Liberty-Benton scored five first-inning runs and went on to defeat the visiting Bluffton High School baseball team 8-3 in a non-conference contest Wednesday evening, March 30.
The Pirates inched within 5-3 after three innings with the aid of two Eagle errors. But the hosts tacked on three runs in the fourth and fifth frames to put the game out of reach.
Eagle starter Trevin Lieb earned the pitching win and slapped an RBI single. He gave up just one hit and no runs over four innings, and struck out seven Pirates.
Visiting Carey scored five runs in their final at bat to overcome a two-run deficit and edge the Bluffton High School softball team 10-9 in a wild season opener on a cold Tuesday evening, March 29.
The Pirate girls (0-1) trailed 5-0 after four innings, but rallied with an explosive seven-run fifth frame.
Yet Carey regained the lead with five runs in the seventh. Bluffton threatened to come back by plating two runs in the home seventh, but came up just short.
The Bluffton University baseball team led 6-0 after three innings, but Otterbein came all the way back for a 16-12 victory at Memorial Field on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Bluffton saw its four-game winning streak snapped as the Beavers fell to 5-7 on the season. Otterbein improved to 10-5 overall.
