The Reds knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 11 innings yesterday at Great American Ball Park to avoid the four-game series sweep. Santiago Espinal’s RBI infield single plated Rece Hinds with the winning run. The Reds are now 65-73 and open a three-game interleague series this afternoon at GAPB against the Houston Astros. Coverage begins at 3:40 on 103.9 WRBI.
Join us tonight at 6 on the WRBI app for a Labor Day edition of Overtime. Terrance Arney and Leon Smith will discuss the young high school football season, and they’ll sit down with East Central football team captains Carson Pieczonka, Alex Kuhn, Wyatt Smith and Nolan Maple.
Batesville girls cross country took first at the Rushville Invitational on Saturday. Bulldog senior Kaylynn Bedel was the overall champion with a season personal best time of 19:57. Fifteen schools competed in the girls race. Batesville also won the boys race, with Bulldog senior Jake Chapman taking overall champion honors with a career personal best run of 16:40. Eighteen teams competed in the boys race. The start of the Rushville Invitational was delayed an hour by inclement weather.
Batesville volleyball JV and varsity both won at Connersville on Saturday. The Bulldog varsity squad won in three sets. Anya Richey was a perfect 13 of 13 serving with three aces. Reesa Zimmerman and Brook Wilhelm each had 11 kills. The Batesville jayvees won in two sets. Katie Wilhelm was 13 of 13 serving with two aces, Maggie Jelinek 9 for 9 with three aces, Caitlyn Fox 10 for 10 with two aces. Both Batesville teams are now 5-1 on the year.
In high school football, Shenandoah knocked off South Decatur 53-22. The game was resumed Saturday afternoon after it was suspended by lightning Friday night. The Cougars fall to 0-2 with the loss.
In college football, former Lawrenceburg Tiger Ashton Craig made his fourth career start for Notre Dame in the Fighting Irish’s 23-13 win at Texas A & M Saturday night. Craig started at Center in front of a crowd of more than 107,000 people.