{"id":143121,"date":"2021-05-21T21:16:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T02:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143121"},"modified":"2021-05-21T21:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T02:16:35","slug":"van-wert-upset-by-ottawa-glandorf-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/21\/van-wert-upset-by-ottawa-glandorf-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert upset by Ottawa-Glandorf 9-3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa-Glandorf scored six runs in the top of the eighth inning and the fifth-seeded Titans ended Van Wert\u2019s baseball season with a 9-3 upset Division II sectional championship win over the No. 2 seed Cougars at Smiley Park on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert (21-6) trailed 3-2 entering the bottom of the seventh but forced the extra inning with Ethan Rupert\u2019s two out RBI single that plated pinch runner Levi Eddins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Ottawa-Glandorf (17-11) took advantage of a Cougar error and a passed ball, then three consecutive hits \u2013 an RBI double by Nate Maag, a run scoring single by Wes Davidson and a two-run home run by Landen Jordan to cement the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Titans led 2-1 after the first inning, with Alex Macke hitting an RBI triple, then scoring on a sacrifice fly. Van Wert answered in the bottom half of the inning when Ethan Rupert doubled in Owen Treece. The Cougars tied the game 2-2 in the fifth when Kaiden Bates scored on a sacrifice fly by TJ Stoller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Titans regained the lead in the sixth by scoring on a Cougar error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rupert and Aidan Pratt each had two hits for Van Wert while Jacob Place had the team\u2019s only other hit. Maag had three of Ottawa-Glandorf\u2019s 14 hits, including five extra base hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaxon Buddelmeyer pitched the first seven innings for the Titans and walked three, gave up five hits and struck out nine. Balbaugh pitched the remaining inning and didn\u2019t allow a hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his final game, Owen Treece struck out five and walked one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa-Glandorf will face No. 3 seed Toledo Central Catholic in the district semifinals on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports Ottawa-Glandorf scored six runs in the top of the eighth inning and the fifth-seeded Titans ended Van Wert\u2019s baseball season with a 9-3 upset Division II sectional championship win over the No. 2 seed Cougars at Smiley Park on Friday. Van Wert (21-6) trailed 3-2 entering the bottom of the seventh [&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-143121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 01:10:28","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\/143121","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=143121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}