ACME DOUBLEHEADER … Wesley Hartsock got the start and went six innings on the mound for the win as the Locos won the opening game of a doubleheader at Hilltop. (PHOTOS BY JENNA FRISBY / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
Montpelier 13 Hilltop 3
Hilltop 5 Montpelier 0
WEST UNITY – After falling behind 2-0 in game one of the night, Montpelier scored 13 unanswered runs to get the win 13-3.
Tyler Plourde went 3-4 on the night for the Locos with three RBIs and Wesley Hartsock went six innings on the mound for the win.
Terry Rebeck registered a three-hit night to pace Hilltop and added two RBIs.
Hilltop bounced back in the nightcap as they scored all their runs in the fourth inning and got a two-hitter from Cameron Shimp for a 5-0 win in five innings.
GAME 1
MONTPELIER 012 014 5 – 13 8 0
HILLTOP 200 000 1 – 3 6 2
WINNING PITCHER: Hartsock (6 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 8 strikeouts, 4 walks) OTHER: Smith
LOSING PITCHER: Schlosser (5 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 2 strikeouts, 3 walks) OTHER: Rebeck
LEADING HITTERS: (Montpelier) Plourde – triple, double, single, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Smeltzer – 2 singles, RBI, 2 runs; Hartsock – single, 2 RBIs; Stahler – single, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; (Hilltop) D. Dempsey – double; Rebeck – triple, 2 singles, 2 RBIs
GAME 2
MONTPELIER 000 00 – 0 2 1
HILLTOP 000 5x – 5 3 0
WINNING PITCHER: Shimp (5 inning, 2 hits, 0 runs, 6 strikeouts, 4 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Bess (3.1 innings, 3 hits, 4 runs, 2 strikeouts, 3 walks) OTHER: Cooley
LEADING HITTERS: (Montpelier) – 2 singles; (Hilltop) – 3 singles
FLYOUT … Hilltop’s Brady Wagner lifts a flyball to centerfield in the fourth inning.