Undefeated Loyal cruises past Columbus Catholic baseball

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MARSHFIELD – Columbus Catholic led by three after one inning but couldn’t hold off a potent Loyal offense as the Greyhounds rolled to a 19-6 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Monday at Jack Hackman Field.

The Dons (3-6, 3-5 Cloverbelt East) led 4-1 after one inning before Loyal scored seven times in the second, twice in the third and nine more times in the fifth to win the game via the 10-run rule.

Charles Payant and Brett Loveland each had two hits for Columbus.

Loyal is now 11-0 overall and 8-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Jake Waldhart and Kenyon Rachu each had three hits for the Greyhounds.

Columbus plays at Neillsville on Tuesday.

Greyhounds 19, Dons 6
Loyal 172 09 – 19 14
Columbus 400 20 – 6 9
WP:
Jake Waldhart. LP: Charles Payant.
SO: Waldhart 8; Payant (3 inn.) 2, Bailey Keffer (1 inn.) 0, Tyler Fuerlinger (1 inn.) 0. BB: Waldhart 1; Payant 5, Keffer 4, Fuerlinger 2.
Top hitters: L, Waldhart 3×4, 2 RBIs; Riley Geiger 2×3; Kenyon Rachu 3×3; Brendan Collins 2B; Ben Zimmerman 2×3. CC, Fuerlinger 2B; Payant 2×3; Brett Loveland 2×3, 2B; Billy Young 2B; Matthias Gouin 2B.
Records: Loyal 11-0, 8-0 Cloverbelt East; Columbus Catholic 3-6, 3-5 Cloverbelt East.