SOUTH WHITLEY – Five solid innings from pitcher Zach Snep and an offensive outburst in the fourth inning lifted Whitko’s varsity baseball team to a 12-1 win over the Triton Trojans Tuesday. Snep struck out six and gave up just two hits and one walk, as the host Wildcats run-ruled Triton and scored the win in five innings. The Trojans took a 1-0 lead with a run in the top of the second inning, and Whitko responded by scoring a run in the home half of the frame, another in the third inning and exploding for 10 runs in the fourth. The Wildcats had 10 hits to Triton’s four and committed just one error, while the Trojans were charged with four errors. Hunter Sroufe was 3 for 3 at the plate for Whitko, including a double for the game’s only extra-base hit. Sroufe also scored three runs and had two RBIs for the Wildcats, who are now 6-6 on the season. Whitko’s Drew Bradford was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Skyler Reichert was charged with the pitching loss. He worked three innings, giving up six runs, six hits and a walk while striking out two. The Wildcats are in action again today at Three Rivers Conference rival Manchester, while Triton hosts Jimtown today in Norther State Conference action.
