PDT Sports Report

Tate Bailey’s bases-clearing triple in the fourth helped Post 23 earn a sweep over Athens Post 21 with a 10-1 decision.

Bailey was 2-for-3 with four runs batted in overall, three of them coming off the three-base hit. He also walked and was hit by a pitch.

It was more than enough support for Patrick Riehl, who struck out 13 and did not surrender a walk for his third win in five decisions. Between he and Game 1 starter Derek Moore, the duo combined to strike out 27 Post 21batters while allowing six hits, three earned runs and no walks.

Post 23 has won 10-straight games and 18 of its last 19 contests. Thursday also marked the final time Post 23 would play outside of Scioto County before next weekend’s District 7 Tournament.

Morehead (Ky.) Post 126 will be the first opponent of a six-game, five-day homestand that starts today. The two teams will play a single seven-inning game today at 6 p.m. instead of the 5 p.m. start time reported in the print version of the first game recap.

CJ Burk, Riehl’s teammate at Valley, will take the Branch Rickey mound in the game.

Post 23 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 — 10 9 0

Post 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 3 5

Post 23 — Bailey 2-3 (3B, BB, HBP, 4 RBI, R), Shears 2-3 (HBP, RBI, R), Boyer 2-5 (2 RBI, R), Moore 1-3 (2B, BB, RBI, 2 R), Shockley 1-2 (2 BB, 2 R), Lawless 0-4 (R), Kenyon 0-4 (R), Shupert 1-3 (2B, SAC, RBI, R).

Post 21 — Chesser 1-3 (2B, R), Howard 1-3 (RBI), Lofey 1-3.

W — Riehl (3-2)

L — Grimm (n/a)

Records — Post 23 24-13; Post 21 n/a.