Olentangy Braves defeat Irish 9-1 in Sectional Final
The Olentangy Braves (2012 Champions of the Cardinal Division) beat Dublin Scioto for the third time this year with a 9-1 victory in the Sectional final ending the season for the Irish.
Seniors, thank you for your dedication and efforts to the baseball program for the past four years. It has been a pleasure to watch you grow both as baseball players and young men. Best of Luck in your future endeavors.
Underclassmen, continue to uphold the traditions of Irish baseball and I wish you nothing but success next year.
God Bless you all
Olentangy Orange takes two from Irish
The Pioneers from Olentangy Orange the #2 seed in the upcoming district tournament swept the Scioto Irish 3-0 and 9-5 on Saturday.
Monarchs Nip Irish 5-4
The Marysville Monarchs scored 4 runs in the 4th inning to overcome a 3-1 deficit and hung on to beat the Irish 5-4 on Wednesday evening.
Scioto would score 2 runs in the top of the 1st on a single by Aaron Strausbaugh, a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Flaherty, a HBP to Kris Simonton and a clutch 2 run double by Austin Mooney. Marysville answered in the bottom of the inning scoring 1 run on 3 singles and a walk. The Irish would add a single run in the 2nd on a walk to Matthew Messick and a 2 out single by Aaron Strausbaugh.
The wheels would come off in the bottom of the 4th for Scioto with Marysville plating 4 runs on a walk, 2 singles and a couple costly errors. The Irish would score another run in the top of the 5th on a single by Flaherty, a wild pitch and a infield single by Nick Conner to make it 5-4. However, the Monarch would hold on for the win.
Scioto will host the Monarchs this Friday at 5PM on Senior Night looking to even their OCC record at 7-7 and overall record at 11-11.
Three Irish JVs Combine for Nine Hits in Win Over Marysville
Wednesday, May 2 ~ Dublin – After a slow start and facing a 4-0 deficit at the end of the 1st inning, the Irish scored in each of the last five innings to win the game by a 15-5 score. Jake Keeley pitched a complete game for his second win facing only 17 batters during the last five innings. Keeley got offensive support from all of his teammates, but especially from Braden Pfeiffer, Bradley Dinan and Carl Kubalak. Pfeiffer collected two doubles, two singles and knocked in six runs to pace the Irish. Dinan smacked a double, two singles, walked twice and scored four times off Pfeiffer’s bat. Kubalak singled twice, scored three times and knocked in two runs.
The Irish batters faced some wild Monarch pitching and were hit by a pitch on seven occasions with Jacob Schafer getting plunked three times. The Irish improved their record to 13-6 overall and 8-5 in the OCC. The Irish will travel to Marysville on Friday to close out their OCC season and probably their regular season as well.
Scioto Rallys to beat Jerome 4-3
The Irish were able to overcome a 3-1 margin after 4 innings and score three runs in the top of the 5th to beat the Celtics 4-3 on Monday evening.
Scioto would score the first run of the game in the 4th inning on a single by Kris Simonton, a wild pitch and a RBI double by Nick Conner. Jerome would score 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th on a walk, 2 sacrifice bunts and 3 singles. However, the Irish would score 3 runs in the top of the 5th on a lead off double by Aaron Strausbaugh, a single by Tyler Flaherty, an error by Jerome and a huge 2 run double by Austin Mooney.
Nick Conner and Aaron Strausbaugh had 2 hits (double and single) each to lead the offense.
Phillip Parrott was outstanding on the mound pitching a complete game and Matthew Messick made a number of impressive plays at shortstop.
Scioto evened their OCC record at 6-6 and overall record at 10-10. They play host to Marion Franklin from the City League at 5:30PM on Tuesday May 1st.
Pfeiffer Delivers Game Winning Hit Verses Jerome Celtics
Monday, April 30 ~ Dublin – Braden Pfeiffer came off the bench and delivered a game winning single in the bottom of the 7th inning to clinch a 7-6 victory over Dublin Jerome to even their season series. Adam Padovan reached first to open the 7th inning off a Celtic fielding error and was advanced to third on a Jacob Schafer single. With the Celtic infield playing in to stop a run, Pfeiffer ripped the first pitch into left field for the game winning RBI.
The Irish found themselves behind entering their half of the 6th inning by a 6-2 score. Schafer opened the inning with a base on balls followed by a Pfeiffer double. Austin Troyer walked to load the bases and then Spencer Talentino hit a sacrifice fly into left field scoring Schafer. Jacob Nave singled to reload the bases and then Jacob Keeley singled to knock in Pfeiffer with his team leading 16th RBI. Troyer scored the third run of the inning on a passed ball. Bradley Dinan hit a sacrifice fly ball to center field scoring Nave and tying the score at 6-6.
Max O’Connell, the Irish number one starter pitched the first five innings allowing five runs collecting six strike outs along the way. Troyer came in relief and pitched the final two innings and earning the win on the hill. The Irish bats woke up tonight to help their pitching staff by collecting 11 hits and two defensive web gems by the Keeley/Dinan left side kept the Celtics from extending their lead. In addition to the hits during the final two innings, Carl Kubalak and Schafer each smacked a double; Padovan and Nave added two singles; and Dinan singled to keep the ball in motion.
The Irish improved their overall record to 12-6 with a 7-5 OCC record. They will host the Marysville Monarchs on Wednesday in their last scheduled home game of the season.
Celtics Edge Irish 3-1
The Jerome Celtics won round 2 of the 3 games to be played this year with a 3-1 victory over Scioto on Friday.
Jerome would take the lead in the top of the 3rd on lead off double, 2 singles, a sacrifice bunt and a throwing error. The Irish got on the board in the bottom of the 6th on an error, walk and a RBI single by Kris Simonton. The Celts would make it 3-1 in the top of the 7th on a single, balk, sacrifice bunt, walk and a throwing error. Scioto received 2 out singles by Nathan Callendar and AJ Barnhardt in the bottom of the 7th but a ground out to first base would end the threat and the game.
Aaron Strausbaugh pitched well and scattered 5 hits in going the distance and picking up the loss.
Once again the common theme all year of errors at critical times cost the Irish. Hopefully, they can clean up the errors and mental mistakes and make a run in the district tourney. The draw for the tournament is Sunday April 29th at 1PM.
The Irish travel to Jerome at 5PM to renew the rivalry.
Irish JVs Lose to Jerome in Dublin Showdown
Friday, April 27 ~ Dublin - The Irish JV’s fielding miscues continued again this evening and a nine run third inning for the Celtics put the game out of reach. The Jerome Celtics claimed a 15-5 victory over the Scioto Irish. The Irish scattered five hits on the evening with Carl Kubalak pacing the offense with a single, double and three RBIs. The other hits were collected by Spencer Talentino, who opened the game with a single; Jacob Keeley singled in the 3rd but was stranded on base; and Bradley Dinan singled in the 4th and scoring off Kubalak’s double.
Unfortunately the story of the evening was the nine run 3rd by the Celtics with Braden Pfeiffer and reliever Dinan not allowing an earned run. Adam Padovan made his pitching debut and pitched a scoreless 4th inning before the Celtics scored two in the 5th to close the game. With Saturday’s doubleheader rained out, the Irish return to action on Monday when they host Jerome at 5:00. With the loss, the Irish record stands at 11-6 overall and 6-5 in the OCC.
Scioto Ambushes Patriots 13-5
The Irish evened their OCC Record (5-5) and overall record at (9-9) with a 13-5 win over Olentangy Liberty on Wednesday evening.
The Patriots would score 4 runs in the top of the first on a walk, 2 singles and a base clearing 3 run double. However, the Scioto nine would answer with 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the first. Scioto would add 4 runs in the 2nd, 2 runs in the 3rd, 2 runs in the 4th and a single run in the bottom of the 6th to score the most runs since the opener and win 13-5.
The offense was led by Aaron Strausbaugh with 4 hits (2 singles, double and triple) and 3 RBIs. Tyler Flaherty and Austin Mooney collected 2 hits on the evening.
Phillip Parrot pitched six innings and garnered the win. Nolan Wehner retired the Patriots 1,2,3 in the 7th.
The Irish host cross-town rival Jerome at 5PM on Friday.
Irish Lose Second Game to Patriots
Wednesday, April 25 ~ Powell – The visiting Irish JVs took their third loss in a row at the hands of the Olentangy Liberty Patriots by a score of 11-5. With rain during the first four innings, the field was sloppy and the balls were wet leading to poor fielding play by both teams. At the end of the evening the Patriot bats were more active and were able to overcome their mistakes. Jake Keeley started the game for the Irish on the mound and needed only 21 pitches to stop the Patriots during the first two innings. The Irish struck first in the 2nd inning after Carl Kubalak opened with a single to left field. He advanced to third base as Adam Padovan reached on a throwing error by the Patriot pitcher. With Austin Troyer in the batter’s box, Coach Winter called the squeeze play and Troyer’s bunt easily scored Kubalak.
Keeley doubled in the 3rd inning for his second hit of the game but was stranded on third as the Irish half of the inning ended. Olentangy then struck for two runs in the bottom of the 3rd and then five more in the 4th knocking Keeley off the hill.
The Irish showed some life in top of the 5th by scoring four runs and closing the score to 7-5. Keeley walked, followed by Chance Dummitt’s second single of the evening, followed by a Bradley Dinan fielder’s choice and another Kubalak single scoring Dummitt. Dinan scored on a Patriot throwing error. Kubalak scored on a passed ball and Padovan followed right behind as the Patriot pitcher wasn’t aware of the situation.
Spencer Talentino pitched the 5th and 6th innings and the Patriots increased their margin to the final score of 11-5.
Liberty Edges Irish 6-5
Scioto fell to 4-5 in the OCC Cardinal with a 6-5 loss to the Patriots from Olentangy Liberty on Monday evening.
Liberty took the lead scoring a run in the bottom of the first on a past ball, a stolen base, wild pitch and a rbi single. The Irish would tie the game in the top of the 2nd on a double by Nick Conner, a single by Stevie Carter and an infield rbi single by AJ Barnhardt.
The Patriots would score a single run in the 3rd, 2 runs in the 4th and 5th to take a 6-1 lead after 5 innings. However, the Irish bats would awake in the 5th with 4 runs in the 6th highlighted by with a double from Riley Bush and a bases loaded 3 run triple by Aaron Strausbaugh. Scioto would leave the tying run 90 feet away to end the inning on a ground out to 3rd base. The Irish would go quietly in the 7th and the final would end up 6-5.
Austin Mooney pitched 4 innings and took the loss. Tyler Flaherty tossed the last 2 innings of the game.
The Irish host Olentangy Liberty at Irish Field at 5PM on Wednesday looking to get back to .500 in the OCC.
Irish JVs Topped by Olentangy Liberty in OCC Showdown
Monday, April 23 ~ Dublin – The Olentangy Liberty Patriots scored five times in the top of the 5th to break open a tied game and secure an OCC win over our Irish JVs by an 8-4 final score. Max O’Connell opened the evening on the hill and pitched four innings before his pitch count got too high for Coach Winter. On a windy evening, O’Connell faced 19 Patriot batters allowing three runs on four hits while collecting five strikeouts. The Irish matched the Patriot’s scoring by scoring one in each of the firt three innings.
Chance Dummitt ripped a double to the right field wall scoring Jacob Keeley, who earned his spot on base with a walk in the first inning. Braden Pfeiffer scored the Irish’s second run in the 2nd inning. After reaching on a base on balls, he was advanced to second on the first of Austin Troyer’s two singles. The Patriot pitcher walked both Spencer Talentino and Jacob Nave allowing Pfeiffer to score. Bradley Dinan walked to open the 3rd and advanced to third base on a series of infield plays. Prior to O’Connell’s single to right field, Dinan scored on a wild pitch to even the score at 3-3.
Troyer relieved O’Connell to start the 5th and the Patriot bats came alive as they collected six hits and scoring five runs. The Irish had runners in scoring position in each of the last three innings, but were only able to manufacture one more run in the bottom of the 7th to close the score at 8-4. The Irish have a chance to avenge their loss as they travel to Liberty’s home field on Wednesday for another OCC showdown. With the loss, the JVs have lost two league games in a row and now have a 6-3 league record.
Irish Topple Warhawks 11-3
Scioto got back on the winning track and evened their OCC record at 4-4 with an 11-3 victory over Westerville Central on Friday evening.
The Irish would score 2 runs in the top of the 1st on a lead off single by Aaron Strausbaugh, a double and RBI by Austin Mooney and another double by Nick Conner. The Warhawks would answer with a solo home run in the bottom half of the inning. Scioto would add 3 runs in the 3rd on a double by Simo, a HBP and the first home run of the year for the Irish on a 3 run shot by freshmen Nick Conner.
The Warhawks closed the gap to 5-3 on a 2 run home run in the bottom of the 4th. However, the Scioto nine would add single runs in the 5th, 6th and put the game on ice with a 4 run 7th inning.
Mooney lead the offense with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, Conner would add 2 hits and 4 RBIs. Simo, Strausbaugh and Carter also had 2 hits on the evening. Matt Vogel had a single and RBI and Riley Bush had his first varsity hit.
Strausbaugh went the distance in gaining the win while scattering 7 hits. The defense was stellar (Matt Messick and Tyler Flaherty had nice plays) and committed no errors in the game.
The games with Whetstone and Olentangy Orange have been cancelled for Saturday. The Irish travel to Olentangy Liberty on Monday for a 5PM start and will attempt to get above the .500 mark in the league for the first time of the year.
Irish JVs Winning Streak Ends at Eight Games
Friday, April 20 ~ Dublin – The visiting Westerville Central Warhawks avenged their Wednesday loss tonight and defeated the Irish JVs with 10 unearned runs in a 10-5 victory. Braden Pfeiffer got the start tonight and didn’t get the fielding help that he has received in his last few starts. The Irish defense committed five errors on the evening, which allowed the Warhawks to score four times in the 2nd inning, one in 5th, and five runs in the 7th.
With the Irish spotting the Warhawks with four runs in the second, they fought back to close the score to 5-4 moving into the 7th inning. The Irish’s first run started with an Adam Padovan double to right field. He advanced to third on an Austin Troyer ground out and then scored after an errant throw by the catcher during a pickoff attempt. Troyer started the 5th inning with a single, followed by a base on balls on Spencer Talentino. Jacob Nave moved both runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt which set up Jake Keeley’s two run double into left field. Jake Schafer scored a run in the 6th after he reached on a walk. Following the walk, he was moved into scoring position by a Padovan single and then scored on a Talentino single.
After a rough top half of the 7th, the Irish comeback attempt started with a Keeley walk. Bradley Dinan doubled to deep left field. Keeley scored on a wild pitch for the last run of the game. The Irish have earned an overall record of 11-3 with a 6-2 OCC record. They travel to Olentangy Orange on Saturday to face the Orange squad in game one and Whetstone in game two.
Warhawks Defeat Scioto 5-3
The evening started off well for the Dublin nine grabbing a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on single and stolen base by Tyler Flaherty and an RBI single by Kris Simonton allowing the Irish to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Westerville Central would take a 2-1 lead scoring twice in the top of the 3rd on 2 hits, 2HBPS and a walk. They would add 2 more runs in the 6th on 2 singles, a sacrifice bunt and a costly error. However, Scioto would answer with 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th on a 2 hits, a wild pitch and an error to make the score 4-3. The Warhawks would add a run in the ninth to make the final 5-3.
Connor Sitz (Ohio University signee) of W. Central held the 4 hits on the evening in tossing a complete game.
Flaherty lead the offense with 2 hits (single and double), Simonton (single and RBI) and Austin Mooney (single and RBI) collected the other 2 Scioto hits.
Phillip Parrott though not having his best stuff keep the Irish in the ball game pitching 5 innings. Flaherty tossed the last 2 innings.
Scioto travels to Westerville on Friday April 20th to face the Warhawks in a 5PM game.
Dinan Delivers Game Winning Hit and Earns Win on Mound
Wednesday, April 18 ~ Westerville – Seventh inning heroics capped the Irish JVs sixth consecutive OCC win with a 7-6 victory over host Westerville Central. The game included both offensive and defensive highlights throughout the evening. After a scoreless 1st inning, Bradley Dinan opened the second inning with a 9 pitch base on balls. Adam Padovan and Spencer Talentino also walked to load the bases. With one out, Coach Winter signaled the squeeze play and Austin Troyer delivered with a bunt allowing Dinan to score the game’s first run. Troyer reached with a fielder’s choice to reload the bases. Since the squeeze play worked to perfection the first time, the Irish coach called it again and Riley Bush delivered the sacrifice bunt allowing Padovan to score. Talentino scored the third run of the inning off a wild pitch.
During the next three innings, the Irish went down in order with the exception of a deep left field triple off Talentino’s bat in 4th. Jake Keeley started the game on the bump and completed four innings allowing four runs. The 4th inning ended with an over the head catch in deep left field by Riley Bush, which prevented two more runs from scoring. Dinan relieved Keeley to start the fifth and allowed two more runs giving Warhawks a 6-3 lead.
Chance Dummitt and Dinan opened the top of the 6th with walks and advanced into scoring position off a Jacob Schafer ground out to the Warhawk shortstop. Padovan also grounded out to the shortstop, but also knocked in Dummitt. Talentino, the only Irish with multiple hits, singled to left field scoring Dinan and cutting the deficit to 6-5. Dinan then returned to the mound for the bottom of the 6th and held the Warhawks scoreless.
One run down entering the 7th, Jacob Nave started the inning with a single into right field. Keeley followed with a full count double into left field leaving both he and Nave in scoring position. Dummitt hit a hard ground ball to second base knocking in Nave for the tying run. Dinan followed with a hard hit line drive single over the second baseman’s head scoring Keeley with the go ahead run. Pinch hitter Cark Kubalak singled Dinan to third base, but both runners were stranded as the inning ended.
Schafer, the Irish’s top closer took his place on the mound and used 9 pitches to finish the game and earn a save. The first two Warhawks grounded out to Keeley at shortstop. The game’s final out was delivered with another web gem by Troyer, who made a diving catch in right field. Dinan collected his third pitching win of the season without a start. The Irish will host Westerville Central on Friday and will try to improve the league leading OCC JV record (OCC 6-1, Overall 11-2).
Irish Exact Revenge on Warriors 11-1 in 5 innings
The Irish gained a measure of revenge for the disappointing loss to the Warriors this past Friday with a 11-1 run rule in 5 innings.
Scioto would score a run in the top of the 1st on a walk to Fred Flaherty, a wild pitch which would allow Flaherty to scamper from 1st to 3rd and score on a RBI ground out by Kris Simonton. The Irish nine would add 5 runs in the 3rd on a walk to Stevie Carter, an error on the W. North pitcher, a single by Aaron Strausbaugh, another walk to Flaherty and the second RBI ground out of the night for Simo. Mooney would follow with a RBI single and a series of wild pitches would lead to 3 more runs. Scioto would seal the deal with another 5 run inning in the 4th on 3 walks, 3 singles and 2 HBPs. Simo would have 4 RBIs on the evening.
Mooney allowed 1 run in the 4th and recorded 3 strike outs in going the distance on the mound. It was the second straight complete game for Irish pitching.
It was great to have Nick Smith back with us, smiling as usual and look forward to seeing him back in action very soon.
The victory squared Scioto's season record at 7-7 and OCC record at 3-3. They host Westerville Central on Wednesday at 5PM.
Irish JVs Capture 5th Straight OCC Win Over Westerville North
Monday, April 16 ~ Dublin – The Irish JVs hosted the Westerville North Warriors this evening and captured their 5th straight OCC win with a 2-1 victory. Max O’Connell pitched six innings for his third win of the season and Austin Troyer closed out the 7th inning to collect the save. O’Connell scattered six hits while notching five “Ks” and only allowing one run in the second inning.
The Warriors struck first, but the Irish scored twice in the 4th inning to take the lead and hold on for the victory. Chance Dummitt opened the inning with a hard hit ball that the Warrior first basemen couldn’t handle. Bradley Dinan singled into the gap between the Warrior shortstop and third baseman. The shortstop was able to stop the ball, but couldn’t complete the play at second base. After both runners advanced on a wild pitch, Dummitt scored the tying run after a Carl Kubalak sacrifice bunt. Dinan then scored what proved to be the winning run off of a Warrior throwing error attempting to get Kubalak out at first base. The Irish were able to load the bases after scoring, but stranded three to close the 4th inning.
The Warrior half of the 7th inning ended in exciting fashion resulting in the Irish win. The leadoff batter reached on a fielding error, followed by an attempted sacrifice bunt that resulted in a single. The inning’s first out came off a sacrifice bunt advancing each of the runners into scoring position. After an intentional walk and with the infield in, the Warrior hitter connected up the middle. Jake Keeley collected the hit ball, stepped on second base for the second out and then was interfered with by the runner while making the throw to first base. The game ended with the umpire’s dead ball call.
The Irish bats were quieter than normal and the Warrior staff only allowed four hits. Dinan had two singles, while Troyer tripled and Jacob Nave singled in the 3rd inning. The Irish JVs take their winning streak on the road to Westerville Central on Wednesday for their fifth consecutive game against a Westerville high school.
Irish Lose to Jerome beat Coffman in Dublin Classic
The Irish were shellacked 10-0 in 5 by Jerome in 5 innings in the 1st game of the Dublin Classic. However, they would rebound to beat Coffman 5-4 in the 2nd game throwing out the tying run at the plate on a perfect relay from Stevie Carter to AJ Barnhardt to Austin Mooney who applied the tag for the final out of the game. Tyler Flaherty pitched a complete game in the victory.
Irish Let Another One Slip Away
The Irish took a 2-1 lead into the top of the 7th inning before the Warriors
from Westerville North scored 6 runs on 4 consecutive hits, 2 walks, a couple mental errors and an error. The Irish would answer with a run in the bottom of the 7th but it was not enough as they end up on the short end of the score 7-3.
Scioto would take the lead in the bottom of the 3rd on a two out double by Matt Vogel and Tyler Flaherty followed with a RBI single to right to plate the first run of the game. Scioto would add another run in the 5th on single by Matt Messick, a sacrifice bunt by Vogel and 2 Warrior errors and take a 2-0 lead.
Westerville North would score a single run in the top of the 6th on two HBPs and a double. Then the wheels fell off for the Irish in the top of the 7th leading to another devastating last inning defeat.
The offense was lead by Vogel with 2 doubles, Flaherty with 2 singles and 2RBIs and Austin Mooney with a double and a single.
Aaron Strausbaugh was sensational on the mound scattering 6 hits and 1 run over 6 innings.
The Irish are now 2-3 in the OCC Cardinal and 5-6 overall. The head to Jerome for the Dublin Classic tomorrow playing Jerome at 10AM and Dublin Coffman at 12:30PM.
Pfeiffer Leads Irish JVs to Victory at Westerville North
Friday, April 13 ~ Westerville – The Irish JV squad traveled to Westerville North and hitched their wagon to Braden Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer pitched a five hit complete game and earned his first mound win of the season with a 3-1 score. In addition to his pitching excellence, he knocked in the first run of the game with a double in the top half of the 2nd inning. Adam Padovan scored the run and reached base with a single.
Although the Irish bats were not as active as normal, they still had seven hits on the evening and scored with game winning runs in their half of the 3rd inning. The 3rd inning started with a Spencer Talentino single to left field, followed by a Jake Keeley single to right field scoring Talentino. Keeley then scored on a Jacob Schafer single to left field. That turned out to be all the runs scored during the evening and the Irish didn’t collect any more hits for the remainder of the evening. Jacob Nave ripped a double in the 1st inning and Bradley Dinan singled in the 2nd, but neither was able to score.
Pfeiffer completed four innings with only 38 pitches and allowed the Warriors only run with back to back doubles. The bottom of the 5th started with two pop fly outs, but the Warriors were able to load the bases with a pair of singles and a walk. After a brief trip to the mound by Coach Winter to calm his starter, Pfeiffer threw three straight strikes to “K” the Warrior batter and end the inning. He didn’t allow another base runner during the final two inning to capture the team’s 9th win of the year and six in a row.
The JVs take their streak to Coffman High School on Saturday for the annual Battle of Dublin event. They open with Jerome at 12:30 immediately followed by a game against Coffman.
Irish Sweep Season Series from Westerville South
The Irish gained a season sweep of the Wildcats with a 8-4 victory on Wednesday evening at Scioto.
South would take a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a pass ball, bunt single, interference call and an error. The Irish would answer with 6 runs in the bottom of the 4th sending 12 batters to the plate. Scioto would score 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th and the Wildcats would add a pair of runs in the top of the 7th to make the final 8-4.
Matt Messick was the hitting star with 3 singles and 2 RBIs. AJ Barnhardt added a double and 2 RBIs to help the offense.
Phillip Parrott was the winner going six innings and getting a huge strike out to end the 5th with the bases jammed with Wildcats. Nolan Wehner pitched the final inning.
The Irish host the Westerville North Warriors at 5PM on Friday.
Irish JVs Win Fifth Game in a Row
Wednesday, April 11 ~ Westerville - The Irish JVs have continued their winning ways with a 7-5 victory over the Westerville South Wildcats. The Irish improved their OCC record to 3-1 and overall season record to 8-2. The Irish answered the opening bell by scoring three runs in the top of the 1st, which started with hits by Riley Bush and Jacob Nave. Nave’s bunt single scored Bush. Jake Keeley followed by reaching base on a throwing error on a sacrifice attempt. Chance Dummitt sacrificed Keeley to third base. Keeley then scored off Bradley Dinan’s sacrifice fly to right field.
Other than a Bush double in the 2nd, the bats quieted until the top of the 4th when Spencer Talentino opened the inning with a single. Carl Kubalak followed with a base on balls and Braden Pfeiffer then ripped an RBI single into left field. Keeley knocked in Kubalak with a single followed by a two run double off Dummitt’s bat scoring Keeley and Pfeiffer. By the final out of the inning, the Irish had a 7-0 lead.
The Irish are in action again Friday when they travel to Westerville North for a 5:00 first pitch. On one final note, If anyone is interested in any of the JV photos taken during the games, please contact Kevin or Mary Dinan at 442-8141.
Irish Capture First OCC Win 8-2
Behind the combined 1 hit pitching effort of Austin Mooney (5 innings) and Matthew Messick (2 innings) the Scioto Irish beat the Westerville South Wildcats to earn their first OCC win.
The Irish fell behind in the bottom of the second when a walk and an error lead to W. South plating the first run of the game. However, the lead was short lived as the Irish came back with 5 runs in the top of the 3rd on 5 walks, 2 hits an error and a sac fly. Scioto would add a single run in the 5th and two runs in the 6th and allow 1 run in the bottom of the 6th and the final would be 8-2.
The offense was lead by Mooney who had 4 singles and 2 RBIs on the night. In addition, Nick Conner had 3 hits, Messick 2 hits and 2 RBI and Tyler Flaherty chipped in with 2 hits (double and single). The Irish had 12 hits and 10 walks on the evening.
Kris Simonton and Flaherty made a couple of sterling defensive plays to back the solid pitching effort.
The Irish host the Wildcats on Wednesday at 5PM.
Irish JV’s Bats Active in Home Game Against Westerville South
Monday, April 9 ~ Dublin - The Irish JV squad posted another win tonight with a 19-3 victory over the visiting Westerville South Wildcats. The Irish posted runs in each of the five innings played. Freshman Jake Keeley got the start tonight and was hit early with three of the first four Wildcats putting the ball in the grass and scoring two runs. Keeley and his team answered the Wildcats by also scoring two runs in the first, which started with a Jacob Nave single, followed by Keeley reaching on an error and then both scored on a Bradley Dinan single to right center field.
With the score all square after one inning, Keeley got into his pitching zone on a very windy night and shut the Wildcats down for the remainder of the game. With the Wildcat bats calmed, the Irish broke out with a three run 2nd, a six run 3rd, and an eight run 4th inning. Riley Bush collected a single, double and triple; Keeley tripled and singled; Chance Dummitt doubled and singled; and other hits were collected by Nave, Dinan, Jake Schafer, Spencer Talentino and Carl Kubalak.
The Irish will take their 2-1 OCC record (7-2 overall) on the road to play Westerville South again on Wednesday.
Irish Split DH
The Irish lost 10 to 8 to Mayfield in the first game of the day and beat the Newark Wildcats 14-5 in the nightcap to salvage a split of their doubleheader.
Mayfield would take a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st on 2 hits and 3 walks. They would add 2 more runs in the 2nd on a double, 2 walks and a HBP. The Irish got on the board in the bottom of the second on a double by Nick Conner and a RBI single by AJ Barnhardt. Scioto would make it 4-2 on a lead-off double by Fred Flaherty, bunt single by Kris Simonton and a RBI ground out by Conner. Barnhardt would follow with his 2nd single and second RBI of the day to make it 4-3 after 4. The Irish would knot the score a 4 in the 6th on single and steal by Aaron Strausbaugh and an error on the Mayfield right fielder.
Mayfield would score 6 runs in the 7th on 4 hits, 2 walks, 2HBPs and a costly error. However, the Irish were not finished and scored 4 runs in the bottom half of the 7th on 4 hits and an error and would end up on the short end of the score 10-8.
Barnhardt led the offense going 4-4 with 3 RBI and Strausbaugh added a 3-3 and 2 RBI day.
Simo would start and pitch the first 2 innings before being replaced by Flaherty who pitched 3 strong innings before giving way to Nolan Wehner who ended up being the tough luck losing pitcher.
In the second game of the day Newark would jump off to a 2-0 lead on 3 hits and a costly error in the bottom of the 1st. Scioto would tie it in the 2nd on 2 HBPs, 2 walks and a RBI single by Matt Messick. The Irish would cease control of the game in the 3rd scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 Wildcat errors to take a 5-2 lead. Newark would score a run in the bottom of the 3rd to make it a 5-3 game heading to the 4th.
Scioto would add single runs in the 4th and 5th before exploding for 7 runs in the 6th. Adam Padovan had a 2 run double and Strausbaugh added a 2 RBI triple to highlight the inning. The Irish led 14-3 heading into the bottom of the 7th and would allow 2 runs to make the final 14-5 good guys.
Strausbaugh went 5 innings to notch the win and Stevie Carter pitched a solid last 2 innings in relief.
Strausbaugh had a career day with 6 hits (including 2 triples) 4 RBIs and reached base in all nine of his plate appearances. Barnhardt added 5 hits and 4 RBIs and steady Simonton and Connor each had 4 hits on the day.
The Irish (3-5, 0-2 in OCC) head to Westerville South on Monday looking for their first OCC win with the first pitch scheduled for 5PM. Happy Easter to the IRISH and all their fans.
Irish JVs Leave Newark with Two Victories
Saturday, April 7 ~ Newark – Riley Bush opened the first game Saturday with a single to left field and the top half of the 1st ended 12 batters and 8 runs later. Bush added a double in his second at bat of the inning preceded by hits from Jake Keeley, Cark Kubalak, Max O’Connell and Spencer Talentino. The 8 run first was more than enough cushion for the left handed starter O’Connell, who pitched a 14-4 complete game victory. The Irish only needed five innings to run rule the Newark Wildcats. The Irish collected 11 hits paced by Kubalak’s two singles and a double, as well as a multiple hit game from Bush and Keeley.
Game two started a little slower than the first with the Irish being held scoreless in the 1st. Thankfully the bats came alive in the 2nd and the team posted four runs after a series of walks and a two run single from Talentino. The other two runs scored after the Wildcat shortstop was unable the field a hard hit ball off of Bush’s bat allowing two more runs to cross the plate. Starting pitcher, Bush held the Wildcats scoreless for the first two innings, but allowed four runs in the 3rd inning and closing the Irish lead to 5-4. Bradley Dinan relieved Bush in the 4th and completed the game for a 9-6 win. The Irish gave Dinan the margin he needed by scoring three more times in the 5th inning paced by hits from Dinan, Nathan Reiser, Talentino and another Kubalak double. The pair of wins moved the JV record to 6-2 on the season.
Braves Sweep Season Series from Irish
The evening started promising for the Irish, scoring in the top of the first on a single by Tyler Flaherty, a double by Kris Simonton and a ground out by Austin Mooney. Scioto would add a run in the second on a single by Stevie Carter and a couple of errors by the Braves. The Irish would make it 3-0 in the third inning on a three base error by the Olentangy right fielder and the 2nd RBI of the day by Mooney on a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the 3rd the roof caved in on the Irish. The Braves would score 7 times on 4 hits, 3 errors, 2 HBP's and several mental errors. The Irish scored a run in the top of the 4th on a single and stolen base by Matt Vogel and a sacrifice fly by Nolan Wehner. However, the Braves would answer in the bottom of the inning with a run of their own to make in 8-4 after 4 innings.
Scioto would make it interesting scoring 3 runs in top of the 6th to make it 8-7 on 3 hits, a couple Brave errors and a walk. But once again, Olentangy answered by scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 11-7 lead and that would end up being the final score of the game.
Phillip Parrott would pitch 5 innings and suffered the loss. Aaron Strausbaugh pitched an inning in relief.
Simonton went 3-4 with a double and 2 singles and Mooney had 1 hit and 3 RBIs to lead the Irish offense on the evening
The Irish are back on the diamond on Saturday hosting Mayfield beginning at 10AM and Newark at 3PM.
Irish JVs Avenge Monday Loss
Thursday, April 5 ~ Dublin - The Irish JVs scored two runs in the bottom of the 7th to capture their first OCC victory of the season and avenge an earlier loss to the visiting Olentangy Braves. The final score was 8-7 and the 7th inning included consecutive singles off the bats of Bradley Dinan, Jake Schafer and Adam Padovan. Padovan’s single drove in Dinan for the tying score. With two outs in the bottom of the 7th, Spencer Talentino singled to right field to score Schafer for the comeback game winner.
Braden Pfeiffer started his second game of the season on the hill and didn’t allow a run through three innings. Pfeiffer singled during his first at bat in the 2nd inning, but was stranded on base. His teammates finally provided him with some support in the bottom of the 3rd by scoring twice. Max O’Connell and Talentino each singled to start the inning and were moved into scoring position off of a Riley Bush sacrifice bunt. Both then scored off of a Jacob Nave fielder’s choice and Jake Keeley single.
The Braves answered the Irish runs in the top of the 4th with four singles of their own. The Irish answered back in the bottom of the stanza, which started with a Padovan walk and ended with another Talentino single scoring Padovan making the score 3-2. The Braves scored twice in the 5th forcing Pfeiffer off the mound. The Irish answered the call again in the bottom of the inning by scoring twice. Keeley reached on an infield error; Dinan and Austin Troyer walked; and Padovan drove in two runs with a single to left field making the score 5-4.
Troyer held the Braves scoreless in the 6th and the Irish added to their lead with a Talentino run after a walk, a stolen base, a passed ball and a ground out RBI off of Bush’s bat.
With a 6-4 lead entering the 7th inning, the Irish got two of the first three Brave’s hitters out. Unfortunately, a series of miscues allowed three runs to cross the plate before the inning ended with 7-6 deficit. Schafer relieved Troyer and was the pitcher of record earning the win after he scored the winning run in the bottom of the inning. The win gave the JVs a 1-1 OCC record and a 4-2 overall record early in their 2012 campaign. The JVs travel to Newark on Saturday for a doubleheader starting at 10 AM with a plan of improving their overall record.
Irish Lose OCC Opener
The Irish opened the OCC Cardinal league race with a 4-0 loss to the visiting Olentangy Braves.
The Braves would get on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when three consecutive walks and a wild pitch would plate the first run of the game. Olentangy would add single runs in the 3rd, 4th and 7th inning to make the final 4-0.
The Olentangy Braves pitcher would allow the Irish only 3 hits while pitching a complete game. Austin Mooney led the Irish offense with 2 hits (double in first and single in 7th) and Kris Simonton collected a single in the 4th.
Austin Mooney pitched the first 3 innings and struck out three. Nolan Wehner did a fine job in relief allowing only 1 run in 3 innings. Mooney was saddled with the loss.
The Irish look to get back on the winning track when they travel to Olentangy on Wednesday with the first pitch at 5PM.
Irish JVs Scalped by Olentangy Braves
Monday, April 2 ~ Lewis Center – The Irish Junior Varsity squad traveled to the home of the Olentangy Braves for their fourth consecutive road game and OCC opener. The Irish faced Olentangy’s Case Troyer, son of our Team Trainer, Chris Troyer and unfortunately they left town with a 9-2 loss. The Irish scattered seven hits throughout the game and left at least one runner on base in every inning. Spencer Talentino doubled to deep left field in his first at bat in the 3rd breaking out of an early season hitting slump. He then scored the team’s first run on a single by Jacob Nave. The second run of the evening started with a Carl Kubablak single. After advancing to second base on a passed ball, he scored off of a Max O’Connell single to right field. The remaining hits of the evening came off the bats of Riley Bush (2) and Jake Keeley.
Freshman Jake Keeley was the starting pitcher for the Irish going four full innings allowing five runs and collecting the loss. The Irish will be back in action against Olentangy on Wednesday with a home game starting at 5:00 with the plan to even the seasonal series at one game each.
Irish JVs Take Two from the Wolves
Saturday, March 31 ~ Worthington – The Irish JVs visited the Worthington Kilbourne Wolves and returned home along Hard Road with a pair of victories and improving their record to 3-1. The first game had many Irish highlights in their 10-0 shut out victory. The featured highlights included starting pitcher Max O’Connell’s four no hit pitched innings, as well as Riley Bush collecting four hits and scoring four runs to pace the offence. The Irish opened with 1st inning with a Bush walk and scoring off of a sacrifice fly off Chance Dummitt’s bat. Bush scored again in the 3rd after a single, stolen base and single off Jacob Nave’s bat. The five run 4th inning put the game out of reach and started with a Braden Pfeiffer single. The Wolves committed a few key errors that kept the inning alive and allowed Bush, Jake Keeley and Bradley Dinan to all collect hits scoring their teammates. The Irish collected 13 hits that included four from Bush; three from Dinan; two each from Nave and Keeley; and singles from Dunnitt and Pfeiffer.
On the defensive side, O’Connell kept the Wolves’ bats quiet not allowing a hit and fanned seven batters in four innings without allowing a hit. Jacob Schafer entered in the 5th and finished the game only allowing two hits, while collecting three K’s of his own.
Bush opened the second game with a leadoff single, moved to second after Nave’s sacrifice bunt, and then scored on Keeley’s single. After striking out the lead off batter in the bottom half of the inning, Bush struggled to find the strike zone and at the end of the 1st, the Irish trailed 3-1. After a scoreless 2nd inning, Bush opened the 3rd with a single and advanced all the way to third after a pick off attempt failed. He then scored on a passed ball to close the score to 3-2.
After a scoreless 4th, the Irish scored three times aided by hits from Carl Kubalak, Keeley and Dummitt. Dinan took over on the mound in the 4th and held the Wolves scoreless until 6th inning when the Wolves tied the game 5-5. The top of the 7th started with a Keeley walk, followed by singles from Dummitt, Dinan, Bush and Nave. When the inning was finally over, the Irish led 11-5 with only three outs remaining. Schafer pitched the 7th with three straight outs, which included a game ending strike out.
The Irish start off next week with another road game at Olentangy, which is also their first league game of the season. Let’s hope this weekend kick starts the team to a successful OCC league season.
Irish Varsity Split with the Wolves
On a cold and cloudy afternoon on the last day of March, the Scioto Irish hosted the Worthington Kilbourne Wolves in a doubleheader.
The Wolves would rout the Irish 13-2 in the first game. Kilbourne scored 3 runs in the 4th inning on a single, 2 errors, a walk and a sacrifice fly. They would add 3 more in the 5th, 3 in the 6th and tack on 4 more runs in the 7th. The Wolves finished with 12 hits.
The Irish took the lead in the first when Kris Simonton reached on an error, stole second and crossed the plate on a RBI single by Austin Mooney. Scioto added their final run of the game in the 5th on a walk to Matthew Messick, a single by Nick Conner, a single by Tyler Flaherty and a sacrifice fly by Simo.
Tyler Flaherty pitched five innings and took the loss. The Irish committed 6 errors for the second consecutive game.
The second game started with the Wolves taking a 5-0 lead after 3 innings an holding that lead until the bottom of the 7th. The Irish would get on the board in the bottom of the 6th on a single and a steal of second by Simo and an RBI single by Stevie Carter. Three consecutive walks following the single by Carter would plate the second run of the inning.
The Irish would score 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning on a single by Austin Mooney, 3 walks, a Kilbourne error, and a game ending bases loaded double by Matthew Messick that sent the Irish faithful home happy with a split of the DH.
Stevie Carter retired the Wolves 1,2,3 in the 6th and 7th innings and picked up the win in relief.
Flaherty led the Irish with 3 hits on the day. Conner, Messick and Mooney added 2 hits each.
The Irish (2-2) host the defending OCC Cardinal Division champions Olentangy Braves on Monday at 5PM.
JV Irish Bitten by Greyhounds
Thursday, March 29 ~ Grove City – The Irish JV-A team traveled to Grove City tonight and unfortunately left town with a 10-2 loss. Unlike the team’s Tuesday opener, the bats were quiet tonight and the team only collected one hit off the bat of Jake Keeley. With the exception of the bottom of the second inning, when the Irish allowed 8 runs both teams played the rest of the game even. Braden Pfeiffer started the game on the hill allowing two singles and one run in the first off. The Greyhounds started the second inning with a hit and collected three earned runs before an Irish miscue. By the time the inning ended five more runner crossed home plate and put the game out of reach.
The Greyhound pitcher’s only allowed seven Irish players to reach base. Keeley’s lone single was a hard hit ball to left field to open the top of the 4th inning. The Irish scored two runs in the 6th and the inning opened with Riley Bush being hit by a pitch. Keeley reached on an error, followed by a ground out to first base by Chance Dummit, which moved the runners to 2nd and 3rd base. Bradley Dinan hit his first pitch to the Greyhound shortstop scoring Bush and collecting the night’s only RBI. Keeley then scored on the same play after a throwing error.
The Junior Varsity players have a chance to get back on the winning track on Saturday when they travel to Worthington Kilbourne for a doubleheader with a noon start time.
Irish Varsity Lose a Tough one to Grove City
The Irish played host to to the Greyhounds from Grove City High School the #9th ranked team in OH in Division I/II according to the Prep Baseball Report and finished on the short end of a heartbreaking 4-3 loss.
The evening started with the Irish grabbing a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Tyler Flaherty reached on error by the Grove City shortstop, Kris Simonton followed with a double to left and Flaherty scoring on a sacrifice fly by Austin Mooney.
Scioto held the lead until the 6th when a HBP, 4 errors and a single led to the Greyhounds scoring 3 runs to take the lead 3-1. However, the Irish would answer with 2 runs of their own the bottom of the inning on a single by Simonton, a double by Mooney which got pass the Grove City left fielder allowing Simo to score and Moon Man to reach third base. A wild pitch would score Austin from 3rd and knot the game at 3.
The Greyhounds would score the winning run in the top of the 7th on an error, sacrifice bunt and an RBI single by their clean-up hitter. The Irish went quietly in the bottom of the 7th to end the game.
Phillip Parrott was outstanding in his 2012 pitching debut scattering 3 hits in 5 very strong innings.
Simo lead the team with 2 hits (single, double) and Mooney drove in 2 of the 3 Irish runs.
The Irish (1-1) host Worthington Kilbourne in a double header on Saturday March 31 with the first pitch at noon.
Irish JV-A Roll in Season Opener
Tuesday, March 27 ~ Dublin – The 2012 Dublin Irish JV squad opened their season hosting Columbus Briggs and collecting an easy 23-1 victory. Freshman pitcher Braden Montanya opened the season on the hill and earned a complete game victory after four innings of work. Montanya faced only 13 batters allowing three singles and one unearned run. Montanya was assisted by a first inning 6-4-3 double play to end the top half of the stanza followed by an 11 run outburst in the bottom. The bottom of the 1st started slowly with two outs of the first three batters with only Bradley Dinan reaching on a base on balls. The final out of the inning occurred 14 batters later. The opening hit of the season was a line drive triple off of Chance Dummit’s bat into right field scoring Dinan followed by consecutive singles from Jacob Schafer, Carl Kubalak and Austin Troyer. After two walks and a hit batter, Dinan ripped a double over the left fielder’s head scoring three Irish teammates. The bats stayed hot with Dummit, Schafer and Troyer each collecting another hit in the 1st.
Montanya finished his half of the 2nd inning using only six pitches and allowed the Irish hitters to continue where they left off in the 1st. Nathan Reiser started the 9 run 2nd inning with a single followed by Riley Bush’s single, a Dinan single, a Dummit double, a Schafer single and a second single from Bush. The top half of the 3rd was closed out with Montanya throwing only 13 pitches collecting two strikeouts. In the Irish’s last at bat of the evening, another three runs were scored aided by singles from Troyer and Reiser.
Seven of the 9 Irish players combined to collect 16 hits and 18 official RBIs. Of those RBIs, Dinan and Dummit each knocked in five runs , while Schafer and Reiser each collected two. Let’s hope the bats stay hot as the Irish JV squad travels to Grove City on Thursday to face the Greyhounds at 5:00.
2012 Scioto Varsity Baseball Start off Season Strong
The 2012 edition of the Scioto Irish baseball team got off to a rousing start with a 16-2, 5 inning victory over Columbus Briggs High School. The Irish used four hits and 4 walks to score 7 runs in the bottom of the first inning. The inning was highlighted by 2 singles and 2 RBIs by Tyler Flaherty and a double and RBI by Aaron Strausbaugh.
The Irish added another 9 runs in the bottom of the second with 6 hits, 3 walks and a HBP. Freshmen sensation Nick Conner and AJ Barnhardt both had 2 RBI doubles and Austin Mooney added a 2 run single to put the game out of reach.
Flaherty led the onslaught with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, Conner 2 hits and 3 RBIs, Kris Simonton 2 hits and 2 RBIs, Strausbaugh 2 hits and a RBI and Mooney with 1 hit and 3 RBIs. In addition, Stevie Carter, Barnhardt and Matt Vogel getting his first varsity base knock each had a hit. The Irish finished the evening with 13 hits.
On the mound, Simonton allowed only 3 singles and fanned 7 Bruins in his 4 innings of work. Matt Messick came on in the 5th inning and retired the side in order to end the game.
The Irish nine return to action on Thursday March 29th playing host to Grove City who reached the Division I state semi-finals in 2011. First pitch is at 5:00PM.
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