{"id":141968,"date":"2021-04-14T04:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T09:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=141968"},"modified":"2021-04-14T18:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T23:42:58","slug":"vw-softball-wins-baseball-tennis-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/04\/14\/vw-softball-wins-baseball-tennis-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"VW softball wins, baseball, tennis fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s softball, baseball and tennis teams were in action against Defiance on Tuesday. Results are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Softball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert 10 Defiance 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEFIANCE — Van Wert scored five runs in the second inning and took advantage of seven Defiance errors during a 10-6 win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a scoreless first inning, Sydnee Savage scored on a bunt by Abbi Marbaugh, Marissa Mottinger scored on an error Emilee Phillips singled and drove in Carlee Young, then another Defiance error plated Alexa Gearhart and Phillips for a 5-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, but the Lady Cougars responded with two runs in the third when Savage crossed home plate on an error and L McHugh scored on a sacrifice fly by Young. A fourth inning double by Kiara Saam scored Hope Blythe and gave Van Wert an 8-2 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bulldogs added three runs in the bottom of the fourth and Van Wert\u2019s final runs came in the sixth. Phillips scored on an error, then Lorynn German scored on a grounder by Saam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips and Savage each had two hits and Saam finished with two RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips went the distance on the mound, recording four strikeouts and a walk. Tayla Escamilla paced Defiance with three hits and Aly Escamilla had a game-high four RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (2-4, 1-1 WBL) is scheduled to host Wapakoneta on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance 5 Van Wert 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a game that featured two first place teams, Defiance scored a run in the first and three more in the second then held off Van Wert 5-3 at Smiley Park on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Cougars (9-3, 2-1 WBL) notched a pair of runs in the fourth when Jacob Place and TJ Stoller scored on Ethan Rupert\u2019s single to left field, but the Bulldogs added a run in the top of the fifth to make it 5-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s final run came in the seventh on Luke Wessell\u2019s two-out RBI grounder that plated Quinton Craig. The Cougars had the tying run at the plate, but the game ended with a strikeout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoller and Owen Treece each had two of Van Wert\u2019s six hits and Treece pitched all seven innings and allowed two earned runs and struck out five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wade Liffick led Defiance (7-1, 3-0 WBL) with a pair of hits and Jayden Jerger went the distance on the mound and struck out five while walking three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert is slated to play at Wapakoneta on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance 3 Van Wert 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEFIANCE — Defiance edged Van Wert 3-2 in a tough Western Buckeye League match played on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s wins came at first singles, where Jace Fast defeated Damien Martinez 6-0, 6-0 and at third singles, where Bryce Miller rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Boston Briseno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At second singles, Defiance\u2019s Kolton Greear topped Sam Moonshower 6-3, 6-3 and at first doubles, Andrew Frederick and Ryan Yeager beat Micah Rager and Kaden Thomas 6-3, 6-1. The second doubles team of Nate Blunt and Riley Nadler posted a 6-3, 6-2 win over Van Wert\u2019s Ian Cowan and Evan Knittle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (2-3, 1-2 WBL) is scheduled to host Wapakoneta on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports Van Wert\u2019s softball, baseball and tennis teams were in action against Defiance on Tuesday. Results are listed below. Softball Van Wert 10 Defiance 6 DEFIANCE — Van Wert scored five runs in the second inning and took advantage of seven Defiance errors during a 10-6 win on Tuesday. After a scoreless […]<\/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-141968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 23:57:53","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\/141968","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=141968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}