By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS – The Ada High School baseball team lost at Delphos Jefferson 8-1 in a Northwest Conference road contest Thursday evening.
The Bulldog boys fell to 4-8 overall and 0-5 in the NWC with the defeat. DJ improved to 4-8 overall and 2-2 in NWC play with the win.
“We will struggle to win any game where we make seven errors in the field,” said Ada head coach Toby Smith.
DJ scored four runs in the third inning to break up a scoreless tie. Vinny Murray legged out a two-run triple in the third inning. Braylon Scalf followed with an RBI single to make it 3-0.
Scalf then stole second and came home on a hit by Trace Casemier.
The Wildcats then plated four more runs in the fifth to extend the lead to 8-0. Three Ada errors ignited the spurt, along with two singles and a pair of walks.
Ada senior Jacob Sutherly singled in the seventh, stole second and scored the lone Bulldog run on a bases-loaded walk by Dalton Amos.
Ada starting hurler Spencer Wall pitched five innings and gave up four earned runs on six hits and four walks. Mason Wibley finished up with a scoreless inning of relief in the sixth.
Wildcat hurler Scalf struck out 11 and walked six over five innings to secure the win. Scalf gave up four hits and no runs.
He also aided his own cause with two hits, two runs and one RBI. Daniel Myers hit a double, single and scored two runs. Scalf also stole two bases.
DJ out-hit Ada, 7-5. Wall collected two singles. Sutherly, Levi Green and Dalton Amos added singles for the Bulldogs.
Wall, Green, Sutherly and Max Puerto each had one stolen base for Ada.
ADA 000 000 1 -- 1 5 5
DJ 004 040 x -- 8 7 1
WP-Scalf LP-Wall
LOB-ADA 12, DELPHOS JEFFERSON 5.
E--Levi Sousley, Jacob Sutherly (2), Lester Amos, Max Puerto, Scalf.
2B-- Myers, Scalf.
3B—V. Murray.
HBP--Levi Green, Roman Snyder, Bailey.
SB--Spencer Wall, Levi Green, Jacob Sutherly, Max Puerto, Myers, Scalf (2), Bailey (2).
ADA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Spencer Wall 5.0 6 8 4 4 6 0
Mason Wibley 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DELPHOS JEFFERSON
Scalf 5.0 4 0 0 6 11 0
Bailey 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0
PB--Agner (2).
BB--Spencer Wall, Levi Green, Zach Neiswander, Jacob Sutherly, Roman Snyder
(2), Dalton Amos, Knippen, Rade, Bailey, Kill.
Ada hosts Arlington Friday evening in a non-league encounter. The Bulldogs then entertain LCC Monday, April 24.
