From Staff Reports

CALCUTTA — Paxton Grimes tossed a two-hitter and shut down United, 12-2, in six innings Tuesday.

Beaver Local improves to 13-9 and will host St. Clairsville today.

United drops to 12-6 and will play at Columbiana today with the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title on the line.

The Beavers scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for the victory.

Aiden Dray went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and Tysen Hammonds was 3-for-4 with two runs scored for the Beavers.

Peyton Martin had two hits, three RBIs and two runs. Jett Johnson doubled, singled and drove in two runs. AJ Bowser had two hits, including a double.

Carter Simmons took the loss, giving up 11 runs, eight earned, on 13 hits with two strikeouts and four walks in 5 1/3 innings.

Quentin Taylor singled, drove in a run and scored another for the Eagles. Mason Everly also singled.

UN: 0-0-0-0-0-2– 2- 2-2

BL: 0-0-0-4-0-8–12-16-1

Heartland 11, Southern 1

SALINEVILLE — Heartland Christian scored in the final six innings Tuesday for a 10-1 win over Southern Local.

Hudson Miller drove in four runs and Jacob Goehring and Paul Bender each scored three times. Goehring also singled twice and drove in two runs. Brennan Murphy tripled. Evan Farrell and Jack Morgan both doubled.

Conrad Bender was the winning pitcher, giving up one run on four hits in four innings. He struck out three and walked one.

Christian Hamilton went three shutout innings, allowing one hit with seven strikeouts.

Heartland improves to 8-9 heading into today’s game at Western Reserve.

Jack Pitts had two hits for the Indians. T.J. Homan added an RBI double.

Southern is 3-10 and will host St. Thomas Aquinas today.

HC: 0-1-1-2-2-3-2–11-8-0

SL: 0-0-0-1-0-0-0– 1-5-3