PIQUA – Greenville traveled to Piqua to take on the Indians in a MVL varsity baseball game and came home with a 6-2 win.
“It’s a good day when middle school baseball, JV baseball, and varsity baseball all get wins,” said Greenville varsity coach Adam Eberwein. “Makes it even better when all wins were against Piqua.”
The Green Wave took advantage of a Piqua error and an unearned run to lead 1-0 in the top of the second inning.
Greenville added two runs in the top of the third, getting an Isaac Kerg walk and an RBI single off the bat of Jackson Eberwein. Braeden Wills followed with a double and scored on a Charlie Jasenski run-scoring groundout and a 3-0 lead with three in the book.
The Wave made it a 4-0 game in the top of the sixth with a Titus Eberwein single to left and a Michael Fox RBI single to right. Piqua got on the board with a single run in the top of the inning, sending the game to the seventh with Greenville leading 4-1.
The Green Wave added two insurance runs at the top of the seventh to lead 6-1. Piqua misplayed a Wills leadoff pop fly, Jasenski drilled a line drive single to center, Adam Edwards knocked a run-scoring single to left, and Layne Hocker hit a RBI sacrifice fly to right, accounting for the two Greenville runs.
Piqua added a run in the bottom of the seventh to close out scoring on the night, earning Greenville a four-run conference win, a game the Green Wave played error-free ball.
“The guys had a great team victory today,” Coach Eberwein stated. “We played solid defense and got the job done at the plate.”
Greenville outhit Piqua 9-5 and played error-free ball while the Indians committed three errors on the night.
Layne Hocker picked up the win for Greenville, allowing two earned runs over 6.0 innings on five hits, five walks while striking out five. Titus Eberwein tossed 1.0 innings of scoreless ball, no hits, and no walks.
“Layne Hocker pitched a fantastic game,” said Eberwein.
Fox led the Wave at the plate, going 2-5 with an RBI. Cole Oswalt, Kerg, Edwards, Jasenski, J. Eberwein, and T. Eberwein each accounted for a single, and Wills hit a double.
BOX SCORE:
123 456 7 R H E
012 001 2 6 9 0 Greenville
000 001 1 2 5 3 Piqua
