Black Knights blank Pirate boys
By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - The visiting Bluffton baseball team was no-hit in a five-inning 21-0 loss at Van Buren Saturday.
The Pirates fell to 0-6 with the non-league defeat, while VB improved to 3-2 with the shutout victory.
Black Knight pitcher Weston Heitkamp struck out eight and walked none while allowing no hits over five innings. He hit one batter.
The Knights pushed across nine runs in the first inning to seize control. VB then plated seven more scores in the second frame to build an insurmountable 16-0 lead.
The hosts scored in all four of their times at bat before the game was stopped by the 10-run rule following the top of the fifth frame.
VB knocked out 17 base hits in the lopsided win. Max Greenwalt doubled, hit two singles, drove in two runs and scored twice to pace the victors.
Clarence Durliat compiled a double, single, scored four times and drove in one run. Aaron Bressler contributed two hits, two runs and an RBI.
Seventeen of the Knight runs were unearned as the Pirates committed five costly errors. Bluffton did have two runners reach base on an error and a hit batsman, freshman shortstop Braeden Jordan.
The Pirates left two men on base while VB stranded nine. The Knights also stole seven bases.
123 456 7 R H E
Blu 000 00x x 0 0 5
VB 974 1xx x 21 17 1
WP-Heitkamp LP-Prater
2B-Greenwalt (VB), Durliat (VB)
The Pirates open Northwest Conference play at Delphos Jefferson (2-3) Thursday, April 8. They then host non-league foe Liberty-Benton (1-1) Saturday, April 10.
Stories Posted This Week
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Blanchard Valley Health Foundation welcomes Sapp as Chief Development Officer
- LEO Club invitation to 5K and 1-mile walk & stroll
- Memorial bench and tree planting at Village Arboretum
- Bluffton Beavers sports roundup, April 16-22
- Pirate baseball loss vs. Fort Jennings
- Alan Garmatter is new CNB Chief Credit Officer
- Parks & Recreation Committee meets April 25
- Bad Dreams: Health implications
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
- ONU theater students give voice to the Ukrainian people
- Permits will be needed for overnight parking on Spring St.
- April 26 Easter for Kids event
- Anabaptist choral concert on April 27
- April 23 landscaping night at the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club-LE&W Depot
- Upcoming BPL events, April 21-26
- Marc Augsburger is 2025 Outstanding Alumni from Rhodes State College
- Pirate girls win O-G Gold track meet, Bluffton boys 2nd