By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
HAMLER – (April 14, 2025) It was a pitching duel to open the NWOAL season between Archbold and Patrick Henry and the Bluestreaks were able manufacture enough offense to pull out a 2-0 win.
Neither club mounted a serious scoring threat until the bottom of the third as Jackson Meienburg singled and Lane Jackson reached on an error by Archbold starting pitcher Jace Castillo to put two on with no outs.
Archbold’s defense then turned in the first big play of the night as an attempted sacrifice bunt by Cal Schroeder turned into a double play to wipe Meienburg and Jackson off the base pads to keep the game scoreless.
Archbold would get on the board with a two-out rally in the fourth after a Collin Short single started the frame before Patriot starter Mack Hieber retired the next two batters.
With Short at second base after a steal, CJ Thompson-Arroyo smacked a line drive single to center to score Short and give Archbold a 1-0 lead.
Patrick Henry would get one base runner in each of their next three at-bats but were unable to advance any of them past second base.
Archbold added an insurance run in the seventh as Thompson-Arroyo recorded his second hit of the game, a single to left, and would then steal second with one out.
Zach Short then delivered an RBI single to center, scoring Thompson-Arroyo and giving Archbold a 2-0 lead going to the bottom of the seventh.
With Zach Short now on the mound for Archbold, the senior sent the Patriots down in order with a strikeout, groundout and pop out to close out the Bluestreak win.
Castillo earned the win for the Streaks by allowing just two hits in his five innings on the hill.
AHS 000 100 1 – 2 4 2
PHHS 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
Records: AHS 4-2, 1-0 NWOAL; PHHS 0-6, 0-1 NWOAL
WINNING PITCHER: Castillo (5 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts) Other: Short
LOSING PITCHER: Hieber (5.1 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts) Other: Schroeder
LEADING HITTERS: (Archbold) Thompson-Arroyo – 2 singles, RBI; (Patrick Henry) – 3 singles