Cincinatti,OH.- The Manchester baseball team traveled to Cincinatti, Ohio to take on the Mount St. Joseph Lions in a three game contest this past weekend.

The Spartans finished the weekend 2-1 winning game one 10-8 and game 2 13-2 (8 Innings) and losing game three 9-1.

GAME 1: Manchester 10, MSJ 8

• The Spartans got things started with a Michael Dierckman (Fort Wayne, Ind., Carroll) double that brought in two runs, putting Manchester up 2-0
• In Innings 3 and 4 the Lions were able to tie the game up with a couple of RBI Singles.
• In the 7th inning the offense for both teams started to heat up, Manchester was able to put another run on the board with a RBI Single from Joel Kennedy (Mooreland, Ind., Monroe Central), however MSJ put up three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning make the score 3-5 Lions.
• In the 8th the Spartans took it right back, starting with a RBI Single from Vian Mariani (South Bend, Ind., John Adams), not too long after that Austin Knowles (Nassau, Bahamas, Athens Christian (Ga.)) made his way to the plate smacking a double to right center bringing in two runs. To make Knowles inning better, the Spartan stole third and with a throwing error involved he was able to score to make the game 7-5 Spartans.
• MSJ would hit a Home Run in the 8th the tighten the score to 7-6.
• The Spartan hitting kept going in the 9th when Ian Nuckles (Martinsville, Ind., Martinsville)doubled to left center scoring one. Shortly after Michael Dierckman hit a massive 2 RBI triple to center field to make the lead 10-6 in the 9th.
• MSJ's efforts fell short as the Spartans held on to take Game one 10-8 in a thriller, This game included 14 Spartan hits and an Arturo Casas (Pendleton, Ind., Pendleton Heights) win.

GAME 2: Manchester 13, MSJ 2

• The Spartans rolled their offensive success from day 1 into day 2  with Game two starting off with a Gavin Gleason (Brookston, Ind., Delphi Community) RBI single in the first.
• They didn't stop there, Jared Holley (Wabash, Ind., Wabash) and Austin Knowles both brought in runs with RBI singles, Mitchell Baker (Plainfield, Ind., Plainfield) hit a sac fly scoring one which also led to a throwing error that brought in Knowles, and then Gleason got back in the action with a RBI triple to round out a five run 4th inning.
• MSJ was able to get on the board with a RBI bunt single, but the Spartans kept firing.
• The Spartans put up five more runs in the 6th inning getting started with ANOTHER Gleason triple that this time brought in two. Gleason would score shortly after with help from Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind., Norwell) who doubled to right center. Mariani brought in Haines with a RBI single, and he was then brought in from a Jared Holley single making the score in the 6th 11-1 Spartans.
• MSJ was able to get on  the board again but thanks to a Joel Kennedy RBI single and a passed ball that Kennedy scored on, the Spartans would take the game in 8 Innings, 13-2.
• The Spartans totaled 15 hits along with 4 stolen bases, while Rocco Hanes pitched a complete game only allowing two runs.

GAME 3: Manchester1, MSJ 9

• MSJ got the game started early and hot, putting up 8 runs in the first three innings.
• Manchester got on the board in the 7th with a Mitchell Baker Sac fly that brought in Jared Holley.
• This was not enough as the Spartans fell in Game three, 1-9. 

• The Spartans (14-21, 7-11 HCAC) will host Heidelburg University on Monday April 29th in a non-conference match up.
• First pitch is slated for 4:15 PM.