Baseball: Bulldogs post 6-1 victory against Rushville
Batesville's Brayden Maple limited visiting Rushville to three hits as the Bulldogs knocked off the Lions 6-1 Monday in EIAC baseball action. Maple pitched 7. 0 innings, allowing one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three.
Maple's single to center field opened the scoring in the game as Noah Weigel scored. Rylan Yeager singled to left field to bring Maple in to score. Rushville got on the board in the top of the second inning.
Grant Cameron singled to left field to score Josh Cowan to cut the deficit to 2-1. Batesville's Maple scored on a wild pitch in the third inning. In the fourth inning, Breston Blessing's sacrifice fly scored Jake Schornick.
Weigel reached on an error allowing Jackson Elston to score and Tiago Batta scored on a wild pitch to make the final 6-1. Batesville finished with seven hits. Maple and Yeager both had two singles and one RBI.
Ronan Post and Carson Meyer both had a single. Blessing added a single and RBI. Weigel had the other RBI.