Tied 3-3 in the top of the seventh, Kendra Clune (far left) touches home plate with the scoreboard as a backdrop...her dramatic three-run homer shocked everyone and lifted Coldwater past #2-ranked Minster in a MAC thriller, 6-3.
They needed a well-pitched game and a timely hit at the end to support it. Minster’s Louis Magoto and James Niemeyer delivered both Thursday to beat Fort Recovery. Minster, OH – Mike Wiss and the Minster Wildcats needed a win – badly – to salve the memory of the past week when the ‘Cats lost
Versailles bludgeoned the baseball with the bats, turned a pair of impressive double plays, and got a 3-hit shutout from starting pitcher AJ Griesdorn to gain a statement MAC win - 10-0 - over Minster.
Minster's off-season bonding has helped the Wildcats' on-field success .... which continued with a 6-0 victory against St. Henry on Thursday. While Minster was making the most of six hits, including three for extra-bases, pitcher Brooklyn Olsterloh was striking out 14.
St. Henry's Devin Delzeith (above) turned out to be the difference. What started as a pitcher's duel for the first five innings turned into ten-run avalanche in the end, sending the Redskins home with a run-rule 'eye-opening' win over Coldwater. Read more in Friday's Press Pros.