LEO â Garrett and Leoâs baseball teams split a doubleheader May 8.
The Railroaders won the first game 7-5. The Class 3A No. 2 Lions won the second game 15-5.
In the opener, Leo led 3-1 after two innings, but Garrett scored three times each in the fourth and fifth innings.
Kail Baughman pitched a complete game for the Railroaders, striking out seven, walking one and allowing six hits. Of Leoâs five runs, only two were earned. Garrett made five errors and Leo made six in the opening game.
At the plate, Baughman and Graham Kelham had doubles. Jacob Molargik had two hits, driving in three runs. Kelham also had two hits. Gage Smith drove in a pair of runs.
Garrett 14, Central Noble 3
At Albion April 26, Garrett scored once in the first and added seven runs in the fifth and six more in the seventh for a 14-3 win over Central Noble.
Kail Baughman powered the Railroadersâ 14-hit attack with two doubles and a home run, driving in three runs in the win.
Jacob Molargik also had three hits. Graham Kelham, Trey Richards and Gage Smith had two hits apiece.
Richards, Smith and Luke Holcomb had doubles for Garrett.
Eight different players had at least one hit.
Kelham stole two bases while Baughman and Richards had one.
Smith took care of the rest on the mound, holding the Cougars to three hits and three walks while striking out 14.
GARRETT â While there was no snow on the ground, Thursdayâs windy conditions made it a tough day to be an outfielder.
A deep, wind-blown fly ball that ticked off a glove and fell in for an error helped decide the outcome as Garrett came from behind to beat Angola 5-4 in a Northeast Corner Conference baseball game at Garrett.
âTo their credit, they never gave up,â Railroader coach Jason Richards said of his team. âI rode them; we were a little complacent when we came out here, and I think we thought we were pretty good at 5-1.
âWe needed a wake-up call. Angolaâs a good team,â he said. âTheyâre going to fight with us every time. Big leaders stepped up at the end.â
Hereâs a look at the area baseball teams. Hamilton will not field a team this season.
Central Noble
Coach: Tyler Graybeal
The Central Noble baseball program is growing. There are 32 players in the program this year, which allowed them to put together a C team.
On the varsity, Dylan Eggl, Will Hoover, Jackson Hoover, Cade Weber and Noah Christopher are all returning with varsity experience.
The newcomers are Tyler Shisler, Jaxon Copas, Justin Krider, Aidan Dreibelbis, Caleb Weaver, Aidan Harman, Nick Godsey, Chase Spencer and Sawyer Yoder.
The strength of the Cougars will be their depth. With more players in the program, they will be able to utilize a lot of different athletes.