Binder tosses six-hit complete-game shutout for Dons

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

LOYAL — Jeremy Binder scattered six hits and did not walk a batter in tossing the Columbus Catholic baseball team’s second-straight shutout as the Dons blanked Loyal 3-0 in their Cloverbelt Conference East Division finale on Thursday at Loyal High School.

Binder struck out five and added a double at the plate for the Dons (8-10, 8-8 Cloverbelt East), who won their fourth in a row.

Tyler Fuerlinger, Kienan McIntee, and Brett Loveland had two hits apiece to lead the Columbus offense

The Dons will play a nonconference game at Colby on May 28 to finish their regular-season schedule.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Dons 3, Greyhounds 0

Columbus Catholic 200 010 0 – 3 10 0

Loyal 000 000 0 – 0 6 1

WP: Jeremy Binder. LP: Riley Geiger.

SO: Binder 5; Geiger 4. BB: Binder 0; Geiger 3.

Top hitters: CC, Tyler Fuerlinger 2×3; Kienan McIntee 2×3; Brett Loveland 2×3; Binder 2B. L, Brendan Collins 3×3, 2B.

Records: Columbus Catholic 8-10, 8-8 Cloverbelt East; Loyal 7-11, 6-9 Cloverbelt East.