The Bearcats scored 10 second inning runs, Matt O’Bar picked up his first win, and the Bearcats hit three triples in a 13-0 win over Cedarville in the Conference 3A-4 opener.
Making his second start and fourth appearance, O’Bar (1-1) allowed no hits over three innings and struck out six. He faced only one over the minimum which was due to a hit batsman.
O’Bar was staked to a 1-0 first inning lead when Rhett Nietert (2-for-3) tripled leading off the game and scored on a fly ball off the bat of Dylan Todd.
Rylen Ray also doubled in the inning but was stranded.
The Bearcat second started with a Pirate error – there would be seven of them in the inning – that allowed O’Bar to reach. He scored on a Noah Harrel single.
A second error plated a run and after Conner Lentz singled and Nietert popped out Todd bunted his way aboard and an accompanying error made it 5-0.
Dax Goff (2-for-3) tripled for the first of two times and it was 6-0 then scored on a pitch and it was 7-0.
O’Bar plated a run with a ground out, another error got another home, and Nietert singled home two to make it 11-0 before the inning ended.
Goff led off the third with a triple and scored on a passed ball and Parker Smith drove in a run with a ground out to make it 13-0.
Nietert and Todd threw the fourth and fifth innings to complete the shutout.
The Bearcats are scheduled to play at Paris on Thursday.
BEARCATS SCORE 10 IN SECOND, O'BAR PICKS UP WIN
