Steady offense provides lift for Tribe

HOUSTON, Ohio — The Indians just consistently chipped away at the Wildcats.

With a steady stream of offense, good pitching took them the distance.

The Fort Recovery High School baseball team picked up its third consecutive win with a 5-1 victory over Houston on Tuesday.

FRHS (3-1) didn’t put up any crooked numbers in the contest, but managed to score one run in the second through the sixth inning.

The first run came on a wild pitch in the second frame that let Brodie Hart make his way around the bases. Houston (1-3) answered with an unearned run in the bottom half to tie the game up.

The Tribe immediately reclaimed the lead as Reece Wendel walked, stole second base and then made his way around on a ground out by Alex Gaerke. Fort Recovery extended the lead in the third after Hart hit an infield single, stole second base, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a Cody Klenke sacrifice fly.

The final two runs came on a Caden Grisez double and an Austin Siegrest sacrifice fly.

A trio of Tribe pitchers held the Wildcats to just one unearned run and two hits on the day.

Gaerke tossed the first 1 ⅔ innings, giving up the run despite only walking one batter and surrendering zero hits. Jacob Foote finished off the second inning and pitched the next two as well. He gave up both hits, but struck out four batters in the process and didn’t give up any free bases.

Caden Homan took over in the fifth and finished the job for FRHS, only allowing two Houston hitters to reach base via walk.