SPRINGBORO 8   MOELLER 6   (SCRIMMAGE)

Under a sunny sky at the Blue Ash Sports Complex, the Moeller Freshman scrimmaged Springboro High School.  The Panthers raced to a 5-0 lead after their first 4 at-bats.  Moeller starting pitcher, Max Tramontana, struck out the first 2 batters he faced before walking the next 2 batters and hitting the next batter to load the bases.  Springboro followed with a base hit to take a 2-0 lead.  Griff Cady tossed the next 2 innings allowing 3 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks and 1 hit batter.  But in true Moeller fashion, you cannot count the Crusaders out of any game.  Bottom of the 4^th inning with 1 out, Keelan Daniel walked and stole second base.  Hayden Nelson doubled Daniel home and scored on a Cam Porter ground out.  Springboro posted 1 more run in the 5^th inning to take a 6-2 lead.  Moeller posted 3 more runs in the bottom of the 5th inning and tied the game in the 6^th inning on a Ryan Galanie double and Nate Gaerke's single.  Springboro scored 2 runs in the top of the 7^th with 1 out and runners on second and third, a fielding error by the first baseman allowed 2 runs to score.  Moeller banged out 8 hits, led by Griff Cady's 2 hits and hits by Keelan Daniel, Hayden Nelson,Jason Galanie, Nate Gaerke, PJ Kaylor, and Seth Stephens.