{"id":36626,"date":"2026-05-13T14:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=36626"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:13:31","slug":"tigers-pounce-on-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/tigers-pounce-on-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers pounce on Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Heritage had trouble keeping up with&nbsp;Bluffton in a pivotal ACAC matchup Tuesday, falling by a score of 17-5, ending an 11-game winning streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12mayBluff17Her5Wrap.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WZBD&#8217;s Ed Thurman wraps up the Bluffton win over Heritage on 92.7 FM. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heritage (14-2, 4-1 ACAC) got on the board in the top of the first inning after&nbsp;Kingston Galentine&nbsp;doubled, driving in Beau Stoppenhagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12mayBluffGrandSlam.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Tigers smash a grand slam on the WZBD broadcast. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluffton&nbsp;(11-7, 5-1 ACAC) flipped the game on its head in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs on two hits to take the lead, 5-1. Three of the 5 runs came off of Patriot errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluffton&nbsp;would add to their lead in the bottom of the second on a grand slam to left field by&nbsp;Abram Gehrett.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heritage would get two back with an RBI single by Galentine, followed up by Max Mirelez hitting into a fielder\u2019s choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Tigers added three more in the third with another long ball off the bat of Aaron Streveler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bluffton&nbsp;scored five more runs on five hits in the bottom of the fourth inning.&nbsp;Trevor Smith had an RBI single, Dawson Lee&nbsp;hot a two-run single, would score on a wild pitch, and Griffin Morgan would hit a sac fly to right field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Patriots would get on the board again in the top of the fifth, thanks to a two-run double by Lucas Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griffin Morgan&nbsp;earned the win for&nbsp;Bluffton, giving up seven hits and five runs over five innings, striking out seven and walking none.&nbsp;Mirelez&nbsp;took the loss for&nbsp;Heritage. The hurler went two and two-thirds innings, allowing 12 runs (nine earned) on five hits, striking out four and walking three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another big test comes up for Heritage on Thursday, as they host the other Patriots of Jay County on Thursday, with a 6pm first pitch.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jay County holds their own destiny in winning the conference, as they are undefeated at 5-0 in ACAC play (11-7 overall), following a 24-1 shellacking of Southern Wells Tuesday night.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Heritage win would mean a three-way tie with Bluffton for the top spot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage had trouble keeping up with&nbsp;Bluffton in a pivotal ACAC matchup Tuesday, falling by a score of 17-5,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[44,52,51,26],"class_list":["post-36626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-baseball","tag-bluffton","tag-heritage","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/photoless-header-template-sports.jpg?fit=252%2C144&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36631,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36626\/revisions\/36631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}