Leopards Rally Past Nemesis West Branch to Go Back-to-Back – Baseball
Louisville 5, West Branch 3
The Louisville Leopards Varsity Baseball Team rallied from a 3-run hole to defeat the visiting West Branch Warriors 5-3 Thursday Evening at the Field of Dreams. With the win, Louisville improves to 20-7 overall and clinches a share of their second straight NBC Championship with a 12-1 mark in conference play.
Trailing 3-0, the Leopards scored 5 times in the fifth and sixth to take the game. With 2 outs and 2 on in the bottom of the fifth, Cam King put Louisville on the board with a line drive 2-run double to right field scoring Dillon English from third and Bryce Zuppe from first. Four pitches later, Davis Burick tripled to center bringing home King for the game-tying run.
The Leopards picked up right where they left off in the bottom of the sixth. Dillon Rebuck led off the inning with an infield single. Then Cam Lingle doubled on a hard ground ball to center scoring Rebuck for the go-ahead run. Lingle would lead Louisville with 2 of their 7 hits. He then came home on Dillon English’s sacrifice fly for an added insurance run making it 5-3.
On the mound, Andrew Gray went the distance in pitching all 7 innings, giving up 2 earned runs on 7 hits, and striking out 10. Jon Snyder doubled home Seth Schroeder for the Warriors with 2 outs in the bottom of the fifth to make it 3-0. West Branch failed to obtain another baserunner the rest of the way as Gray retired the final 7 Warriors batters. He fanned 4 in the process which included striking out the side in the seventh.
Snyder batted 2-for-3 at the dish to lead West Branch (19-6, 10-2). Tyler DeShields and Jake Lyons both had RBI singles and Schroeder scored a pair of runs for the Warriors as well.
The win snaps West Branch’s 7-game winning streak over the Leopards. Louisville’s last victory over the Warriors came in the season finale in a 7-4 home win back on May 22, 2014.
The Leopard s have now passed Marlington for the second most NBC Baseball Championships won with 7. Only Canton South has more NBC Baseball Titles with 8. Louisville will travel to Canton South on Saturday to finish their suspended game with the Wildcats. A victory in that contest would give the Leopards their first Outright league crown since 2011.
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UP NEXT: The Louisville Baseball Team will next travel to Canton South to finish their suspended game with the Wildcats on Saturday, May 12 at 11:00 AM. The game was suspended in a 9-9 tie in the top of the seventh.
VARSITY BASEBALL BOX SCORE
LEOPARDS 5, WARRIORS 3
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
West Branch 001-110-0–3-7-1
Louisville 000-032-X–5-7-1
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS BASEBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Schroeder | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler DeShields | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Stahler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jon Snyder | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brant Alazaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Lyons | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Makcen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Cunningham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Ballard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dakota Gurney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Logan Metzgar | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mason Walker | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 26 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS BASEBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler DeShields | 5.2 | 103 | .631 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jon Snyder | 0.1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 104 | .635 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL VARSITY BATTING STATS
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Zuppe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam King | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Davis Burick | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Prasco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dillon Rebuck | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Lingle | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dillon English | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Hartline | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Gray | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jackson Kandel | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL VARSITY PITCHING STATS
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Gray | 7.0 | 100 | .680 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 100 | .680 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 20-7, 12-1; West Branch 19-6, 10-2
JV: West Branch 5, Louisville 1
JV BASEBALL BOX SCORE
WARRIORS 5, LEOPARDS 1
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 001-000-0–1-6-1
West Branch 101-201-X–5-8-2
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL JV BATTING STATS
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Pugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Figler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broc Pickens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Harsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayson Beamer | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Jackson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Rode | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Bevere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Selander | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Logan Vanicek | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Blyer | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS BASEBALL JV PITCHING STATS
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Bevere | 3.0 | 78 | .474 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Carter Rode | 3.0 | 68 | .588 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.0 | 146 | .527 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS BASEBALL JV BATTING STATS
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillyer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Goode | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Meissner | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rinehart | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Egli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Krug | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| V Maffei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N Maffei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Schmidt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 24 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS BASEBALL JV PITCHING STATS
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goode | 7.0 | 80 | .725 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 80 | .725 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Records: Louisville 17-5, 9-1
