Northmor moves past Heath

By ROB HAMILTON

North­mor advanced past sec­tion­als in base­ball thanks to a dra­matic 7–6 win over Heath Thursday.

The Bull­dogs scored twice in the third inning and once in the fourth to take a 3–0 lead, but North­mor tal­lied three in the bot­tom of the fourth to tie the score.

The vis­it­ing Heath squad would retal­i­ate with three straight runs to lead 6–3 mid­way through the sixth. How­ever, the Knights would fight back in their half of the inning to score four runs to take their first lead of the game.

After pitcher Zach Wise­man shut down Heath in the top of the sev­enth, North­mor was on their way to the next round.

Wise­man fin­ished with eight strike­outs and three walks. He gave up 11 hits.

“Wise­man didn’t have his best stuff tonight, but was able to bat­tle through it and get out of some jams,” said head coach Buck Workman.

North­mor fin­ished with nine hits. Josh Corns had a dou­ble and sin­gle, while Char­lie Burggraf added a pair of singles.

“The boys did a tremen­dous job tonight of fight­ing back from two dif­fer­ent three-run deficits,” said Workman. “They never give up.”

On Sat­ur­day, May 5, North­mor split a pair of games at the Hills­dale Tournament.

The host team beat them 7–2 in their first game. Zach Fout struck out three, walked one and gave up 11 hits in suf­fer­ing the loss.

Offen­sively, North­mor was held to four hits, with Fout pick­ing up a dou­ble and single.

The Knights would rebound to beat Loudonville 7–6 in their sec­ond game. They trailed 5–4 enter­ing the sixth inning, but scored three in that frame to take a lead they would not surrender.

Burggraf, Josh Mont­gomery and Wise­man com­bined to strike out seven, walk five and give up six hits.

Bran­don Tay­lor fin­ished with three hits, while Ron­nie Thomas had a dou­ble and sin­gle and Zach Car­roll added two singles.

On Mon­day, North­mor lost to Ready by an 11–2 mar­gin. The Knights led 1–0 early in the game, but gave up eight runs in the third and couldn’t recover.

Car­roll, Mont­gomery and Tayler But­ler com­bined for sixth strike­outs and six walks, while giv­ing up 10 hits.

Wise­man had a dou­ble and sin­gle, while Tay­lor added two singles.

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