By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Visiting Spencerville scored in every inning to defeat Ada 19-8 in a Northwest Conference baseball game Thursday evening.
The Bulldogs fell to 3-11 overall and 0-6 in the NWC with their seventh loss in a row. The Bearcats improved their record to 6-6 overall and 4-2 in the NWC with the victory.
The Bearcats took advantage of 11 Bulldog errors and eight walks to score nine unearned runs despite getting out-hit. Ada actually banged out more hits than the Bearcats, 8-7.
The Bearcats built a 17-1 lead before the Bulldogs fought back with three runs in the third, and four more in the fourth.
Senior Aaron Everhart doubled and hit two singles to lead the Ada offense. He also drove in three runs, stole a base and scored once.
Junior Austin Amburgey doubled in a pair of runs. Freshman Zac Swaney hit a double and scored two runs. Sophmore Phillip Coulson singled, stole three bases and scored a run.
Freshman Tristin Conley singled in a run and scored once. Classmate Jacob Morgan also singled home a run and scored a run.
Bearcat junior Kale Lee stole three bases and scored three runs. Junior teammate Drake Mertz doubled, hit two singles, drove in two runs and scored twice.
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Svl 287 11x x 19 7 1
Ada 003 41x x 8 8 11
WP-Ringwald LP-Blankenship (1-2)
2B-Swaney (A), Everhart (A), Amburgey (A), Mertz (S), Stephen (S)
Ada (0-4 home) hosts Vanlue Friday.
