Team contributions help Vikings beat Oaks, stay atop conference

OAK HILL — The Symmes Valley Vikings are using a team effort to keep up their winning ways.

Gradee Holland and Tanner Corn combined on a four-hitter and the offense banged out 13 hits as the Vikings beat the Oak Hill Oaks 9-3 in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 win on Friday.

Holland went 4.2 innings for the win as he gave up 4 hits, 3 earned runs and had 6 strikeouts and just 2 walks. Tanner Corn finished and struck out 7 of the batters he faced. He also walked one.

Andy Strow was 2-3 with a double, Corn 3-4 with two doubles and 3 RBI, Tanner Thompson 2-5 with an RBI, and Holland 2-4 to lead the offense.

Carson Brammer was 1-4 with an RBI, Mason Campbell 1-4 with a double, Aydan Freeman and Noah Hutchison each 1-3, and Chase Adkins had an RBI.

The Vikings used a 2-out rally to blow the game wide open in the fourth.

Campbell led off the inning with a double, but looked like he would be stranded after the next two batters were retired by Blaise Barger.

Holland reached on an error and Campbell scored on the play. Strow drew a walk to get two on.

Then Thompson followed up with a base hit into center to score a runner and make the score 5-0.

Corn got ahold of an 0-1 pitch and doubled into left to clear the bases and make it 7-0.

Symmes Valley is now 5-5 and leads the SOC-2 with a 5-0 record. Oak Hill drops to 3-8 and 2-4.

Sym. Valley 201 411 0 = 9 13 4

Oak Hill 000 030 0 = 3 4 1

Gradee Holland, Tanner Corn (5) and Andy Strow. Blaise Barger, Carson Criner (5) and Isaac Gilliland. W-Holland (IP-4.2, H-4, R-3, ER-3, K-6, BB-2). Corn (IP-2.1, H-0, R-0, K-7, BB-1). L-Barger (IP-4.2, H-10, 3-K, BB-1). Criner (IP-2.1, H-3, R-1,ER-1, K-1, BB-1). Hitting–Symmes Valley: Andy Strow 2-3 2B, Tanner Thompson 2-5 RBI, Tanner Corn 3-4 2-2B 3-RBI, Carson Brammer 1-4 RBI, Chase Adkins RBI, Mason Campbell 1-4 2B, Aydan Freeman 1-3, Noah Hutchison 1-3, Gradee Holland 2-4; Oak Hill: Alton Beaver 1-3 2B, Isaac Gilliland 1-3, Blaise Barger 1-3 RBI, Remy Moore 1-4.