St Joseph At Carroll Merchants
St Joseph 3
Carroll 1
Carroll rallied with a run in the bottom of the 8th, tying the game at 1. Logan Harris singled and scored an error off a ball hit to 2nd base by Noah Dutler. They left a runner on base, setting up a rally by St Joseph in the top of the 9th. The Mustangs scored 2-runs on three hits in the inning. Carroll tried to rally in the bottom 9th getting Xavier Lerma on base with a single and Justin Ricketts singling with 2-outs. They weren’t able to score and fell 3-1.
Justin Ricketts led the Merchants with 3 hits with Logan Harris and Xavier Lerma both having 2 hits. Logan Harris scored a run. Caleb Tucker had a strong start on the hill, going 6 innings, allowing 8 hits and 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
The loss drops the Merchants to 12-18 overall and 12-17 in the MINK League. They travel to Chillicothe on Monday.
Carroll Stats
Jake McClure 1-5
Logan Harris 2-4, RS, SB
Xavier Lerma 2-4, 2B
Justin Ricketts 3-4
Nolan Oliver 1 SB
Caleb Tucker 6 IP, 8 Hits, 1 RA, 1 ER, 4 K’s
Billy Robertson 2 2/3 IP, 3 Hits, 2 RA, 2 ER, 2 BB
Bishop Woods 1 /3 IP
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
St Joseph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1