Baseball Game Preview: Celina Bulldogs vs. Spencerville Bearcats

The Celina Bulldogs will face off against the Spencerville Bearcats at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Celina is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.

Celina proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 15) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Ansonia a 2-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bulldogs have posted since April 3rd.

Brady Steinbrunner

Batters Struck Out

05/15/25 vs Ansonia	10
05/10/25 @ Lima Senior	8
03/31/25 vs Fort Recovery	8
04/29/25 @ Elida	4
04/21/25 vs Coldwater	4
+ 1 more games

Not much got past Brady Steinbrunner, who gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Ansonia off the board. Celina is undefeated when Steinbrunner posts eight or more strikeouts, but 8-10 otherwise.

On the hitting side, Celina's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brodee Schulte-Arnold, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

Celina hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least five batters in five consecutive games.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Spencerville took on Paulding on Thursday. The Bearcats fell 9-4 to the Panthers. The Bearcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Spencerville now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Celina, they now have a winning record of 11-10.