Baseball

Seneca 11, Putnam Co. 10 (9 inn.): At Granville on Saturday, the visiting Fighting Irish (8-12 overall, 3-7 Tri-County) won a conference marathon. Seneca scored twice in the seventh to force extra innings, once in the eighth matched by the Panthers and one final run in the top of the ninth. Griffin Hougas drew a leadoff walk and eventually came in on a passed ball and that held up for the victory.

Jace Mitchell delivered three singles and an RBI, and Cody Clennon had two hits in six at-bats for Seneca. Grady Hall (3⅔ IP, 1 ER, 2 K) earned the win with hitless relief for starter Mitchell (4 IP, 6 ER, 4 K).

Softball

Seneca 10, Princeton 4; Seneca 16, Bloomington Central Catholic 0 (4 inn.): At Seneca, the host Fighting Irish bounced back from their first loss of the season with a pair of round-robin victories.

Tessa Krull (4 IP, 0 R, 10 K) threw a four-inning perfect game in the win over BCC. She was 3 for 3 at the plate with a single, a double, a home run and four RBIs. Lexie Buis (two hits, two RBIs), Hayden Pfeifer (two hits, two RBIs) and Kaylee Klinker (two hits, one RBI) paced the Seneca attack.

Versus Princeton, Emma Mino (3 for 3, two RBIs), Pfeifer (1 for 3, two RBIs) and Krull (2 for 4, two RBIs) all homered. Ameliah Weber (2 for 4) doubled twice. Provance (3 for 4, one RBI) also had a strong effort in support of winning pitcher Pfeifer (6 IP, 4 ER, 4 K).

Midland 10, Earlville 2: At Earlville, the host Red Raiders (8-7) dropped the nonconfernce game to the Timberwolves, getting outhit 12-6.

Addie Scherer (two RBIs) and Savana Lawton each had two of Earlville’s hits. Riley Kelly (3.1 IP, 8 ER, 3 K) took the pitching loss, relieved effectively by Addie Scherer (3.2 IP, 1 ER, 6 K).

Sycamore 15, Sandwich 1 (5 inn.): At Sandwich, the host Indians (12-10) were competitive until a 10-run top of the third for Sycamore.

Makenzie Hemmingsen drove in Sandwich’s lone run. Abigail Johnson (5 IP, 7 ER, 0 K) took the pitching loss.