{"id":36021,"date":"2026-04-24T16:41:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=36021"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:53:53","slug":"tigers-blow-late-lead-then-walk-it-off-against-starfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/tigers-blow-late-lead-then-walk-it-off-against-starfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers blow late lead, then walk it off against Starfires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Adams scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to blow a 6-2 lead, but the Bluffton Tigers had the last laugh, scoring a walk-off win in ACAC play with a single by Abram Gehrett, scoring Jacob Kephart for a 7-6 victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bluffton put up three runs in the first inning to take control of the game and when the visitors came to the plate for the final time, they trailed 6-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tiger defense then crumbled, allowing a run to score three different times on an error, then allowing the Starfires to level the game at 6-6 when they plunked Duke Buckingham with the bases loaded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Athan King, who hit Buckingham, answered back with a key strikeout to get out of the inning. The hit by Gehrett then made King the unlikely winner, having recorded just one out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colton Arnold started the game for Bluffton and went six innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out seven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jax Wanner also threw six innings, allowing six runs (four earned), while striking out four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derek Weaver pitched the seventh and was saddled with the loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zaden Baumer had two hits for the Stars and Jax Wanner had an RBI double. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss dropped the Starfires back to .500 at 4-4. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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