FR dominates ACME opener

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians opened the ACME season with a mercy rule victory on Tuesday.

One day later, they followed the act with a run-run win.

A four-run fourth inning powered the Fort Recovery ACME baseball team to an 11-2 defeat of the Fort Loramie ACME squad on Wednesday.

Alex Gearke homered for the second consecutive day with a two-run blast that started the Tribe’s scoring in the third inning. A Caden Homan single set the Indians (2-0) up to push their lead to 4-1 on back-to-back doubles from Reece LeFevre and Grant Fortkamp.

Fort Recovery padded its lead with two runs in the fifth and five in the sixth.

Fortkamp led the offensive effort with two hits, two walks and three RBIs.

Homan earned the win on the mound, giving up two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six batters in a complete-game performance.

Williams wins

Williams Auto Parts got the better of POET 9-4 in a Portland Junior League Rookie baseball game on Wednesday.

Alex Lochtefeld, Brett Huntsman, Carson Dailey and Zander Williams led the way for Williams Auto Parts as all four batters finished 3-for-3 at the plate. Lochtefeld drove in three runs on a double and two singles to lead the effort. Dailey scored all three times, while Huntsman and Williams each scored once. Williams earned a pair of RBIs on his three singles, while Huntsman had one on two singles and a triple.

James Bruggeman, Luke Mikulski, Griffin Spoonemore and Mason Pfeifer drove in the runs for POEt. Bruggenman and Mikulski were the only batters to collect multiple hits, each slashing a double and a single.

Berry leads

Bryson Berry left Matt’s Garage battered as Cook’s Nursery pulled out a 15-8 victory on Wednesday in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball.

Berry led Cook’s Nursery, going 4-for-4 from the plate and coming around to score four runs.

Duke Steed, Kayden Alberson, Waylon Huelskamp, Griffin Haffner and Jaxson Toland all finished with three hits and combined for nine runs scored.

Case Kaigler put together three hits in a trio of plate appearances to power Matt’s Garage’s offense. Rowan Ingram led the team with three runs scored.