The All Americans (24-12) defeated
WP - Quinn Haselhorst (4-0) - 8 IP, 3 H, 0 ER (2 unearned), 0 BB, 5 K
LP - Shawn Teufel (0-3) - 8 IP, 7 H, 1 ER (2 unearned), 0 BB, 4 K
S - Reid Lamport (3)
DH Erich Diedrich went 1-4 with a run scored and 1 rbi
C Matt Steinke went 1-3 with an rbi
This one was a pretty good pitcher’s duel until the 6th…michael sims was on first for Columbus when hayden johnston hit a ground ball to Xenia SS leroy urbina, who threw the ball over the second baseman’s head, allowing Sims to score and Johnston to advance to third…erich diedrich hit a line drive that one hopped off the right field wall to score johnston…matt steinke followed with a single to right center to score diedrich and make the score 3-0…Xenia scored 2 runs in the top of the 8th on 3 columbus errors…in the 9th, reid lamport got andrew wertz to hit a ground ball to 1b danny hayden, but the ball took a tough bounce and went over Hayden’s head…lamport walked the next batter…but then pinch runner derek baer began running towards third a little early, perhaps to get a good jump on the sacrifice bunt and lamport was able to throw him out easily at third…the batter then grounded into a game-ending double play…what a weird turn of events…
Another good outing for Quinn Haselhorst, whose ERA and WHIP dipped to 1.62 and 0.82, respectively…he has 28 strikeouts in 39 IP
Columbus only has 3 games left, so unless Lima loses all of their games, the Locos will most likely end with the best record in the league for the regular season