Eagles stun Bulldogs, take second in Summit

The Hartville Eagles’ baseball team made a nice run at the end of their fall season winning five of six contests before it came to an end with a second place finish in the Summit Conference Tournament. Their final two wins came in the tournament, with their biggest coming as the No. 7 seed upsetting No. 2 seeded Gainesville, 6-4.
It was a 4-4 game entering their final at-bat when the Eagles scored two runs in the top of the seventh before holding on for the win.
Trey Smith had one RBI and scored twice while both Heston Lowery and Gabe Lanham had one RBI.
On the mound, Cole Sinning tossed six and two-thirds innings and gave up three earned runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.
In the semifinals, the Eagles scored five runs in their first at-bat and never looked back in a 9-2 win over Conway.
Maddox Jones had two RBIs and scored twice; TJ Kline had one RBI and scored twice; while Sinning, Brodyn Hulsey and Smith each had one RBI and one run scored.
Hulsey tossed five and a third innings and scored no earned runs on five hits with 10 strikeouts and one walk. Lowery tossed one and two-thirds innings and gave up no earned runs or hits with one strikeout and three walks.
(Information for the championship game with Mansfield appears in the Lions’ article.)