Pirate baseball sweeps opening twin bill vs. Pandora-Gilboa
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School baseball team convincingly swept a doubleheader from visiting rival Pandora-Gilboa, forging a strong season opener on Saturday, March 29.
The Pirates won the first game 16-6, then blasted the Rockets 24-0 in the nightcap. Both games went just five innings as they were shortened by the 10-run mercy rule.
Robby Taylor earned the pitching victory for Bluffton in game one. He hurled 2.1 innings of relief and allowed two hits and one earned run.
Jake Weaver drilled a double and a single, coaxed a walk and had two runs batted in. He also scored two runs. Keaton Howbert collected two hits, a walk, two stolen bases, two runs and two RBI.
Luke Jebsen hit two singles and scored two runs. Brody Anderson tallied a run and slapped a two-run single. Nolan Speicher drew four walks, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs. MORE ▶︎
P-G’s Grady Kempf hit a double and two singles to drive in three runs for the Rockets.
In the nightcap, Howbert hurled 4.1 innings of scoreless baseball as the Pirates romped in a five-inning shutout. He struck out six Rockets and allowed just one hit and no runs.
Landen Worcester smacked two doubles and a single, and amassed six RBI with two doubles. Worcester also scored two runs.
Jake Weaver swatted a double and a single. He drove in two runs and scored twice. Luke Jebsen doubled in two runs, scored three times and swiped two bases.
Bluffton hosts local rival Ada Tuesday, April 1. The Pirates entertain North Baltimore Thursday, April 3. Parkway comes to town Friday, and Bluffton completes a four-game homestand this week Saturday vs. Liberty-Benton.
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- Pirate softball loses opener to Ada
- Pirate baseball falls to Ada
- Allen County will not test warning sirens on April 2
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- Leo Club supports Bluffton Clean Up
- Wind, rain and potential flooding for April 2
- Grandey to major in education, play basketball at John Carroll
- Pirate tennis blanks Bath
- Pirate baseball sweeps opening twin bill vs. Pandora-Gilboa
- “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God” reader's theater, April 13
- Easter Cantata performed on April 13 in Pandora
Monday, March 31, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Saturday, March 29, 2025
- Bluffton Public Library’s April 2025 programs and services
- Joseph “Joe” Ropp Davies worked for University of Findlay
- Hillville Road bridge maintenance on April 1
- Lift access added to Bluffton Senior Center back entrance
- Register for fear of falling workshop
- Florence to explain advanced sports stats at student forum