AKRON – Led by Clayton Adamson’s impressive pitching performance, Tippecanoe Valley’s varsity baseball team beat Three Rivers Conference foe Whitko 2-1 Monday in Akron. Adamson went the distance for the Vikings, pitching seven innings and giving up just four hits while striking out 10 and walking two. With the win, Valley improved to 2-6 overall and 1-0 in conference play, while the Wildcats fell to 11-5 and 1-1. The game was tied 1-1 in the fifth inning when the hosts plated the game-winner, as Tanner Andrews scored on a Whitko fielding error. Valley scored the first run of the game when Drake Hyden drove in Dan Miller with a single in the fourth inning. The Wildcats tied the game in the fifth when Wyatt Wolf scored on a throwing error by the Vikings. Miller and Luke Helton had two hits each for Valley, while Alex Stoddard had a double for the Wildcats. Ethan Nicodemus took the loss on the mound. He pitched six innings, giving up eight hits and two runs, while striking out three and walking one. The Vikings host Bethany Christian today, while Whitko plays at Manchester Wednesday.
