Indians beat New Bremen in extras 8-3

NEW BREMEN, Ohio — The Indians failed to win their first Midwest Athletic Conference game of the season. A three-run sixth inning threatened a second conference loss of the season, but the Tribe took care of business in extra innings.

The Fort Recovery High School baseball team put up five runs in the ninth inning to take down the New Bremen Cardinals 8-3 on Thursday.

Brody Hart got the offense started in the ninth with a single to left field, followed by an Austin Siegrist walk. Keengan Muhlenkamp broke the tie with a double to right field that scored Hart.

Jacob Foote – who also earned the win with 3 ⅓ scoreless innings – padded the lead with a two-RBI single.

Reece Wendel and Mason Diller hit consecutive singles before Caden Grisez drove in a run with a walk and Caden Homan’s ground ball scored one more.

Outside of the ninth-inning offensive efforts, Diller led the Tribe (7-2, 1-1 MAC) with three hits and two RBIs.

FRHS scored one run in the first inning and two in the fifth.

A pair of errors, walks and singles pushed the three runs for New Bremen (4-5, 0-3 MAC) across in the sixth inning.

Tribe swamps

FORT RECOVERY — After dropping a pair of games, the Fort Recovery softball team came back strong to beat down the New Bremen Cardinals on Thursday 19-6.

Fort Recovery (8-3, 2-0 MAC) put up crooked numbers in all four innings it was on offense. The second inning was the largest with eight runs scored, followed by the fourth with six.

Alexis Grisez led the offensive charge with four hits, including a triple and a double, five RBIs and two runs. Three more Indians drove in multiple runs as Paisley Hart and Kylie Dues plated three each and Jenna Homan pushed two across.

Emma Will followed Grisez with three hits, while Ella Schoen — she led the team with three runs scored — Kayla Heitkamp, Hart and Layla Armstrong each smacked two hits.

Homan earned the win, tossing 4 ⅔ innings of shutout ball. She gave up two hits and two walks, but struck out 10 of New Bremen (3-5, 1-2 MAC) batters.