LEOPARDS LASH OUT IN NEW PHILLY
NEW PHILADELPHIA OH- Louisville put it all together Friday night, rolling past New Philadelphia 12-4 behind a sharp night at the plate and some gritty pitching.
Luke Seaman was a thorn in the Quakers’ side all game, going 3-for-5 with a trio of base knocks and two stolen bags. He set the tone early with a single in the first, then kept the pressure on with hits in the fourth and fifth.
Cody Zahler got the scoring started with an RBI single in the first, and the Leopards tacked on two more in the second thanks to a Tate Aljancic liner to left. New Philly punched back in the third to tie it up at three, with Keaton Fausel dropping a key single to even the score.
But Louisville wasn’t fazed. They answered with a three-run fourth—Seaman and Zahler came through again, and Brock Leghart lifted a sac fly to help swing momentum right back to the Leopards.
Blake Johnson came on in relief and slammed the door. The righty tossed three solid innings, striking out five while giving up just one hit and one run. Aljancic got the start and battled through three, giving up three unearned runs, and Caleb Mayle finished it off with a clean inning, punching out two.
Louisville sprayed 12 hits around the yard, worked 11 walks, and swiped six bags. Aljancic and Zahler each drove in a pair, while Caden Kortis and Zander Triplett chipped in with multi-hit games. Grayson Brunoni drew three free passes to help fuel the offense.
New Philly scattered five hits, with Fausel, Carson Long, and Cohen Winters each knocking in a run, but couldn’t keep up once Louisville’s bats came alive. Next up, the Leopards hit the road for a showdown at Hoover on Tuesday.