Leopards Sweep Orangemen, Finish Week with 5 Straight Wins – Baseball
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Baseball Team took both games in their double header with the visiting Akron Ellet Orangemen Saturday at the Field of Dreams. With the wins, Louisville ends the week with 5 consecutive wins and improves to 8-3 overall.
Game 1: Louisville 9, Akron Ellet 1
Starting Pitcher Eddie Budinski (1-1) earned his first victory of the year to lead the Leopards on the mound. He pitched 5 innings, gave up 1 run on 3 hits, and struck out 7. With Louisville holding a 4-1 lead at the end of the fifth, Jordan Shearer came on in relief, pitched two shutout innings, and struck out 2. His performance earned him his first save of the season.
The Leopards managed just 2 hits for the game, but manufactured 9 runs as the Orangemen committed 9 errors in the field. Cam Lingle singled home Caleb Prasco for the first run of the game in the second inning. Prasco singled to start the inning for the only other Louisville hit during the contest and also drove in Bryce Zuppe at the end of the fifth. Lingle later drove in Jack Davis on a sacrifice fly for the first of 5 runs in the Leopards coffin-nailing sixth.
Justin Lewis doubled in Griffin Malick in the top of the fourth for Ellet’s only run.
Game 2: Louisville 10, Akron Ellet 5
Jack Davis batted 2-for-4 with a triple, double, 2 runs scored, and 3 RBIs to lead the Leopards to victory in game two. Austin Cummings also went 2-for-3 at the dish with pair of RBIs and 3 runs scored. Cam Lingle and Dillon Rebuck each had multi-hit games for Louisville. Rebuck and Bryce Zuppe also recorded RBIs as LHS reached double digits for the 3rd time in 4 games.
The Leopards jumped on the Orangemen early with 4 runs in the first. Ellet managed to knot the game at 5-5 in the top of the third, but Louisville got 2 in the fifth and 3 in the sixth to put the game on ice.
Zuppe came on in relief with the game tied at 5-5 and ended up earning the victory for the Leopards. Zuppe pitched two scoreless innings and struck out 3. Lingle also pitched a scoreless seventh and struck out 2 and Tyler Jackson started the game and registered 4 strikeouts.
Akron Ellet was led by Griffin Malick who got the Orangemen on the board with a 2-run single in the second inning. Jack Tupta and Tyler Westren also drove in runs for Ellet.
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UP NEXT: The Louisville Baseball Team will next travel to Green to take on the Bulldogs on Monday, April 16 at 5:00 PM. JV and Freshman will host Green at the same time.
VARSITY BASEBALL BOX SCORE GAME 1
LEOPARDS 9, ORANGEMEN 1
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Akron Ellet 000-100-0–1-5-9
Louisville 030-015-X–9-2-2
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS GAME 1
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Zampelli | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Malick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Lewis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy McClelland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Caleb Schramm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Jaeger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jared Twitty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Allan Thomas II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Tupta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Westren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mason Duckworth | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| David Haverstick Jr. | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trey Payne | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Josh Merring | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS GAME 1
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy McClelland | 5.0 | 85 | .518 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mason Duckworth | 0.1 | 30 | .400 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Haverstick Jr. | 0.2 | 17 | .765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 132 | .523 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS GAME 1
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Zuppe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cam King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Davis Burick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Caleb Prasco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Davis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jackson Kandel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Hartline | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Lingle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Broc Pickens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dom Mongiardo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Budinski | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jordan Shearer | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS GAME 1
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Budinski | 5.0 | 68 | .647 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Shearer | 2.0 | 25 | .720 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 93 | .667 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
VARSITY BASEBALL BOX SCORE GAME 2
LEOPARDS 10, ORANGEMEN 5
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Akron Ellet 032-000-0–5-6-3
Louisville 410-023-X–10-11-3
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS GAME 2
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Zampelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Thomas II | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Lewis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andy McClelland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyson Derita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Merring | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Tupta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| David Lupo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Griffin Malick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Ridenbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Westren | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Duckworth | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Caleb Schramm | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 26 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN VARSITY PITCHING STATS GAME 2
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Malick | 4.1 | 100 | .580 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Cameron Ridenbaugh | 1.2 | 35 | .514 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 135 | .563 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS GAME 2
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Lingle | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Hartline | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Burick | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Davis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Cummings | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Broc Pickens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dillon Rebuck | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dillon English | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Blyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Zuppe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Jackson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 30 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS GAME 2
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Jackson | 4.0 | 66 | .561 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryce Zuppe | 2.0 | 28 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Lingle | 1.0 | 24 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 118 | .619 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 8-3
JV: Louisville 11-19, Akron Ellet 1-3
JV BASEBALL BOX SCORE GAME 1
LEOPARDS 11, ORANGEMEN 1, 6 INNINGS
Team 123-456–R-H-E
Akron Ellet 000-001–1-3-3
Louisville 014-204–11-10-0
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL JV BATTING STATS GAME 1
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Shaw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blake Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nathan Lehman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson McKeel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Calvin Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Isenhart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Frank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob McCoy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter First | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alex Gruich | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kenan Ivery | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL JV PITCHING STATS GAME 1
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter First | 5.0 | 85 | .647 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Gruich | 0.2 | 26 | .385 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 5.2 | 111 | .586 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL JV BATTING STATS GAME 1
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Beamer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Bevere | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Blyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Brahler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Figler | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedin Gotshall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Harsh | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tyler Jackson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Broc Pickens | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Austin Pugh | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Carter Rode | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Selander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Vanicek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL JV PITCHING STATS GAME 1
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Bevere | 6.0 | 94 | .660 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Carter Rode | 0.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 94 | .660 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 6-3
JV BASEBALL BOX SCORE GAME 2
LEOPARDS 19, ORANGEMEN 3, 5 INNINGS
Team 123-45–R-H-E
Akron Ellet 000-30–3-2-9
Louisville 850-6X–19-7-4
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL JV BATTING STATS GAME 2
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Blake Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dylan Davis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Lehman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carson McKeel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Isenhart | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jayden Frank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob McCoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter First | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dan Dusenberry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Gruich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenan Ivery | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ethan Rine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
AKRON ELLET ORANGEMEN BASEBALL JV PITCHING STATS GAME 2
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson McKeel | 2.0 | 53 | .604 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Isenhart | 1.1 | 57 | .439 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jacob McCoy | 0.1 | 7 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenan Ivery | 0.1 | 40 | .425 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 4.0 | 157 | .484 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL JV BATTING STATS GAME 2
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Beamer | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Bevere | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Brahler | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Figler | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Jonah Harsh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tyler Jackson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Christian Marcelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broc Pickens | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Austin Pugh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Rode | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hunter Selander | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Logan Vanicek | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL JV PITCHING STATS GAME 2
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Pugh | 1.0 | 20 | .350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carter Rode | 0.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Selander | 4.0 | 76 | .513 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 5.0 | 96 | .479 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Freshman: Louisville 12-16, Carrollton 0-12
The Leopards Freshman took both games in a twin bill at Carrollton Saturday. Caleb Shardy through a 5-inning no-hitter as Louisville earned a 12-0 victory in game one. A see-saw run fest ensued in the second game which saw the Leopards prevail 16-12.
