Baseball Recap: Columbia City Drops Season-High Score on Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbia City). Everything went their way against the Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran Cadets on Wednesday as they made off with a 15-4 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Eagles considering their one-run performance the contest before.

Lukus Schmitt made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Schmitt was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

Trey Deckman

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/23/25 vs Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran	5
03/28/24 @ Churubusco	3
04/16/25 vs Churubusco	2
05/14/24 vs Norwell	2
05/13/24 @ Fort Wayne North Side	2

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Trey Deckman, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, five RBI, and two runs. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Logan Matiya, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one double.

Columbia City was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Columbia City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3.

Coming up, Columbia City will take on Manchester at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, they will face off against Fort Wayne South Side at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Cadets' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Archers have averaged an impressive 6.1 runs per game this season.