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CINCINNATI STEAM  @  XENIA SCOUTS  -  DH

GRADY’S FIELD - The Xenia Scouts benefitted from Garrett DeClue’s second no-hitter of the season completing a double header sweep of the Cincinnati Steam on Monday at Grady’s Field.

 

We checked with GLSCL historian Tom Usher from the Lima News and we confirmed that DeClue is the first GLSCL pitcher to ever throw two no-hitters in league history.

 

The Scouts (18-16) forced a three-team log jam for second place in the GLSCL South Division standings. The Scouts, the Steam and the Hamilton Joes are all now two full games behind the first place Licking County Settlers.

 

The Scouts won the 1-0 pitcher’s duel as the Xenia offense was held to just three hits on the game. DeClue (University of the Cumberlands) struck out five batters over the course of seven innings walking just two batters allowing just four total base runners.

 

Click here to watch postgame interview with Garrett DeClue

 

Click here to watch the full at bat of the final out of the game.

 

The Scouts scored the game’s only run on back-to-back doubles by the first two batters they sent to the plate. Tyler Haskins (Fairmont State) lead off the first inning with a two-base hit and scored on Tommy Rover’s (Fresno Pacific) two-bagger. 

 

That was all the offense that DeClue would need as he kept the Steam off balance over the course of his 103-pitch workload.

 

Nick Falter (Dennison University) was outstanding for the Steam (18-16) despite coming up on the losing end of the stick. Falter struck out seven batters over the course of five innings and didn’t allow a hit after the first two batters.

 

Xenia won the opener setting the tone for the events of the evening winning by a score of 5-1.

 

Colby Feris (Tarleton State) went 3-for-4 reaching base on all four of his plate appearances. Feris contributed a double, an RBI and a run scored. 

 

Click here to watch postgame interview with Colby Feris

 

Colby Gromlich (Millersville University) improved his record to 3-0 on the season. Gromlich registered seven strikeouts in five innings of work in the opener for the Scouts.

 

LIMA LOCOS  6   GRAND LAKE MARINERS  3   

MONTGOMERY FIELD - The Lima Locos won a four-game series over its rival Grand Lake Mariners with a 6-3 win at Montgomery Field.

 

The Locos (18-16) are now a half game ahead of Jet Box for second place in the North Division standings. The top two teams in each division earn a spot the GLSCL playoff rounds.

 

Miller Riggins (Kennesaw State) was dealing on the mound for the Locos striking out 11 batters in seven innings of work. Riggins tied the GLSCL high water mark for strikeouts in a game this season with the 11 punch outs.

 

The Lima offense was potent on this night racking up 14 hits. Ty Gill (Purdue University) extended his 11-game hitting streak by going 4-for-5 at the plate.

 

D.J. Jackson (Jacksonville State), fresh off being named the GLSCL Player of the Week, went 3-for-5 and Jayden Davis (Samford University) drove in three RBI’s.

 

Jacob Danneman (Hanover College) went 2-for-4 for the Mariners with a double and an RBI. Three other Grand Lake (15-19) hitters also chipped in two hits apiece.

 

 

SOUTHERN OHIO COPPERHEADS  12  SANDUSKY BAY ICE HAULERS  9

SPORTS FORCE PARK FIELD #3 - Kyle Ratliff will never forget his 20th birthday as the Southern Ohio Copperheads defeated the Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers 12-9 at Sports Force Park.

 

Ratliff (SIU Edwardsville) hit a pair of home runs setting the Copperheads new franchise single season record. Ratliff’s nine home runs is two better than the previous record holder Blaine Crim (Mississippi College) who hit seven back in 2018.

 

On his birthday, Ratliff went 3-for-6 at the plate with four RBIs and three runs scored.

 

Mason Nadolney (Concordia University) also produced three hits on the night for the Copperheads. Maverick Stallings (St. John’s River State College) went 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored.

 

The ball was jumping out of the ballpark as the two teams combined for five round trippers.

 

Garret Pike (Toldeo), Jace Rinehart (USC Upstate) and Eli Snider (Seton Hill) all hit long balls for Sandusky Bay (15-18).

 

Jacob Armsey (USC Upstate) and Mason Montgomery (Bowling Green State) each had two hits for the Ice Haulers.

 

 

MUSKEGON CLIPPERS  5  ROYAL OAK LEPRECHAUNS  3  

MARSH FIELD - The Muskegon Clippers used a four-run fourth inning earning a home victory over the Royal Oak Leprechauns winning by a score of 5-3 at Marsh Field.

 

Trent Nielsen (San Jose State transfer) hit a solo home run followed by the three-run homer off the bat of Fermin Osio (UNC Asheville) overcoming a 2-0 deficit.

 

The Clippers (15-18) scored an insurance run in the sixth inning pushing a run across the plate on a bases loaded wild pitch.

 

The Leprechauns (14-18) scored the first two runs of the game.

 

Reese Trahey (Michigan State) scored on Alex Cole’s (Northwood University) sacrifice fly in the first inning.  

 

Matt Jennings (Allegheny College) drove in the second run on an RBI-ground out scoring Drew Henig (Madonna University) in the top of the fourth inning.

 

Royal Oak scored an additional run with an RBI-single by Gavin Ganun (Bowling Green State) driving in Glenn Miller (Eastern Michigan).

 

Four Muskegon pitchers combined holding Royal Oak to just three hits. Ben Alderson (Northwood University) pitched two and 2/3 perfect innings notching five strikeouts out of the eight batters that he faced during his appearance.

 

 

ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES SUMMER COLLEGIATE LEAGUE 

The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate, founded in 1987, is a wood-bat league that is certified by the NCAA and is partially funded by Major League Baseball. The league currently consists of 13 active franchises in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana boasting several players that have earned service time in major league baseball.