Pirate baseball ousted by Liberty-Benton
By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The visiting Bluffton High School baseball team lost 10-0 at powerhouse Liberty-Benton in Div. V northwest 2 sectional final action Saturday, May 24.
The fourth-seeded Eagles clinched the win in the bottom of the sixth inning by inducing the 10-run mercy rule.
The fifth seed Pirates ended their season 12-13 after the defeat.
The Blanchard Valley Conference champion Eagles improved to 20-4 with the win.
L-B next plays second seed Milan Edison in the district semifinals at Bluffton University Thursday, May 29. Top seed Coldwater (23-2) plays third-seeded Oak Harbor in the other district semi May 29.
Bluffton senior Quinn Eachus threw three innings and allowed six hits with no earned runs to suffer the tough-luck loss. L-B scored three early unearned runs when he was on the mound.
Eagle pitcher Landen Stansberry got the win by hurling six innings of one-hit baseball. He struck out 11 Pirates and walked three. At the plate, he singled twice and scored four runs.
Eagle Seth Elchert legged out an RBI triple and drew a walk. Reid Irwin stroked two singles, drove in a run and coaxed a walk.
Bluffton managed just one hit.
Final: Bluf 0, L-B 10
WP-Stansbery LP-Eachus
3B-Elchert (LB)
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