Bellmont was the 8-7 winner over Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran when they last played one another back in May of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Bellmont Braves fell just short of the Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran Cadets by a score of 6-5 on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Bellmont has lost by just one run.
Dylan Velez and Andrew James stepped up to the plate in a big way. Velez scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while James went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Layne Lemaster, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran's side, Carter Ripke spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered five earned runs on nine hits.
At the plate, Jalen Campos and Luke Bultemeier did most of the damage at the plate: Campos scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Bultemeier scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Bultemeier has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Belschner, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a stolen base.
Bellmont dropped their record down to 7-14 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-16 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Bellmont beat Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran by a score of 8-2 later that day.
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