Columbus East High School

On a beautiful night for baseball, the Olympians maintained the good vides, winning 3-2 over the Batesville Bulldogs. The Olympians received solid pitching performances from Eli Tindell and Blake Borkhardt, with Tindell throwing 4 innings of six hit baseball, giving up two earned runs with a 1 walk, and 4 strikeouts. Relief pitcher, Blake Borkhardt, pitched the final three innings, allowing no runs on 1 hit, no walks, and 4 strikeouts. The two pitchers combined for only 97 pitches thrown during the game. It was a great pitching performance by the O's! The Olympians had seven hits for the game, and stranded eleven runners on base for the evening. Senior Blake Borkhardt hit a line-drive single in the bottom of the sixth to drive home the winning run for the Olympians. Batting: Chase Niese: 2-4 Jackson Watkins: 1-3 Blake Borkhardt: 2-4, Double, RBI Carson Williams: HBP x 2 Evan Huckaby: 1-3 Evan Balzer: 1-4, Double, RBI, 2 BB Logan Warren: 1-3 Bige Asher: 3 BB Next Up: The Olympians face their cross-town rivals, Columbus North Bulldogs, Friday, May 3rd, starting at 6 p.m. @ Southside baseball fields. Good luck O's!