldn’t complete the sweep in the second.

The Indians took a 6-5 win in game-one, but lost 20-8 to the Van Wert Cougars in the second game of Saturday’s double-header.

The Tribe (1-2) scored twice in the first, third and fifth innings of the opening-game victory. They built a 6-3 lead, and held on after Van Wert put up a pair of runs in the sixth inning.

Tana Bergman went 2-for-2 in the win with a stolen base and a pair of RBIs. Jodi Tobe singled, stole two bases, scored two runs and drove in one run.

Sandra Sudhoff was 2-for-4 with a triple and a run, and Lindsey Sudhoff scored twice.

Katie Lauber picked up the win, allowing five runs — four earned — in 51/3 innings. She gave up four hits while walking seven and striking out three.

The Indians stumbled in the second game, allowing seven runs apiece in the second and third innings in the 12-run defeat.

Sandra Sudhoff was 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and a run, and Lindsey Sudhoff was 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI. Lori Osterholt took the loss in one-plus innings of work.[[In-content Ad]]