Sixth inning lifts Tribe

MARIA STEIN, Ohio — The Indians already had a lead.

They put the game out of reach in the sixth.

Fort Recovery High School’s softball team scored six insurance runs in the top of the sixth inning Friday in a 10-1 win over the host Marion Local Flyers.

The Indians improve to 14-9 on the year and 3-2 in Midwest Athletic Conference play.

Fort Recovery led 2-1 after the first inning before adding a run in each of the second and fifth frames.

The Tribe hit four singles and a double, walked twice and benefitted from one Flyer error in plating a half dozen runs in the top of the sixth inning.

Brenna Homan led the FRHS offense with a double and a single, while Chloey Grisez had two singles and an RBI. Sophie Pearson knocked in two runs on two hits.

Kensey Gaerke doubled with an RBI. Jackie Homan finished with a single and two RBIs, and Britney Tebbe also had a single.

Jackie Homan earned the win, allowing one earned run on four hits in five innings. She struck out three and didn’t issue a walk. Tebbe threw the final two innings, giving up one hit and striking out a pair.



Jay delayed

Jay County’s baseball team had its game with Adams Central postponed after four innings on Friday.

The Patriots (6-4, 1-0 Allen County Athletic Conference) were trailing 2-0.

A date to resume the game is to be determined.

Adams Central broke the scoreless tie in the top of the second inning on a pair of errors. Chase Murray singled and moved to second on the first error and moved to third on a fielder’s choice before scoring on another defensive mishap by the Patriots.

Two innings later, Murray hit a single to score Blake Heyerly, who reached on a leadoff walk and moved to second on a groundout.

Murray had the Jets’ only two hits.

Sam Myers had a pair of singles for the Patriots, and Austin Curts had a single as well.

Jay County’s best scoring chance came during the second inning when Kess McBride, a courtesy runner for Curts, reached third before being left stranded.