Roundup: Philo comeback stymies John Glenn baseball; Marshall fires another gem for JG

DUNCAN FALLS — They say lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. Philo baseball offered a counter to that logic on Monday.

That's because two-out lightning was all over the Philo Athletic Complex in a 7-6 comeback win against John Glenn, a game that saw the Electrics rally twice with two-out hits for another emotional win.

Jake Howell drove in Talon Preston with the game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning with a single to secure the team's fourth win in five games.

Down 6-5, Cade Searls scored from first on Preston's one-out double to center field to tie the game. Preston was at third with one out when Griffin Wells followed with a pop out, but Howell's clutch hit off Muskie reliever Jacob Stambush ended it.

It capped a wild game that saw Philo come back from a 5-3 deficit with two runs in the bottom of the seventh, then fall behind again after Ayden Thompson singled home Noah Winland with two outs in the ninth.

Case Fink had a double and two singles, Searls had two singles and Howell had two singles with two RBIs as Philo (4-5, 3-4 MVL-Big) had 10 hits and drew five walks.

Clayton Peterson pitched three innings of relief to get the win, allowing four hits and two earned runs with three walks and two strikeouts. Starter Seth Vousden pitched the first six innings.

Winland had two singles and Adam Johnson a single with two RBIs for John Glenn (3-4, 3-3), which had seven hits — all were singles. Colt Emerson, who drew three walks, stole four bases.

Starter Bexlee Woodard allowed three earned runs in six innings with four walks and three strikeouts.

Sheridan 13, River View 4: The Generals piled up 15 hits to back Sam Taylor's complete game in an MVL-Big School win against the visiting Black Bears.

River View had a 3-0 lead entering the bottom of the fourth when the Generals scored four times to take the lead on Austin Clifton's two-run single. One inning later, Sheridan had five hits to start the inning and scored eight more runs to blow the game open at 12-3.

Taylor allowed six hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts. He walked one.

Coyle Withrow had a double and two singles out of the cleanup hole and Blake Turnes drove in two runs with three singles for Sheridan; Spencer Showalter and A.J. Winders doubled and singled and combined for three RBIs.

Owen Emig had two singles, Trace Davis doubled and Brody Shrimplin singled home two runs for River View, which had six errors. Davis was losing pitcher.

Meadowbrook 6, Crooksville 3: The Ceramics committed four errors in a road loss in the MVL-Small School Division.

Kade Winnett and Zayden Yeagle had doubles for the Colts, who held a 7-5 edge in hits. Yeagle also had a single, while Tye Griffith had two.

Gavin Mount singled twice with an RBI for Crooksville, which trailed 5-1 entering the fifth inning. Daniel Chapman pitched 3 2/3 innings in a losing cause, allowing only one earned run.

Jacob Justice pitched a complete game to get the win.

Tri-Valley 19, Maysville 1 (5 inn.): Kellyn Drummonds and Kade Hindel combined on a no-hitter and 10 strikeouts for the visiting Scotties (6-2), who scored 12 runs in the final two innings in an MVL-Big School win.

Drummonds struck out seven and walked two in three innings to get the win. Hindel had three strikeouts in the final two innings.

No. 9 hitter Nate Better drove in three runs with a triple and single and Derrick Stotts sent home two with three singles, as Tri-Valley (5-1 MVL-Big) totaled 15 hits. Bennet Baker doubled twice with two RBIs.

Todd Saxton suffered the loss, allowing five earned runs in three innings.

New Lexington 6, West Muskingum 3: Tatem Toth and Clay Miller clubbed home runs in the sixth inning for the Panthers in a key MVL-Small School win in Falls Township.

Toth's two-run homer in the top of the sixth broke a scoreless tie after Jeric Braglin reached on an error to start the inning.

Three batters later, after Isaac McGill singled and Mason Pyle hit into a fielder's choice, Miller hit a homer to center to push the lead to 4-0.

West got within 4-3 in the bottom of the inning after Sam Wiseman cleared the bases with a double, which came after a pair of two-out walks.

New Lex got key breathing room in the seventh when Braglin's one-out single to center field plated Jacob Dold and Bentley Hanson.

Toth allowed one hit in five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. He walked one and hit two batters.

Licking Heights 12, Zanesville 0 (5 inn.): Cody Czuckowitz and Chris Harvey combined on a two-hitter for the host Hornets, who improved to 4-3.

Tyson Kimble doubled and Mikey Johnson singled to account for the only offense for Zanesville (2-7-1).

Evan McBride and Greyson Goines combined to allow nine hits and two earned runs, but the Blue Devils had six errors and issued six walks.

Rosecrans 4, Fairfield Christian 1: Jimmy Schmitz tossed a two-hitter with four strikeouts for FCA, which earned a Mid-State League-Cardinal Division win at home.

Weston Hartman and Hayden Perdue had the lone hits for the Bishops (2-2), both singles. Perdue allowed one earned run in five innings to take the loss.

Aiden Langwasser had two doubles for FCA, which had seven hits. He was the only player with multiple hits.

Softball

John Glenn 3, Philo 0: Sydney Marshall struck out 12 in a two-hitter for the visiting Muskies (7-1, 5-1), who broke a scoreless game in the fifth inning to stay atop the MVL-Big School Division.

Ryann Snider scored the game's first run when Hannah Bendle's fly ball to center field was misplayed after singling with one out. Bendle came in to score after an error on Adi Babcock's bunt.

Alivia Boothe singled in a run in the sixth to cap the scoring.

Kyleigh McGraw went the distance to take the loss for Philo (8-3, 5-2), which committed four errors.

Sheridan 10, River View 0 (6 inn.): Avery Mueller and Addison Grosse combined for six of the host Generals' 10 hits and scored seven of the team's runs in a mercy in the MVL-Big School Division.

Mueller tripled, doubled and singled and Grosse tripled, singled twice and stole three bases, as Sheridan (6-4, 5-2) scored five runs over the third and fourth innings to extend a 3-0 lead.

Megan Ranck, who pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks, added a three-run double.

Tri-Valley 13, Maysville 0 (5 inn.): Ally Peterson, Reagan Smith and Falon Wolford slugged homers in succession for the Scotties, who had 12 hits in a dominant road win in the MVL-Big School Division.

Peterson whacked a three-run homer in the fourth and Smith and Wolford followed with long balls to make it 10-0. Gabby French added an RBI double in the fifth.

Smith also had a double and single and Paiton Murphy drove in four runs with a triple and single for Tri-Valley (5-3, 5-2). French and Wolford added singles; Catie Journey tripled and Kylan Brock doubled.

Murphy allowed one hit and struck out 10 with no walks to get the win. Three players had singles for Maysville (1-5, 1-4).

West M 14, New Lexington 4 (5 inn.): The Tornadoes blew open a two-run game with an eight-run fifth inning to clinch a mercy in the MVL-Small School Division.

Addy Antonetz had a double and two singles as West had eight extra-base hits — all doubles. Three came in the fifth, including Cadence Puckett's RBI double that sealed the mercy. That came after Katilyn Foster's two-run double one batter earlier.

Foster finished with two doubles, while Peyton Brown drove in three runs with a double and single, Puckett added a two-run single and Gabbi Hammer doubled. Gracie Settles had two singles and two RBIs.

Puckett struck out five in a complete game to get the win as West improved to 5-2 in the MVL-Small.

Kylie Fink had three singles with four RBIs and Jayden Allen, Soraya Taylor and Abby Wilson added two singles for New Lex. Wilson took the loss.

Meadowbrook 4, Crooksville 2: Addy Sichina tossed a one-hitter for the Colts (5-5, 5-2) in MVL-Small School win on their home field.

Sichina and Sommer Ginn had a double and single for Meadowbrook, which broke a 2-all tie with a two-run sixth. Hailey Fordyce's sacrifice fly sent home Sichina with the go-ahead run.

Jourdan Driggs' game-tying RBI single in the sixth accounted for Crooksville's lone hit. Freshman Lexi Saffell allowed two earned runs in a complete game to take the loss.

Crooksville fell to 3-5 overall and 2-5 in league play.

Morgan 17, Coshocton 2 (5 inn.): Malayni Clemens had five hits — including a fifth-inning grand slam — and drove in five runs as the Raiders pounded out 25 hits in an MVL-Small School win on the road.

Clemens also had four singles, while Blair Clawson added two doubles and a single and Paige Lanning and Cassidy Herdman three singles for Morgan. The Raiders, who led 12-0 in the third, had 11 players collect hits and eight with at least two.

Remi Keirns drove in three runs with two singles.

Addison Rice had the lone hit for Coshocton against three Raider hurlers that combined for 10 strikeouts.

This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: Roundup: Philo comeback stymies John Glenn baseball in MVL