By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian baseball team opened the 2003 season by posting a 10-9 come-from-behind victory over Jackson County Central in Adrian Tuesday.
Adrian, which trailed by four runs early in the game, faced a 9-6 deficit when the Huskies scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning before adding another in the fourth.
The Dragons then answered the challenge by scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth while blanking JCC over the final two innings to record a one-run win.
"It was a good win," said Dragon coach Kevin Nowotny. "I don’t know if we ever have beaten JCC before."
A six-hit, four-run sixth inning gave the Dragons their victory.
Levi Bullerman, Brandon Wolf and Joe Kruger slapped singles to load the bases in the sixth. The Dragons pulled within one run of JCC when Tyler Wolf and Dusty Spieker singled home runs, and Matt Eickhoff followed with a two-run single that proved to be the game-winning hit.
Tyler Wolf, who led the Dragons with three RBIs in the game, started the game on the mound and was roughed up for eight runs in three innings.
JCC scored four times in the top of the first before Adrian answered with four counters in the bottom half of the frame to knot the score.
Pete Hohn and Wolf slapped two-run doubles for AHS in the first.
JCC moved in front 5-4 in the top of the second before Adrian gained its first lead of the game at 6-5 with a two-run bottom of the frame.
Brandon Schettler, who led AHS with three hits, singled before Hohn was hit by a pitch to ignite the second-inning rally. Brandon Wolf doubled home both runners.
Bullerman, Tyler and Brandon Wolf recorded three hits each for the winners.
Hohn pitched three innings of one-run relief to pick up the win. He fanned three batters, allowed three hits and seven walks.
The 1-0 Dragons play in Worthington today before facing Red Rock Central-Westbrook-Walnut Grove for the Red Rock Conference opener Tuesday.
