Graders Drop Their Last Two in Celina

  Game Date: 07/24/2016 Galion Graders 4 AT Grand Lake Mariners 6 YTD YTD Graders AB R H BI AVG Mariners AB R H BI AVG Hawkins, R CF 2 1 1 0 .245 LaRue, W LF 2 1 1 1 .125 Stambaugh, D P 2 0 0 0 .000 Phillips, D 3B 4 0…

Graders Falter in Final Home Game

  Game Date: 07/22/2016 Lima Locos 6 AT Galion Graders 2 YTD YTD Locos AB R H BI AVG Graders AB R H BI AVG Johnson, J CF 4 1 2 0 .377 Hawkins, R CF 4 0 1 0 .233 Nixon, J RF 5 1 1 0 .320 Schrock, K SS 5 1 1…

Grader take an “L” at home

The Graders built themselves a hole early against the Lima Locos  and struggled to get out of it. Starting Pitcher Mark Delas gave up a pair of runs in each of the 1st 2 Inning, putting the Graders down 0-4 to start the game. The Graders attempted to rally on a Ridge Winand double that…

Graders Represent Well in North All-Star Victory

The Grader All-Stars played well in a pitching battle that topped off an all day event at the ball park. The day featured all kinds of opportunities for players around the league to interact with professional scouts. After these opportunities the  game commenced with what would be a pitching display. There was only a grand…

Graders Involved in a 12 Inning Marathon

The day before the All-Star break the Graders challenge the Irish Hills Leprechauns to a 12 Inning marathon of the game. Nearly all of the scoring occurred in the 1st 4 Innings with the game tied at 4-4 after the Graders scored a single run in the top of the 4th. The score then proceeded…

Graders All-Stars Axcell & Jones

The Graders roster will feature 2 GLSCL All-Stars this year in Ohio State’s CL Kent Axcell and Michigan State’s CF Robbie Jones. Axcell boasts an 1.89ERA this summer with 33 S/O in just 19 Innings Pitched. He also has a team best 4 saves. Jones is hitting .282 with 20RBIs on the season. Jones also…

Graders Get the Bats Out for a “W” at Home

The Graders had a great crowd for a beautiful Saturday night game in which they saw their bats come alive. Undermanned the Graders called on relief pitcher AJ Cecil to help out in the batters box as Chase Boyer took the mound. Boyer pitched excellent through 5 Innings before allowing 3 in the 6th and…

Graders Bounce Back After a Tough Loss

The Graders took one on the chin Thursday night verses the Lake Erie Monarchs giving up 5 home runs en route to a 16-3 loss. The Graders bounced back though the following night with Kipp Brewer giving the Graders another solid outing in his 2nd start of the season. The Graders took the lead in…

A Rubber-Match does in the Graders

The Grader fell victim to a bottom of the ninth 1-0 walk-off following great pitching performances from both teams. The Graders saw 8 scoreless innings from the combination of Dalton Stambaugh and Ricky Krieger while the Scouts Noah Jones gave the Scouts 8 1/3 Innings of scoreless baseball. The Graders threatened in the top of…

Graders Go Deep for a Win in Xenia

This Tuesday the Galion Graders took on the Xenia Scouts in a game of weeknight baseball. The Graders traveled all the way to Xenia, Ohio to take part in a hotly contested game. Both teams played with a little extra sizzle as it was clear there was a budding rivalry between the two teams. Starting…