Baseball Falls to Canton South in Extras
BASEBALL
Canton South 2, Louisville 1, 9 innings
Dillon Stertzbach pitched eight innings, gave up one earned run, struck out ten, and banged out two hits of his own on offense, but it wasn’t enough as Louisville fell in extra innings at Canton South. The Wildcats’ Noah Mallen hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth to give Canton South the walk off victory and hand the Leopards their third straight loss. The Wildcats outhit the Leopards 13-5, but Louisville remained in the game when Chad Neff drove in Jake Duvall in the top of the seventh to send the game into extra frames. South’s Logan Bowles shutout the Leps for the final nine outs and also went 4-for-4 at the plate, while Deonte Settles also had three hits for the Wildcats. Louisville still remains a game up on several teams in the NBC Standings, but will be playing to maintain that lead when they host Canton South in a re-match Thursday.
BOX SCORE:
WILDCATS 2, LEOPARDS 1, 9 Innings
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Louisville Varsity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Canton south | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
LOUISVILLE
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CANTON SOUTH
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LOUISVILLE
Pitching Wild Pitch: M Kelly Pitches-Strikes: D Stertzbach 117-81, M Kelly 18-7 Groundouts-Flyouts: D Stertzbach 2-11, M Kelly 1-0 First-pitch strikes-Batters faced: D Stertzbach 22-34, M Kelly 2-5 |
CANTON SOUTH
Pitching Pitches-Strikes: J Costello 76-49, L Bowles 40-24 Groundouts-Flyouts: J Costello 8-8, L Bowles 2-3 First-pitch strikes-Batters faced: J Costello 15-22, L Bowles 6-11 |
RECORDS: Louisville 11-4, 7-2; Canton South 8-4, 6-3
NEXT UP: The Leopards will play a home re-match against Canton South on Thursday, April 28 at 4:30 PM. JV will play during the same time at South, while Freshman will play home against Alliance today (Wednesday, April 27) at 4:30 PM.
JV RESULT: No Score Reported
FRESHMAN: CANCELLED