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...continued from Page 18 runs in the top of the sixth inning to cut the lead to 12-8, but the Apaches held on for the win.

Keaton Fields led Wabash at the plate with three hits and two RBIs, followed by Andrew Dillon, Carter Booth, Jason Tait, Grayson Harner, and Brayten Eis each with one hit, while Dillon, Booth, Harner, and Eis each drove a run in.

Dillon earned the win on the mount, going three innings and giving up one run on two hits and striking out six Warrior batters.

Tait threw three innings and allowed two hits, while Fields pitched one inning, giving up seven runs on two hits and picked up two strikeouts.

Shenandoah 5, Southwood 4

The Southwood baseball team traveled to Shenandoah to open the season Tuesday, March 28, falling to the hosts, 5-4, in nine innings.

The Knights got on the board in the first inning after Ashton Smith doubled and scored on a Mo Lloyd single. Shenandoah tied the game in the bottom of the inning.

Down 4-1 heading to the fifth, the Knights added two runs.

Coan Holloway singled and later scored on a tworun home run from Lloyd to cut the lead to 4-3.

The Knights tied the game in the top of the seventh when Holloway was hit by a pitch, followed by an intentional walk to Lloyd with two outs. Blayne Hamilton then drove in Holloway to tie the score.

In the ninth inning, however, Shenandoah scored on an error, a single, and two walks for the 5-4 final.

Lloyd and Smith led the Knights with two hits while, on the mound, Jaron Craft gave up three hits and Ryan Deeter one, with Deeter and Blayne Hamilton each striking out three batters.