DAYTON__The Ada High School baseball team led through four frames but lost 4-2 to non-conference rival Perry at Dayton’s Day Air Stadium on Friday, April 17.
The Bulldogs led 2-0 heading to the fifth inning after tallying single runs in the second and fourth.
Perry plated three runs in the bottom of the fifth, and then added a key insurance run in the sixth to pull off the comeback win.
FINDLAY__The visiting Ada High School softball team gave up four runs in the bottom of the seventh and lost a 9-6 heartbreaker to Liberty-Benton in a key Blanchard Valley Conference makeup game on Thursday, April 16.
The seesaw battle featured two grand slams and four home runs.
The Eagles jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning, but the Ada girls tallied two runs in the fourth to inch within a run. The Bulldogs then seized a 6-3 lead with four runs in the sixth.
L-B won the game with a walk-off grand slam over the left field fence by Elise Brzezinski in the bottom of the seventh. Her circuit blast capped the comeback win.
FINDLAY__The visiting Ada High School baseball team lost 12-1 at Blanchard Valley Conference rival Liberty-Benton in a makeup game on a warm Thursday, April 16.
L-B raced in front with a seven-run first inning and never trailed. Ada plated its lone run in the top of the third frame, but the Eagles answered with three scores in the home half of the third.
Two more Eagle runs in the fourth inning eventually invoked the 10-run mercy rule after 4.5 frames.
The Bulldogs were out-hit 11-2 by L-B. Ada committed four errors, leading to five unearned runs.
Ada dropped to 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the BVC with the road loss.
ARLINGTON __The visiting Ada High School baseball team defeated Blanchard Valley Conference foe Arlington 6-1 on a warm Wednesday, April 15.
A triple play, timely hitting and strong relief pitching helped the Bulldogs earn the victory. The rarest of defensive plays, the way Ada turned three was also extremely unusual.
“It was a good win,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith. “We made a bunch of nice plays in the field, and turned a triple play as well. Shanks and Wibley’s pitching kept them at bay.”
