SBIH splits the series with the Licking County Settlers

The Sandusky Bay Ice Haulers split their series with the South Division’s first place team, the Licking County Settlers. The Ice Haulers took game one in a seven inning fashion with an 11-1 finish. The Ice Haulers then dropped game two with a final score of 3-7 in Granville, Ohio at Denison University’s field. 
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The Ice Haulers are meant to make-up game three due to a rain cancellation from their Sunday July 17th match-up. That game will be decided at a later date. 
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Game one of the series, the Ice Haulers took an early 3-1 lead in the first inning. Garett Pike advanced to first on a single and was then able to steal second during Jace Rinehart’s at-bat. Rinehart then doubled to center field to advance Pike home for one run. Rinehart was also able to score during Nathan Archer’s at-bat due to a wild-pitch and a catcher’s error. Archer went on to advance to first and steal second. Archer was the final Ice Hauler to advance home in this inning from a Mason Montgomery single to center field.
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Key Highlights from the game one match-up include Mason Montgomery and Jacob Armsey going two for four at the plate. Eli Snider and Jace Rinehart also went one for three at the plate. Sandusky Bay recorded ten hits, eleven runs, and ten RBI’s for game one. Gage Gillott, right-handed pitcher from USC Upstate, pitched for six innings and tallied four hits, one run, and one strikeout. Gillott went on to be the winning pitcher for the game. Coming in to pitch relief in the seventh inning was Owen Kovacs. Kovacs tallied one hit in his one inning pitched. 
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Key Highlights for game two of the series include Ty Stolarski going two for three at the plate along with Alec Mendoza and Andrew Horvath going two for four. The Ice haulers were able to record three runs, eight hits, and three RBI’s for game two. Cameron Darrington, right-handed pitcher from Owens Community College, earned the start on the mound for the Ice Haulers. Darrington pitched for 2.2 innings and recorded five hits, five runs, and one strikeout. Jacob Boyd along with Orlando Loyed came in to pitch relief for the Bay. Boyd, a left-handed pitcher from Lourdes University, pitched for 3.1 innings and tallied four hits and only one run. Lloyd, a right-handed pitcher from Terra State Community College, pitched for two innings and recorded one hit, one run, and two strikeouts.
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The Ice Haulers will be back in action Monday Night to take on the Southern Ohio Copperheads. First Pitch is set for 7:05 PM and will be at the Sandusky Sports Park on field 3. The Copperheads are in last place in the South Division with thirteen wins and nineteen losses. Currently, Sandusky Bay sits at fourth place in the North Division with fifteen wins and seventeen losses.