Mohawks get even with Vikings, create tie atop SOC-2

AID — And the race is on.

The Northwest Mohawks used an 8-run seventh inning to beat the Symmes Valley Vikings 11-2 on Monday and throw the Southern Ohio Conference race into a near deadlock.

Northwest improved to 11-3 on the season and took a half-game lead in the SOC race at 6-1. Symmes Valley is now 5-6 overall and 5-1 in the SOC.

Symmes Valley won the earlier meeting between the two teams 2-1 in 8 innings.

Chase Kingrey pitched a 5-hitter for the win as he struck out 12 and walked one. The 2 runs were earned.

Tanner Corn was coasting along until the seventh when the Mohawks took advantage of several errors to ignite the 8-run inning.

Corn took the loss as he went 6.2 innings giving up 9 hits, 10 runs of which only 3 were earned, and he struck out 10 while walking 3.

Only 3 players accounted for the Vikings’ hits as Andy Strow was 2-3 with a double, Tanner Thompson 2-4 with a double and Corn 1-4 with an RBI.

Aiden Armbrister was 4-5 as Northwest had 11 hits. Levi Shepherd was 2-4 with an RBI, Wesyn Lang 1-5 with a triple, Peyton Wolfe 1-4 with an RBI, Braxton Burris 1-3, Austin Smith 2-4 with an RBI and Brven Staggs had a pair of RBI.

Northwest 100  110  8  =  11  11  1

Sym. Valley 002  000  0  =    2    5  7

Chase Kingrey and Austin Smith. Tanner Corn, Tanner Thompson (7) and Andy Strow. W-Kingrey (IP-7.0, H-5, R-2, ER-2, K-12, BB-1). L-Corn (IP-6.2, H-9, R-10, ER-3, K-10, BB-3). Thompson (IP-0.1, H-2, R-1, ER-1, K-1, BB-0). Hitting–Northwest: Levi Shepherd 2-4 RBI, Wesyn Lang 1-5 3B, Aiden Armbrister 4-5 2B, Peyton Wolfe 1-4 RBI, Braxton Burris 1-3, Breven Staggs 2-RBI, Austin Smith 2-4 RBI; Symmes Valley: Andy Strow 2-3 2B, Tanner Thompson 2-4 2B RBI, Tanner Corn 1-4 RBI.