Sandusky Bay Sweeps the Two Game Series against the Licking County Settlers

After competing in a split series from July fourteenth and fifteenth, the Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers rallied to complete a 2-0 home series win against the Settlers.
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Game One resulted in a 7-5 win in favor of the Bay. Earning the start on the mound for game one was Gage Gillott who pitched for five innings. Gillott, a right-handed pitcher from USC Upstate, struggled in the beginning few innings, walking six batters, but was able to regain confidence to earn the win on the mound for the Bay. Gillott finished with four hits, five runs, and seven strikeouts.
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Some more key highlights from game one include Jacob Armsey going three for four at the plate and recording his fifth stolen base. Nathan Archer and Brady Renfro also went two for four at the plate. The Ice Haulers also recorded six RBI’s with two of them coming from Nathan Archer.
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Leading the series 1-0, the Ice Haulers rallied to take game two as well. Game two resulted in a 6-1 win and four RBI’s were credited to Mason Montgomery. Sandusky Bay took the 4-0 lead in the second inning due to Montgomery’s Grand Slam that brought in Nathan Archer and Andrew Horvath who were both on base due to being hit by a pitch. Montgomery also batted in Mikey Pollard who got on base from a six-pitch walk.
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Sandusky Bay brought in their fifth runner in the third inning from some Nathan Archer base running. Archer advanced to first from a dropped third pitch and stole all around the bases during Andrew Horvath and Eli Snider’s at-bats. Archer completed the “home run” base running to close out the inning. Archer now sits at twenty-five stolen bases on the season.
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Eli Snider, a Sophomore from Seton Hill University, tallied an RBI in the eighth inning with his double to center field bringing in Archer for another insurance run pushing the lead to 6-1.
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Alexei Goldhill earned the start on the mound for game two. Goldhill, a right-handed pitcher from Oakland University, went on to pick up the win for the Bay tallying six hits, one run, and three strikeouts in eight innings pitched. Goldhill also pitches in the Back Bay Prospect League for the Chausse Cattails. Alec Mendoza, right-handed pitcher and Senior from Notre Dame College of Ohio, came in to pitch relief in the ninth to close out the game. Mendoza finished the game off with a walk and single strikeout facing only four batters.
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Key highlights for the game two match-up with the Licking County Settlers for game two include Josh Kross going two for four at the plate. Sandusky Bay was also walked four times in the game and Nathan Archer tallied three stolen bases. Finally, Mason Montgomery took over in the second inning with his grand slam.
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The Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers will be off tomorrow (Thursday July 21), but will resume play with a doubleheader on Friday July 22 against the Southern Ohio Copperheads. First pitch for game one will begin at 5 PM and will take place at Bob Wren Stadium in Athens, Ohio. The address for the Away Ballpark is shown below. The Ice Haulers now improve to seventeen wins on the season.
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Address: Southern Ohio Copperheads Bob Wren Stadium 150 S. Shafer Street Athens, Ohio 45701