Louisville “Parks” Alliance 2-1, Kerzan Delivers In the 7th
Louisville 2, Alliance 1
Stephen Kerzan delivered a 2 out, 2-run single in the top of the seventh to stun the Alliance Aviators and give Louisville a 2-1 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. With the victory, the Leopards are now 4-8 and more importantly are tied with the Aviators for second place in the NBC at 4-2.
On the mound, Pavin Parks pitched the entire contest, struck out 3, and gave up one unearned run. Parks is now 3-0 on the season.
Aviators fans were ready to start their cars as the Leopards were backed up against the wall. Alliance had shutout Louisville for 13 2/3 innings as the Aviators recorded two quick outs in the top of the seventh. Hope for the Leopards seemed faint because their last and only hit of the game had come on an infield single by Riley Groves back in the first inning.
But then Parks singled to left field and a spark was lit. The next 10 pitches thrown by Alliance missed the strikezone as both Jordan Hughes and Joe Crank drew four pitch walks.
The bases were loaded for Kerzan. On a 2-2 count, the Freshman 1st Baseman singled to left field scoring both Parks and the pinch-running Zach Shea. The sparks had erupted into flames and Louisville out of nowhere had robbed Alliance of almost sure victory.
Louisville has now won their last five games on the road at Alliance, but amazingly the series is split 5-5 in the past 10 meetings overall.
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STATISTICS
LEOPARDS 2, AVIATORS 1
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 000-000-2–2-3-4
Alliance 000-100-0–1-6-2
Louisville Leopards
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Hollifield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
R. Groves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Duckworth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
G. Yoder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
P. Parks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. Crank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
S. Kerzan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Z. Shae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Louisville Leopards
Pitching | O | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Parks | 21 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 63.3% |
Totals | 21 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 63.3% |
Alliance Aviators
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
McConnel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cannon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bugara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Whitaker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hammerton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ince | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rovnak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Alliance Aviators
Pitching | O | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ince | 21 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57.7% |
Totals | 21 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57.7% |
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to New Philadelphia to take on the Quakers on Saturday, April 20 at 12 PM. JV and Freshman will play New Philly at home during the same time.
JV: Louisville 13, Alliance 3, 5 Innings
Alex Hewitt drove in 3 runs and Adam Nyland drove in 2 more to lead the Louisville JV Squad to a 13-3 5 inning win over Alliance.
Lukas Gilbert also pounded out 2 hits and six different Leopards scored 2 runs each. Marco Buccasso pitched 3 innings in relief giving up 1 run on 3 hits and striking out 5.
Brock Haren delivered also delivered single in the bottom of the fifth bringing home Jake Adams for the game-ending score.
The JV Squad is now 9-3 on the season and 6-0 against NBC foes.
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STATISTICS
LEOPARDS 13, AVIATORS 3, 5 INNINGS
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Alliance 201-00–3-5-3
Louisville 232-33–13-10-0
Alliance Aviators
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z. Handy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Notman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
A. Miller | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
S. Dennis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
W. Oesch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
R. Brimlow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
K. House | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
T. Hancock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
A. Hale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Boehm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
T. Commodore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Alliance Aviators
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Louisville Leopards
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Graybeal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
M. Buccasso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
C. Zwick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
A. Hewitt | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
D. Deckerd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
C. Hileman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Gilbert | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A. Nyland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
J. McQuilkin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
J. Adams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
B. Haren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
Louisville Leopards
Pitching | O | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Zwick | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 47.7% |
M. Buccasso | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 62.0% |
Totals | 15 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 55.3% |
Records: Louisville 9-3, 6-0
Freshman: Louisville 14, Massillon 7
The Freshman squad avenged an earlier 5-1 loss to Massillon by defeating the host Tigers 14-7 Thursday.
Daichi Castles led the Leopard offense by going 3-for-4 with 4 RBI’s. Tanner Brahler, Paul Howard, and Cameron White all drove in two runs each for Louisville as well.
Trevor Burk, Howard, and White all scored twice and lead-off hitter Christian Hendricks also had 2 hits.
The Freshman squad is now 5-7 overall this season.
STATISTICS
LEOPARDS 14, TIGERS 7
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 102-125-3–14-11-7
Massillon 200-013-1–7-7-5
Louisville Leopards
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Hendricks | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Burk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
C. White | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
P. Howard | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
D. Castles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
T. Brahler | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
K. Ashcraft | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rankin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
N. Harsh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. Mathie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
J. Heater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Croxton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
Louisville Leopards
Pitching | O | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Brahler | 14 | 4.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 55.2% |
C. White | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
T. Croxton | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.2% |
Totals | 21 | 7.0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 52.1% |
Massillon Tigers
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hurst | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Meyer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sabo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Domro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Weinberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corbin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Davis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lanse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gessling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Border | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Maurer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Petay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Massillon Tigers
Pitching | O | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | 9 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 55.8% |
Carpenter | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 46.9% |
Corbin | 6 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.8% |
Totals | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 54.6% |
Records: Louisville 5-7