Louisville Rallies with 8-run Fifth to Win at Akron Firestone – Baseball
Louisville 13, Akron Firestone 4
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Baseball Team rallied to earn a 13-4 road victory against the host Akron Firestone Falcons Tuesday Evening. With their 8th straight victory, Louisville is now 17-6 on the season.
Trailing 4-1 at the end of the fourth, Brody Hahn hit a Grand Slam to give the Leopards a 5-4 lead and they never looked back. Louisville scored the final 12 runs of the game which included an 8-run run fifth and a 4-run sixth inning.
Lead-off batter Tyler Adams also batted 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs and scored 3 runs for the Leopards. Davis Burick and Bryce Zuppe both batted 3-for-4 with an RBI. Casey Nau also drove in a pair of runs for Louisville.
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On the mound, Zack Yadrnak earned the victory by working 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief and striking out 2. Yadrnak is now 2-0 on the year with his other win coming at Lake. Starter Jack Davis also struck out 4 and Brandon Wahl pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
The Falcons were led by Owein Grant who batted 2-for-3. Jacob Bilich, Max Erisey, Dustin James, and Jacob Weber also drove in runs for Akron Firestone.
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Minerva to play the Lions on Thursday, May 11 at 5:00 PM. JV will be home at the same time.
VARSITY BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 13, FALCONS 4
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 100-084-0–13-12-1
Firestone 101-200-0–4-8-5
Louisvillemore stats
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyler Adams | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bryce Zuppe | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Casey Nau | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cameron Prasco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brody Hahn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Brandon Wahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Corey White | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jordan Shearer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Anthony Carpico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zack Yadrnak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Davis Burick | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brendan Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cam King | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jack Davis | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Nate Mongiardo | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 33 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Louisvillemore stats
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Davis | 3.2 | 49 | .592 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Zack Yadrnak | 2.1 | 51 | .451 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Brandon Wahl | 1.0 | 18 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 7.0 | 118 | .542 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
Firestonemore stats
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demonte Swain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Max Erisey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dustin James | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ben Neusser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Owen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rueben Durkee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owein Grant | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Matt Dies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ben Pontius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Gorsuch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jacob Bilich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Grant Schuchter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacob Weber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sekai Thornburg | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 28 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Firestonemore stats
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Owein Grant | 4.0 | 69 | .507 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Sekai Thornburg | 0.1 | 21 | .333 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Joe Gorsuch | 1.2 | 33 | .515 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jacob Weber | 1.0 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 7.0 | 142 | .472 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Records: Louisville 17-6
JV: Louisville 11, Akron Firestone 1, 6 Innings
JV BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 11, FALCONS 1, 6 INNINGS
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Firestone 100-000–1-2-3
Louisville 050-033–11-11-2
Akron Firestonemore stats
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLSZEWSKI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
JOHNSTON | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ALEXANDER | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
SACHA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BEACH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
HEMMINGER | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
HARTMAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
O’BRIEN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ROBERTS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DURKEE | – | – | – | – | – | – |
RAY | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Akron Firestonemore stats
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JOHNSTON | 0.2 | 14 | .643 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SACHA | 0.2 | 28 | .679 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
HARTMAN | 0.0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ROBERTS | 4.1 | 78 | .603 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 5.2 | 121 | .628 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Louisvillemore stats
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackson Kandel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Noah Gustaitis | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Justin Blyer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dominic Mongiardo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dillon Rebuck | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Andrew Gray | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Jacob Hansen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Austin Cummings | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Max Hartline | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Cam Lingle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drew Doerschuk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
Louisvillemore stats
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Gray | 6.0 | 88 | .614 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 6.0 | 88 | .614 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 17-4
Freshman: Canton Central Catholic 12, Louisville 6
FRESHMAN BOX SCORE
CRUSADERS 12, LEOPARDS 6
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Central 320-142-0–12-15-6
Louisville 031-020-2–8-6-3
Louisvillemore stats
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Figler | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Austin Pugh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turnner Giles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carter Rode | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Jonah Harsh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Drew Layton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grayson Beamer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Bevere | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Logan Vanicek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nathan Halasinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kyle Kerchner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hunter Selander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Christan Marcelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 29 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
Louisvillemore stats
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hunter Selander | 1.1 | 46 | .435 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Logan Vanicek | 4.2 | 78 | .538 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Christan Marcelli | 1.0 | 13 | .615 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 7.0 | 137 | .511 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 11-9-1