Picture credit to Reggie Neal

 

LIMA LOCOS  2  FLAG CITY SLUGGERS  0  - FINAL  

MARATHON DIAMONDS - The Lima Locos keep the train on the tracks improving to 6-0 on the season with a 2-0 victory on the road against the Flag City Sluggers.

 

The Locos remain the only undefeated team in the GLSCL. Its the best start of the season for the Locos since they started the 2011 season with a 6-1 record.

 

The game was a pitcher’s duel as the game was scoreless through the first seven innings. 

 

Braxton Betancourt (Olney Central) pitched six shutout innings for the Sluggers. He struck out seven batters while scattering two hits allowing on one walk.

 

Jacob Sams (Central Florida) pitched a scoreless seventh inning for Flag City before the Locos got to him in the eighth.

 

Brecken Menuet (Louisiana Tech) reached on a one-out walk and scored on a triple off the bat of Reese Borho (Abilene Christian). Borho crossed the plate on a single by Matt Rose (South Florida).

 

That was all the scoring the Locos needed as three Lima pitchers combined for the shutout.

 

Austin Vargas (Texas A&M transfer) got the start going the first four and 2/3 innings striking out six batters. The Sluggers flirted with success reaching base on two hits and four walks but couldn’t covert that success into run production.

 

Marion Creech (North Greenville transfer) went three and 1/3 innings out of the bullpen striking out four batters while giving up just two hits. Creech was credited with his first victory of the season.

 

Brady Fitzpatrick (Ball State transfer) came in for the ninth retiring the side in order including two strikeouts for the save.

 

Lima puts its winning streak on the line Friday night returning to Simmons Field taking on the Xenia Scouts.

 

The Sluggers (0-6) look for its elusive first win when they go on the road taking on the Muskegon Clippers.

 

 

MICHIGAN MONARCHS  2  MUSKEGON CLIPPERS  1   -  FINAL  

HILLSDALE COLLEGE - The Michigan Monarchs got off the mat winning the three-game series against its in-state rival Muskegon Clippers with a 2-1 victory on Thursday.

 

The Monarchs only needed one hit to secure its fifth victory of the season.

 

Wyatt Epple (Davenport University) reached on an error leading off the fourth inning. Christian Holmes (Illinois Chicago transfer) hit his first home run of the season giving the Monarchs a 2-0 advantage.

 

Ashton Wong (Loyola Marymount), who lead the GLSCL in home runs with eight last season, hit a solo home run with one out in the eighth inning. Wong’s second homer of the 2025 cut the Monarchs lead in half 2-1.

 

Unfortunately for Muskegon (1-5), that is the closest they would come to winning this game. The Clippers offense had plenty of chances as they left 10 runners on base.

 

The Clippers wasted a nice effort on the mound by started Kendall Brewer (Erskine College). Brewer pitched a complete game in a losing effort giving up just one run and two hits. He was efficient throwing just 88 pitches striking out seven while walking just three batters.

 

Three Monarchs pitchers held the Clippers bats at bay. Daniel Wilcome (Saginaw Valley State) earned the victory going the first six innings. Sam Beemer (Michigan State) made his long awaited season debut going one and 2/3 innings. Johnny Stavola (Michigan-Dearborn), who already was a win of the season, earned his first save.

 

The Monarchs put its 5-1 record on the line Friday taking on the defending champion Hamilton Joes at Foundation Field. 

 

The Clippers (1-5) return home hosting the winless Flag City Sluggers at Marsh Field.

 

 

SOUTHERN OHIO COPPERHEADS  11  HAMILTON JOES  1   -  FINAL/7 Innings 

BOB WREN STADIUM - The Southern Ohio Copperheads broke a three way tie taking sole possession of first place in the GLSCL South Division with an 11-1 mercy rule victory over the Hamilton Joes.

 

The Copperheads scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for the mercy-rule victory.

 

Southern Ohio sent 10 batters to the plate in the seventh walking it off when Jace Parnin (Shawnee State) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded forcing home Jack Ferguson (Indiana Tech) home from third base with the winning run.

 

Three Copperheads pitchers combined to allow just one Hamilton run on only two hits. 

 

Luke Bryant (Ohio University), who plays his spring baseball at Bob Wren Stadium, led the way improving his record to 2-0 on the summer. Bryant struck out seven batters in his five innings or work going up three walks.

 

Tyler Phirrmann (Adrian College) and Peyton Buckley (Ohio Wesleyan) each tossed one shutout inning out of the bullpen securing the Southern Ohio win.

 

Nic Lembo (High Point) went 2-for-3 at the plate for Southern Ohio with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored.

 

The Copperheads (4-2) remain home hosting the Grand Lake Mariners on Friday in Athens.

 

The Joes (3-3) return home to host a three game series against the Michigan Monarchs at Foundation Field.

 

 

GRAND LAKE MARINERS  5  XENIA SCOUTS  4  - FINAL

MONTGOMERY FIELD - The Grand Lake Mariners avoiding being swept by holding on to beat the Xenia Scouts on Thursday by a score of 5-4.

 

The Scouts, looking for the series sweep, got off to an early 3-0 lead.

 

Bo Solley’s (Harding University) third inning sacrifice fly drove in Andrew Sharpe (Central Washington) from third base.

 

In the fourth inning, Ayden Alsobrooks (East Mississippi College) singled leading off the inning and scoring on an RBI-single by Troy Lynch (University of Minnesota Duluth). Carter Jackman (Mississippi College) scored from third when Hugh LeMasters (East Mississippi College) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

 

The Mariners answered with a run in the sixth inning, tying the score with two more in the seventh inning. 

 

Back-to-back RBI-singles Jacob Loving (Palomar College) and Sammy Besztery (University of Rochester) tied the score 3-3.

 

Grand Lake took the lead 4-3 when Sam Reczek (Olivet Nazarene) scored from third base on a wild pitch. Tyler O’Brien (University of Toledo) crossed the plate with the all important insurance run on a double by Isaac Sobieszczyk (Bradley University). 

 

Xenia was down to its final out in the ninth inning when pinch hitter Will Lawrence (Samford University) stepped to the plate with runners at first and second base. Lawrence delivered with a single driving in Kaden Wu (Gateway CC).

 

Grand Lake went to its bullpen calling on Tanner Coddington (Whitman College) who struck out Alsobrooks stranding the tying run at third base and the go ahead run at first base.

 

The Mariners (2-4) go on the road Friday night taking on the first place Southern Ohio Copperheads at Bob Wren Stadium.

 

The Scouts (3-3) will also travel to Simmons Field on Friday taking on the last undefeated team in the GLSCL the Lima Locos.

 

 

 

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.