Rockets get revenge on Kekiongas

FORT WAYNE — The Rockets struggled against the Kekiongas over the weekend, dropping three of four games.

They changed their fortunes midweek, but it took them extra innings to do so.

The Portland Rockets got a pair of key doubles to push them past the Northeast Kekiongas 9-7 on Wednesday at Indiana Tech.

The Kekiongas scored five runs over the final three innings against Dalton Soergel and Sam Dunlavy to come back and tie the game.

The Rockets’ bats couldn’t do any damage in the ninth inning to end the game in regulation, but they didn’t wait long after. Peyton Smith led off with a double to start the 10th inning, scoring Camden McEldowney, who was placed on second base. Two batters later, Joel Kennedy hit his own double to score Smith and push the lead to two runs.

Conner Young finished the final two innings on the mound without giving up a single hit to earn the win.

Along with Kennedy’s three hits, Cameron Pratt led the offensive charge by hitting a three-run home run in the fourth inning.

Tribe falls

ST. MARYS, Ohio — The Fort Recovery ACME baseball team held a 4-3 lead in the middle of the sixth inning, but a rough bottom half led to a 7-5 loss to the St. Marys Roughriders on Wednesday afternoon.

Fort Recovery pitcher Gavin Evers loaded the bases as he walked a batter, hit another and had a player reach base on an error by Austin Siegrist at second base.

A pop out to Brodie Hart behind the plate accounted for the second out without St. Marys scoring any runs, but a passed ball allowed a run to score before Evers walked the next batter.

Fort Recovery (0-2) then moved to Alex Gaerke on the mound, who walked in the second run of the inning to give the Roughriders the lead before a two-RBI double put the Indians down three.

A double by Reece Wendel and back-to-back singles by Caden Grisez and Caden Homan cut the deficit to two, but Fort Recovery couldn’t force extra innings.

Pitching dominates

PG14 couldn’t be stopped as it beat Lion’s Club 9-1 in Portland Junior League Willie Mays baseball on Wednesday.

Beckham Hough was perfect from the plate, going 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs. He also closed the game on the mound with five strikeouts over two innings.

Ashton Conn, Eli Homan and Liam Ridenour all went 2-for-3 from the plate. Homan hit a triple and a double to plate a pair, while Conn and Ridenour both drove in one run each.

Homan started the game, striking out eight batters over three innings.

Ryker Price put together the strongest day for Lion’s Club with the team’s only RBI on a double. He also pitched the first three innings, in which he struck out eight batters.

Hummer leads

Joyce Dayton took down Homestead Bedding 12-7 on Wednesday in Portland Junior League Rookie softball.

Renlee Hummer collected the most hits to reach base safely four times. She had one of only two triples for Joyce Dayton and scored two runs.

Ivy Trinidad and Annabelle Wiggins both lead the team with three runs scored. They each had three hits as well, with Trinidad smacking a double and a triple, while Wiggins added a double.

Adalyn Overla hit a double and two singles and came around to score twice for Joyce Dayton.

Isla Cook hit a double and a single while scoring a run, while Payten Twigg scored once after reaching on a single.

Both Mackenna Cramer and Ailayla Money collected two base hits.

Offense prevails

REMC edged past Wings and Rings for a 22-20 victory on Wednesday in Portland Junior League Rookie softball.

Maitlynn Castillo and Charlee Taylor of Wings and Rings both went 5-for-5 from the plate. Castillo smacked two doubles and three singles and came around to score all five times she reached base. Taylor added a triple and two doubles, but only scored on four of her trips around the bases.

Hayden Guggenbiller and Skye Ingram both finished 4-for-5. The former hit a home run and a double to add four runs, while the latter had a triple and scored twice.