Guerin Catholic was stunned by Yorktown in Monday’s Sectional 24 final at Blackford, falling 13-3 in five innings.
The Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the first inning. The Golden Eagles tied it up in the third inning, getting on the board when Wes Gingerich hit a left field double to score Keenan Taylor. But Yorktown broke the game open in the bottom of the third, scoring six runs.
Max Engelking hit a fourth-inning triple to bring in Bennett Ely and Braden Reel, cutting the Tigers’ lead to 7-3. Yorktown finished the game with three runs each in the fourth and fifth innings.
The Golden Eagles finished their season 20-8.
Yorktown 13, Guerin Catholic 3
(5 innings)
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Keenan Taylor 2 1 1 0
Wes Gingerich 2 0 1 1
Nate Bingman 2 0 0 0
Luke Godfrey 3 0 1 0
Bennett Ely 2 1 0 0
Braden Reel 2 1 0 0
Max Engelking 2 0 1 2
Sam Lewandowski 2 0 0 0
Josh Schaaf 2 0 0 0
Gavin Morrow 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 3 4 3
Score by innings
Guerin Catholic 001 20 – 3 4 2
Yorktown 106 33 – 13 8 1
3B: Engelking. 2B: Gingerich. SB: Taylor. SAC: Gingerich.
Guerin Catholic pitching IP R ER H
Engelking 2.1 7 2 4
Bingman 0.0 0 0 0
Ely 1.0 3 3 0
Lewandowski 0.2 3 3 4
Strikeouts: Engelking 3. Walks: Engelking 4, Ely 2, Lewandowski 2, Bingman 1.