Picture credit to Brady Laber 

 

XENIA SCOUTS  14  GRAND LAKE MARINERS  3 - FINAL/7 Innings 

GRADY’S FIELD - The Xenia Scouts clinched a series victory with a convincing 14-3 mercy rule victory over the visiting Grand Lake Mariners on Wednesday on Grady’s Field at Brown Stadium.

 

The Mariners had a tough day overall as one of their vans blowing out a tire on the way to the game. Everyone made it to Xenia safely but were late to the venue giving them minimal on-field prep before the game. The game started nearly 30 minutes behind schedule.

 

The Scouts (3-2) were unaffected by the delay putting up four runs in three different innings. The offensive outburst made it a mercy-rule game ending in seven innings.

 

Xenia broke a 1-1 tied in the third inning when leadoff hitter Caleb Webster (Tusculum College) manufactured a run. Webster reached on a walk, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher. Bo Solley’s (Harding University) RBI-single drove in Webster making it a 2-1 game.

 

That was as close as it would ever get the rest of the night. Solley scored from third base on a bases loaded hit-by-pitch and Troy Lynch (University of Minnesota Duluth) scored on a steal of home on a delayed double steal.

 

The Scouts had balanced scoring attack with three players, Solley, Gus Gandy (Samford University) and Rolan Reyes (Westmont College) accounting for two hits apiece. Soley also scored runs and drove in three RBIs.

 

CLICK HERE to watch postgame interview with Bo Solley.

 

Owen Shimmel (Lancaster Bible College) was very good on the mound improving his record to 2-0 on the season. Shimmel went six innings giving up just one run and scattering five hits.

 

The Mariners (1-3) threatened in the seventh scoring twice on a two-run single by Jacob Loving (Palomar College).

 

The Scouts will go for the sweep of the series on Thursday when the series moves to Celina with the first pitch at Montgomery Field scheduled for 6:35pm.

 

 

LIMA LOCOS  7  FLAG CITY SLUGGERS  4  - FINAL  

MARATHON DIAMONDS - The Lima Locos made a late inning comeback remaining undefeated with a 7-4 road victory against the Flag City Sluggers.

 

The Locos (5-0) are the last undefeated GLSCL team in the 2025 season. Its the first time that Lima has started 5-0 to begin a season since 2021.

 

The Sluggers led 4-2 going into the top of the eighth inning. Lima’s Braydon Kersey (Mercer University) scored from third base on an RBI-groundout by Cole Crafton (University of Louisville). David Falloon (Mercer University) tied the game when Grant McGuire (Winthrop University) hit a sacrifice fly to shallow left field.

 

The Locos loaded the bases in the ninth inning breaking the tie when Luke Mottola (Central Florida) scored on a costly error committed by the Sluggers. 

 

Lima scored a pair of insurance runs staring with Charlie Vercruysse (Notre Dame transfer) crossing the plate thanks to a Falloon sacrifice fly. That followed by a ground rule double by Crafton driving in Matt Rose (South Florida).

 

Taylor Echols (Miami University) closed out the Sluggers in the ninth inning securing the win as he picked up the victory in first appearance of the season.

 

Lima reliever Cameron Darrington (Ashland University transfer) held the Sluggers in check on the mound in the middle innings. Darrington pitched five and 1/3 innings shutout innings striking out nine batters while striking out nine batters.

 

Flag City (0-5) got off to a good start but couldn’t make a early lead stand up. The Sluggers scored three times in the second inning taking an early 4-0 advantage. Tanner Powell’s (South Arkansas CC) two-run single was the big blow of the inning. 

 

The Locos will go for the sweep of the series when they return to Findlay on Thursday. The Sluggers look for its first win of the season in an effort to avoid the sweep.

 

 

MUSKEGON CLIPPERS  6  MICHIGAN MONARCHS  3  

HILLSDALE COLLEGE - The Muskegon Clippers got off the schneid earning its first win of the season with a 6-3 win on the road over the Michigan Monarchs.

 

The Monarchs (4-1) fell form the ranks of the undefeated and out of a first place tie with the Lima Locos atop of the GLSCL North Division standings.

 

The Clippers (1-4) scored two runs in the seventh inning giving them the cushion it would need to secure the win. A ground rule double by Casey Barnes (Northwestern Ohio) driving in Nolan Zajac (Western Michigan) and Jack Bakus (Lansing CC) gave the Clippers what turned out to be the final margin of victory.

 

Backus went 2-for-4 at the plate scoring half of the team’s runs by crossing the plate three different times.

 

Muskegon took an early 4-0 advantage and never trailed in the game. 

 

Keegan Knupp (Eastern Michigan) went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Monarchs (4-1) improving his batting average to .444 on the season.

 

The deciding the game of the series takes place on Thursday at Hillsdale College’s Hill Stadium & TFO Partners Field.

 

 

HAMILTON JOES  7  SOUTHERN OHIO COPPERHEADS  4  -  FINAL 

BOB WREN STADIUM - The Hamilton Joes evened up the series with a 7-4 on the road over the Southern Ohio Copperheads at Bob Wren Stadium. The Joes win coupled with the Xenia Scouts victory over Grand Lake created a three-way at the top of the GLSCL South Division standings.

 

The Joes (3-2) scored three runs in the first inning thanks to miscues committed by the Copperheads. A passed ball, an error and another passed ball gave Hamilton an early 3-0 lead.

 

The Copperheads bounced back scoring twice in the bottom of the opening frame. Ronnie Rowley (Hocking College) stepped to the plate with the bases loaded smacking a two-run triple.

 

Hamilton scored three times in the seventh inning hanging on to pull away with for the win.

 

Alex Conrad (Lincoln Trail) went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Joes. Conrad added an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base.

 

Frankie Clark (Eastern Michigan) also went 3-for-4 for the Copperheads with a run scored and a stolen base.

 

The winner of the three-game series will be decided Thursday night in Athens as the Copperheads host the Joes at 7:05pm.

 

 

ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES SUMMER COLLEGIATE LEAGUE 

The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate, founded in 1987, is a wood-bat league that is certified by the NCAA and is partially funded by Major League Baseball. The GLSCL is a non-profit 501(c)(3) entity that is one of 12 members of the National Alliance of Collegiate Summer Baseball (NACSB). The league currently consists of 8 active franchises in Ohio and Michigan boasting several players that have earned service time in major league baseball.