Host Riverside got off to a quick start en route to a 10-1 victory over Waynesfield-Goshen on Thursday in a Northwest Central Conference baseball game.

Both teams scored a run in the first inning before the Pirates scored four in the second for a 5-1 lead. The Pirates tacked on another run in the third and four more in the fifth.

“It is always important, especially in a league game, to jump on your opponent early,” said Riverside head coach Rob Kilgore. “It was big for us to get off to that good start.”

Kyle Ehresmann threw a complete-game two-hitter to get the win for the Pirates. He struck out 12 and walked one.

“That was a great outing for Kyle,” said Kilgore. “Our pitchers have struggled with walks at times this year, but Kyle did a good job of pounding the strike zone.”

Riverside’s offense generated 11 hits. Garrett Fairchild was 2-3 with a double and five RBI to power the attack. Blaine Dixon was 3-3 with a double and Ehresmann added two RBI to aid the win.

The Pirates are back in action today at home against Botkins.

RIVERSIDE 10, W-GOSHEN 1
Tigers 100 000 0 — 1 2 4
Pirates 141 040 X — 10 11 1
Frank, Henstin (4), Shaner (6) and Jarvis; Ehresmann and Fairchild. WP—Ehresmann; LP—Frank.

Kerns sends Raiders past Tecumseh

Jeremiah Kerns turned in a huge day with both his right arm and bat Thursday as visiting Benjamin Logan pounded grabbed an 11-2 win over Tecumseh on Thursday in Central Buckeye Conference baseball action.

With the win, the Raiders improve to 11-3 overall and 3- 3 in the CBC. Tecumseh falls to 5-6, 3-2.

Kerns fired a three-hitter to get the win on the mound for Ben Logan. He racked up 15 strikeouts.

“Jeremiah threw his best game of the season,” said Ben Logan head coach Doug Rutan. “He went back to being a pitcher instead of being just a thrower.”

The Raiders took control early as they scored three runs in the first inning. Ben Logan stretched its lead to 6-0 after six innings and added five more runs in the top of the seventh. The Arrows scored both of their runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Kerns went 4-5 with a triple and three RBI to spark the Ben Logan hitting attack. Trenton Pugh went 2-4 with two doubles and two RBI, Blake Rodenberger had a double and Colt Stover chipped in two RBI for the Raiders.

“With the exception of watching a couple called third strikes, I thought we hit really well throughout the lineup,” said Rutan.

The Raiders are back in action today at home against Urbana.

BEN LOGAN 11, TECUMSEH 2
Raiders 301 002 5 — 11 14 2
Arrows 000 000 2 — 2 3 2
Kerns and Barnes; Furlong, Medley (6) and Bicknell. WP—Kerns; LP—Furlong.

Tigers outlast Northeastern

Visiting West Liberty-Salem scored three runs in the sixth inning to break a 6-6 tie as the Tigers defeated Northeastern 9-6 on Thursday in an Ohio Heritage Conference baseball game.

The win improves the Tigers to 10-2 overall and 5-1 in the OHC.

“I don’t think we hit the ball or fielded the ball as well as we had the last few games,” said WL-Salem head coach Toby Smith. “We need to clean those things up. They made a couple of mistakes and we were able to take advantage of them.”

The score was tied 5-5 after four innings. The Tigers scored a run in the top of the fifth to take a 6-5 lead, but the Jets came back with a run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 6-6.

WL-Salem then scored three in the sixth to take the lead for good.

“I was pleased to see our guys respond when they needed to,” said Smith.

Levi Reed came through with a two-out, two-run single in the sixth to put the Tigers in front. Tyler Hayes was 2-4 with two doubles and two RBI to aid the Tigers’ offense.

Brock Bahan went the distance on the mound to get the win for WL-Salem.

The Tigers are back in action today at Anna.

WL-SALEM 9, NORTHEASTERN 6
Tigers 100 413 0 — 9 5 4
Jets 200 310 0 — 6 8 5
Bahan and Reed; Hollingshead, Williams (6), Ricketts (7) and Reynolds. WP—Bahan; LP—Hollingshead.

Triad downs Cedarville

Triad’s baseball team took an early lead against host Cedarville and pulled away late to earn a 4-0 win in Ohio Heritage Conference action.

The Cardinals led 2-0 after the fifth inning and added two more runs in the seventh inning and held off the Indians in the bottom of the seventh to pick up the win.

Ethan James earned the win on the mound with eight strike-outs and went 2-4 at the plate.

The Triad offense was led by Bryce Williams, who went 2-2 with two doubles. T.J. Teets went 2-4 with two RBI and Tyler Wilson went 2-3.

The Cardinals host Southeastern on Saturday in another OHC contest.

TRIAD 4, CEDARVILLE 0
Cardinals 100 010 2 — 4 9 0
Cedarville 000 000 0 — 0 1 1
James and Yocom; Kuriger and Cridlebaugh. WP— James; LP—Kuriger.