CONVOY – Crestview and St. Marys battled all game but three runs in
the top of the seventh pushed the Knights past the Roughriders 10-7
Saturday in the ACME sectional tournament.
Crestview got out to a
3-0 lead in the first inning. Brant Richardson had an RBI double that
scored Kaden Short to give the Knights the first run of the game. Brody
Brecht drove in Richardson with a single and Jaylen Jefferson knocked in
Griffin Painter as Crestview surged past the Roughriders.
St.
Marys cut into the Knights lead in the bottom half of the inning. Carson
Fischbach was alert on the base path and took home after a poor throw
to second by catcher Korbin Hartman. They rallied for three more runs in
the second as the Roughriders took a 4-3 lead.
Brecht delivered a
triple in the top of the third inning to tie the game at 4-4. His blast
scored Painter as the momentum began to shift. Trevor Sheets knocked in
Brecht with a single as Crestview regained the lead once again.
The Roughriders plated a run in the fourth and the Knights responded with a run in the fifth to maintain their lead.
Crestview
extended their advantage in the top of the sixth when Hartman drove in
Richardson to make it 7-5, but St. Marys scored two in the bottom of the
inning to knot it up at seven a piece.
The Knights led off the
seventh with three straight hits before Riley Saylor hit a triple that
scored Logan Gerardot and Kaden Short. Richardson hit a sacrifice fly
that brought home Saylor as Crestview held a three-run lead entering the
bottom of the seventh.
Painter retired the inning with little difficulty. Crestview eliminated St. Marys from the tournament with a 10-7 victory.
“We
had some kids in the bottom of our lineup grow up today,” said
Crestview head coach Jeff Helm. “The kids made contact in key situations
for us and we had a solid outing. We kept competing and tried to put
pressure on them defensively. Painter had good command and was able to
get an out when he needed it.”
Crestview (10)
Kaden Short ss
3-2-1-0, Riley Saylor lf 4-1-1-2, Brant Richardson cf 2-2-1-2, Griffin
Painter p 2-2-1-0, Korbin Hartman c 3-0-1-1, Brody Brecht 3b 4-1-2-2,
Jaylen Jefferson rf 3-1-1-1, Trevor Sheets 1b 4-0-2-1, Logan Gerardot 2b
4-1-3-1, Total 29-10-13-10
St. Marys (7)
Carson Fischbach
cf 4-3-3-1, Clay Quellhorst 3b 3-0-1-2, Riley Sweigart 1b 4-0-0-0, Henry
Spencer p 3-1-1-0, Trey Fisher c 4-0-1-1, Ethan Rose ss 4-1-2-0, Carter
Ballweg lf 4-0-0-0, Duncan Fry rf 3-0-0-0, Derek Fisher 2b 1-2-0-0,
x-Kurt Bubp 2-0-1-0, Total 32-7-9-4
3B: Saylor, Brecht, T.Fisher
2B: Richardson, Quellhorst SB: Fischbach 4, Quellhorst 2, Painter 2,
Spencer, Rose, Ballweg, Fry, Richardson, Wilson, Brecht, Jefferson
Score by Inning – R H E
Crestview 302 011 3 – 10 13 1
St. Marys 130 102 0 – 7 9 1
IP H R ER BB SO
Crestview
Griffin Painter (W) 7 9 7 7 5 5
St. Marys
Carter Ballweg 5 7 6 6 6 1
Jordan Moore (L) 1.1 5 4 4 1 0
Henry Spencer 0.2 1 0 0 0 1