{"id":132959,"date":"2020-07-10T21:09:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T02:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=132959"},"modified":"2020-07-10T21:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T02:13:44","slug":"knights-double-up-lancers-12-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/07\/10\/knights-double-up-lancers-12-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights double up Lancers 12-6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; Crestview broke open a close game with a six-run fifth inning and the Knights went on to defeat Lincolnview 12-6 on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Already leading 6-4 entering the bottom of the fifth, Tyler Hart walked, Mason Penix was hit by a pitch, then Ian Bailey singled to load the bases for Parker Speith, who doubled to center field, scoring all three base runners. Nick Helt followed up with a single that plated Speith, then Logan Gerardot stole home to put the Knights ahead 11-4. Helt finished the scoring by crossing home plate on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lancers (5-6) added a pair of runs in the seventh when Brandon Renner\u2019s two-RBI single scored Carson Fox and Adam Berryman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Parker-Speith-Adam-Berryman-7-2020-e1594433415997.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132958\"\/><figcaption>Lincolnview&#8217;s Adam Berryman slides into second base while Crestview&#8217;s Parker Speith eyes a throw to first. <em>Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayton Leeth scored on an error to give Lincolnview a 1-0 first inning lead, but Hart scored on a Lancer error in the second to tie the game 1-1. The Knights enjoyed a 4-1 lead in the third inning, when Hart doubled home Trever Sheets, Nathan Lichtle scored and Hart stole home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lincolnview answered in the fourth when Jared Kesler doubled in Trey Evans and Evan Miller hit an RBI single that plated Kesler, but Crestview (3-6) responded with a pair of runs when Lichtle singled home Speith and Helt, giving the Knights a 6-3 lead. Leeth made it a two-run game by scoring on an error in the top of the fifth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview finished with 12 hits in the game, including two each by Gerardot, Sheets, Lichtle and Bailey. Hart earned the win by pitching 4 2\/3 innings and allowing four runs (two earned) on four hits, seven strikouts and two walks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lincolnview had six hits in the game, and Renner was charged with the loss after alloing four runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and a pair of walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lancers will host Van Wert at 6 p.m. on Monday while Crestview will play at Delphos Jefferson at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY &#8212; Crestview broke open a close game with a six-run fifth inning and the Knights went on to defeat Lincolnview 12-6 on Friday night. Already leading 6-4 entering the bottom of the fifth, Tyler Hart walked, Mason Penix was hit by a pitch, then Ian Bailey singled to load the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 08:07:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}