Tribe offense tees off against Blue Jays

DELPHOS, Ohio — The Indians worked to put up five early runs, but it was a seven-run sixth inning that lifted them to victory.

The Fort Recovery High School baseball team took down the St. John’s Blue Jays 12-6 on Wednesday.

Fort Recovery (12-5, 4-4 Midwest Athletic Conference) put up five runs in the first four innings. St. John’s (9-10, 3-5 MAC) came back to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. 

FRHS immediately responded by exploding for seven runs. The came in on a pair of fielder’s choices hit by Mason Diller and Caden Grisez and doubles from Alex Gaerke and Caden Homan.

Homan led the Tribe with four RBIs, while Gaerke had three.

Jacob Foote earned the win after finishing off the fifth inning and throwing the sixth. He didn’t give up any runs, but allowed three hits.

Rocky road

ROCKFORD, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s softball team lost a crucial MAC game to the Division VI No. 9 Parkway Panthers 9-3 on Wednesday.

The Panthers (15-4, 5-1 MAC) got up early with five runs over the first two innings. Fort Recovery (11-7, 4-2 MAC) scored a pair on consecutive singles by Emma Will and Ava Grisez in the third, but PHS took the two runs back in the bottom half.

The final Tribe run came on a groundout by Kylie Post.

Jenna Homan suffered the loss after giving up nine runs, only three of which were earned, on 12 hits and two walks.

Prior to the loss, Fort Recovery was tied for second in the MAC with Parkway and No. 5 Minster at 4-1. They all trailed St. Henry at 4-0, which still has games against the Panthers and Indians. The highest FRHS can finish in the MAC is a tie for second.