West Branch Rallies to Down Louisville – JV Baseball
West Branch 6, Louisville 5
The Louisville Leopards JV Baseball Team fell to the host West Branch Warriors 6-5 in their rescheduled game Wednesday Evening on the campus of WBHS. 
With the loss, Louisville drops to 2-1 overall and begins NBC competition 0-1.
Bryce Zuppe led the Leopards by batting 2-for-3 with an RBI. Eddie Budinski also had an RBI single and Max Hartline drove in the other run. On the mound, Budinski worked 2 scoreless innings in relief and struck out 2.
UP NEXT: The JV Leopards will next host the West Branch Warriors on Thursday, March 30 at 5:00 PM. Varsity will be on the road at West Branch at the same time.
JV BOX SCORE
WARRIORS 6, LEOPARDS 5
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 130-010-0–5-6-0
West Branch 112-200-X–6-6-1
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS JV BATTING
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Budinski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Kandel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Gustaitis | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Caleb Prasco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Mongiardo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Rebuck | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Hansen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Cummings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Hartline | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Lingle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryce Zuppe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Davis Burick | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS JV PITCHING
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon English | 3.0 | 49 | .571 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Budinski | 2.0 | 42 | .524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dillon Rebuck | 1.0 | 32 | .281 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Austin Cummings | 0.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 123 | .480 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS JV BATTING
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caserta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Lyons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Keinath | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ballard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Flickinger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bates | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Steele | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 22 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS VARSITY BATTING
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 4.0 | 48 | .625 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bates | 3.0 | 72 | .444 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 120 | .517 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 2-1, 0-1
