Warsaw’s varsity baseball team continued its strong Northern Lakes Conference play Friday. Hosting the Goshen RedHawks, the Tigers came away with a thrilling 7-6 victory in eight innings, improving their conference mark to 7-2. Warsaw, now 9-6 overall, rallied from a two-run deficit in the seventh inning en route to the win. The Tigers scored their seven runs on six hits, and they overcame two errors. The RedHawks pounded out 13 hits in the loss and were hampered by three fielding errors. Goshen’s Corbin Harrison had three hits, including two doubles, while teammate James Paetkau hat two hits, including a triple. Seniors Zach Witt and Blake Foreman led Warsaw’s offense with two hits each. Witt’s performance included a solo home run in the first inning. Senior Marselo Rodriguez and junior Collin Marshall had one hit each in the win. Junior Isaac Lenon was the winning pitcher for the Tigers, who are in action again Monday when they host conference foe Plymouth. Lenon pitched four innings, giving up four hits and four runs, while striking out five and walking none. Junior Jordan Jones started the game on the mound for the Tigers. Jones worked four innings, giving up nine hits and four runs. He didn’t walk any Goshen batters, or strike any out. Warsaw has two NLC games on the road next week, playing at NorthWood Wednesday, and at Northridge Friday. The Tigers lost Friday’s junior varsity contest 5-3, falling to 4-10-1 on the season overall and 1-7 in the NLC.
