BLANCHESTER — On the first pitch he saw Friday afternoon, Reagan Burch hit a two-hopper to the second baseman, then raced to first with his trademark speed.
Beating the high throw, Burch became the all-time career hit leader at Blanchester High School, notching hit 101 to break a tie with Jared Monhollen on the record list.
“Congratulations to him and his family,” Blanchester manager Aaron Lawson said. “Reagan is that player who is first one there and last one to leave. A team first guy. It couldn’t have happened to a better individual.”
In the end, Blanchester gave up three runs in the seventh and lost to Western Brown 6-2 in a non-league battle of SBAAC rivals.
“We couldn’t stop shooting ourselves in the,” Lawson said. “Walks and errors led to four unearned runs. Had some mistakes on the bases that kept us from scoring a couple more.”
Blanchester is 16-6 on the year. Western Brown goes to 13-8.
Zach West started “and left everything out on the mound. He was hitting spots and keeping them off balance. I wish we could have gotten him the win.”
SUMMARY
May 13, 2022
@Bott Field, BHS
Western Brown 6, Blanchester 2
WB^1^0^1^1^0^0^3^^6.6.2
BL^0^1^0^0^0^1^0^^2.7.5
(6) WESTERN BROWN (ab-h-r-rbi) Schneeman 2-1-0-1 Frye 4-1-1-1 A. Crall 2-0-0-0 Barber 4-0-0-0 B. Crall 2-1-0-0 Loudon 3-1-1-1 Hermann 4-1-2-2 Patten 4-1-1-0 Graham 4-0-1-0 TOTALS 29-6-6-6
(2) BLANCHESTER (ab-r-h-rbi) Burch 4-0-2-0 Roush 4-0-1-0 James Wymer 2-0-0-0 Ficke 1-0-0-0 West 4-1-1-0 Frump 2-1-0-0 Miller 3-0-0-0 Sipple 3-0-2-2 Jansen Wymer 3-0-0-0 Estep 3-0-1-0 Sears 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 29-2-7-2
HBP: WB-Schneeman; B-James Wymer
SB: WB-Frye; B-Burch 2, Frump
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Western Brown
A. Crall (W)^7^7^2^1^1^8
Blanchester
West (L)^6^4^3^1^8^7
Garrett^1^2^3^1^1^1
