It was another win in the ACAC Wednesday night, one night later than originally scheduled, as the Heritage Patriots won 14-1 in just five innings of play against Bluffton thanks to a three-hit night from Andrew Mirelez and five innings of one-run ball from Noah Redmon.
Singles by Mirelez and Redmon in the top of the first inning led to a pair of runs by the Patriots before Redmon ever took the mound.
Andrew Mirelez knocked in his brother, Max, in the second inning, but Bluffton got to Redmon in the bottom of the inning, stringing together a couple of hits and taking advantage of a little bit of wildness by the Heritage ace to push a run across.
The rest of the night belonged to Heritage. Redmon led off the third with a double and later scored on a hit by Landri Linder, who had three RBI in the contest.
Heritage really erupted in the fourth inning, batting around and scoring eight times to push the game into run-rule danger. Two different Bluffton pitchers walked the bases loaded and hit a batter to make it 10-1.
The Patriots loaded the bases again with two outs and Andrew Mirelez made the Tigers pay with a home run to left to make the score 14-1.
Redmon allowed just two singles in the final two frames and Heritage pushed their season record to 14-2 with the victory.
Next on the slate for coach Dean Lehrman’s team is a home game against Jay County Thursday, followed by another game on Monroeville Road on Friday against Manchester.
Last week’s interrupted game against Adams Central has been scheduled for a finish for Monday. WZBD will continue that broadcast from the Heritage field and bring fans the rest of the game on 92.7 FM.