On March 26th, Wayne Trace and Fort Jennings competed in high school baseball action. The first half of the innings were a stalemate until the Raiders stole a run in the bottom of the 4th. They took another in the 5th. The Musketeers rallied in the 6th and one upped the Raiders by adding 2 runs. Raiders added another in the 6th to reclaim their lead. Fort Jennings pulled from a deep well in the top of the 7th as they took 3 runs and retook a lead. Wayne Trace couldn’t pull out anymore runs as three strikes in the 7th inning ended the game with a win for the Musketeers.
Score by the Innings:
FJ – 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 = 5
WT – 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 = 3
Hits:
FJ – 3 (Kloeppel-2B, Grote-2B, Smith-1B)
WT – 7 (Miller-single, Slade-single, Gillett-single, Speice-double & single, Thompson-2 singles)
Errors:
FJ – 3
WT – 6
Winning Pitcher: Kloeppel (7IP, 3K’s, 1BB, 7hits, 3 runs)
Losing Pitcher: Zuber (6.2IP, 7K’s, 1BB, 3hits, 5runs – 2 earned)
Other: Gillett
