Pirates rally for victory
Triad edges Fairlawn in first round of sectional tourney

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Riverside pulled out a 7-6 win in the bottom of the seventh inning against visiting Jackson Center on Tuesday in first-round Division IV sectional baseball tournament action.

The Pirates travel to Covington on Thursday to face the second-seeded Buccs (15-8) in a sectional semifinal game.

With the score tied 6-6, the Pirates’ Kyle Ehresman hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Riverside the win.

Jackson Center led 5-1 after the top of the fifth inning, but Riverside came alive in the bottom of the frame. The Pirates plated four runs to take a 6-5 lead.

The Tigers added a run in the top of the sixth to tie the game, but Ehresman’s two-out RBI single in the seventh saved the day for RHS.

Offensively, Jonathan Miller went 2-4 with two doubles, Drew Dixon went 3-4 with two doubles and Ehresman went 2- 4 with two RBI to lead the way for the Pirates.

Aaron Moffit earned the win on the mound. He had four strikeouts and allowed three earned runs. He is now 7-3 on the season.

Riverside head coach Jason McLain knows his team faces a challenge in the next round.

“We play a very good Covington team on Thursday,” said McLain. “They are solid all-around so we will have to play very well to beat them.”

RIVERSIDE 7 — JACKSON CENTER 6
Tigers 100 221 0 — 6 11 1 — Pirates 101 040 1 — 7 11 3
March, Brown (6) and Woodward; Moffit and Dixon. WP—Moffit; LP—March.

Triad edges Fairlawn in tourney opener

Austin Dixon was 2-4 and had the game-winning double in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead host Triad to a 2-1 win over Fairlawn on Tuesday in a Division IV sectional baseball tournament opener.

The Cardinals, now 16-9, advance to play at Sidney Lehman in a sectional semifinal Thursday.

Triad took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning before Fairlawn tied the game with a run in the top of the sixth.

Dixon then came up with his big hit in the bottom of the seventh to give the Cardinals the victory.

Tyson Funderburgh and Ethan James combined on a four-hitter on the mound for Triad.

Tyler Fisher was 2-2 with a double and Andrew Towns was 2-3 with a double to aid the Cardinals’ offense.

TRIAD 2 — FAIRLAWN 1
Jets 000 001 0 — 1 4 2 — Cardinals 000 010 1 — 2 7 0
Phledderer and Bowman; Funderburgh, James (7) and Fisher. WP—James; LP—Phledderer.

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