Rams roll past Riverdale

U. SANDUSKY 13RIVERDALE 0UPPER SANDUSKY – Upper Sandusky scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning and the Rams rode strong pitching by Caine Rupe and Jonathan Craig to an 11-0 win over Riverdale in Saturday's matchup between the backyard rivals.Rupe pitched the first four innings, giving up three hits, walking four and striking out five. Craig pitched a 1-2-3 fifth, striking out two of the three batters he faced.Josh Heilman singled, doubled and drove in two runs as Upper Sandusky (4-5) snapped a three-game skid. Rupe and Toby Homan (3 RBI) also had two hits.Riverdale 000 00—0 3 1U. Sandusky 621 2x—11 9 1WP—Rupe. LP—Phelps. TOP HITTERS: (US) Jones 2B; Heilman 1B, 2B, 2 RBI; Rupe 2-1B, RBI; Holman 2-1B, 3 RBI.RECORDS: Riverdale 2-9; Upper Sandusky 4-5. ARLINGTON 10H. NORTHERN 9ARLINGTON – Arlington had to work extra hard for its first win of the season, but the Red Devils got it done, scoring six times in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn a 10-9 walk-off victory over Hardin Northern.Zane Collins, a sophomore hitting second in the Arlington lineup, singled, doubled, tripled and drove in three runs. Lead-off batter Nicholas Clark, a sophomore shortstop, had three hits and scored twice and seniors Deuce Davis and Christian Branan added RBI singles.Louis Jones, a freshman, also had an RBI single and earned the pitching victory with 2-2/3 innings of relief. Jones and Collins, who went the first 4-1/3 innings, gave up just four hits and combined for 10 strikeouts.Karter Terhark had a single, double and drove in two runs for Hardin Northern. Xaviour Emrine added an RBI single for the Polar Bears (0-9), who used four two-run rallies in building a 9-4 lead heading into the last of the seventh.H. Northern 002 222 1—9 4 3Arlington 003 010 6—10 10 3WP—Jones. LP—Guinn. TOP HITTERS: (HN) Terhark 1B, 2B, 2 RBI; Emrine 1B, RBI. (Arl) Clark 3-1B, RBI; Collins 1B, 2BB, 3B, 3 RBI; Davis 2-1B, RBI; Branan 1B, RBI; Jones 1B, RBI. FT. JENNINGS 4LEIPSIC 3FORT JENNINGS – Wyatt Gasser's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Fort Jennings a 4-3 walk-off win over Leipsic in a Putnam County League game that was suspended on March 31 and completed on Saturday.Calvin Menke had three hits for Fort Jennings (4-4, 2-1 PCL) and Calvin Swick had a solo home run. Aaron Hazelton had a pair of base hits for Leipsic (3-5, 0-2 PCL).Leipsic 010 010 100—3 7 2Ft. Jennings 111 000 001—4 10 3WP—Gasser. LP—Hazelton. TOP HITTERS: (Leip) Hazelton 2-1B, RBI; Viera 1B, RBI; Zuniga 2B. (FJ) Menke 3-1B; Gasser 1B, RBI; Swick 1B, HR, RBI. MOHAWK 4MCCOMB 0MCCOMB – Wyatt King pitched five shutout innings and Owen Patrizi had two hits in a game that was called in the top of the sixth inning due to inclement weather.Jace Wartgow had a pair of base hits for McComb. MANS. CHR. 22VANLUE 2MANSFIELD – Bryson Winemiller drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and Joshua Hillman knocked in four runs with two base hits in Mansfield Christian's win over Vanlue.Flames pitcher Matthew Kalashnik struck out nine batters in four innings.