Jay walks off to beat No. 2 Raiders

A walk put the potential winning run on the bases. A single put it in scoring position.

An error ended the game.

Gabe Faulkner scored on an error by the left fielder on Thursday to give the Jay County High School boys baseball team a walk-off win, 4-3, against the Wapahani Raiders.

Michael Schlechty hit a two-run home run, his first of the season, in the third inning to give the Patriots (4-1) a 3-2 advantage over the Class 2A No. 2 Raiders (6-3).

Wapahani tied the game in the top of the seventh before Gabe Faulkner walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh. His younger brother Quinn Faulkner singled to put two on. Cameron Henry singled to left field, and an error allowed Jay County to escape with the win.

Quinn Faulkner had two singles and an RBI, while Ryan Schlechty and Noah Arbuckle each had singles.

Pitcher Brayden Mock picked up his first career win. He got the last out of the seventh inning in relief of Arbuckle, who gave up three runs — one earned — on eight hits. He struck out seven and walked three on 117 pitches.



Tribe routs Jays

DELPHOS, Ohio — Five runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings carried the Fort Recovery baseball team to a 17-8 rout of the St. John’s Blue Jays on Thursday.

The Blue Jays (3-8, 1-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) led 6-5 after the second inning and tacked on one more run in the third. But the Indians (7-2, 3-0 MAC) took the lead in the fourth frame and broke the game open in the fifth to lead 15-8 heading to the sixth.

Ryne Post had a double, two singles and three RBIs for the Indians, who also got a double, a single and three RBIS from Kody Shinabery. Riley Post (two hits) and Ian Homan also doubled, while Garrett Faller and Cobe Wendel knocked in three runs apiece.

Riley Post got the win in relief, tossing four innings, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks.



Stars hang on

BERNE — The South Adams baseball team hung on to its lead for the final four innings Thursday in a 6-4 win over the New Haven Bulldogs.

The Class 2A No. 6 Starfires (5-1) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning before the Bulldogs went ahead 3-2 in the top of the second. South Adams evened the score in the home half of the frame before doubling its total in the third inning.

The three-run lead stood until the Bulldogs plated a run in the top of the seventh but the Starfires didn’t allow any more.

Grady Sprunger, Grant Besser and Collin Shaffer each doubled for South Adams. Besser added two singles and drove in a pair of runs, and Alex Gorney singled twice with an RBI. Shaffer also knocked in a pair of runs.

Shaffer threw 5 1/3 innings for the win, giving up three runs on three hits. He struck out seven and walked five. Besser got the final five outs for the save, striking out a pair and issuing a walk.



SA loses

DECATUR — South Adams’ junior varsity baseball team lost to the Bellmont Braves on Thursday, 14-4, in five innings.

Bellmont, which was already ahead 2-0, scored eight times in the third inning before adding a pair of runs in each of the fourth and fifth frames as well. South Adams (1-3) didn’t break the shutout until the top of the fifth.

Tim Davidson doubled, singled and knocked in an RBI to lead the Starfires. Tyler Yoder, Tommy Herman, Kam Yoder and Conner Young all singled as well.

Young took the loss, allowing nine earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.



Fort JV falls

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery junior varsity baseball team dropped an 11-5 score to the St. John’s Blue Jays on Thursday.

Fort Recovery (2-5) led 3-2 after the fourth inning before the Blue Jays struck for nine runs over the next two frames. The Indians managed two runs in the sixth but weren’t able to get any closer.

Derek Lochtefeld, Christian Jones and Dillan Evers had two singles apiece, with Lochtefeld and Evers recording two RBIs apiece.

Peyton Brunswick and Marcus Gaerke also singled.