High school baseball: Lightning downed

Sage Hill High took a two-run lead, but visiting Brethren Christian

battled back to earn an 11-2 victory over the Lightning in an Academy

League baseball game Friday.

Zack Friedrichs went 2 for 3 with a double and a triple to lead Sage

Hill’s offensive attack. Also providing a spark was Marty McKee, who went

2 for 3 with a double.

Sage Hill (3-4, 1-3 in league) scored twice in the third inning to

take the lead, but Brethren answered with two runs in the fourth to tie

the score. The Warriors (5-2, 3-1) added four runs in both the fourth and

fifth innings and closed the game out with another run in the seventh.

Brethren Christian piled up 12 hits while Sage Hill had six along with

seven errors.

ACADEMY LEAGUE

Brethren Christian 11, Sage Hill 2

Brethren Christian 000 244 1 - 11 12 0

Sage Hill 002 000 0 - 2 6 7

Davis, Warden (5) and Warden, Davis (5); Friedrichs, Loper (7) and

Kornsweit, McKee (6). W - Davis 3-1. L - Friedrichs, 1-3. 2B - Friedrichs

(S), Wilkins (S), McKee (S), Karl (BC), Davis (BC). 3B - Friedrichs.