Craig clutch as Upper tops Mohawk Posted on May 14, 2026 0 Daily Chief-Union/Danny Schwartz Underhand Upper Sandusky first baseman Troy Hoffbauer throws the ball to pitcher Jonathan Craig who’s on his way to cover first base for an out during the Rams’ 3-2 victory over Mohawk on Tuesday. Jonathan Craig singled in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning and closed it out on the mound as Upper Sandusky beat Mohawk 3-2 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference baseball game Tuesday at Upper Sandusky. With the game tied at 2, Roman Russell drew a one-out walk and went to second on a passed ball. Craig singled to center to score Russell and put the Rams on top. The Warriors (8-13, 4-9 N10) had a chance in the top of the seventh. Zikki Magallanes was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and then was sacrificed to second. Brant Kirian singled on a groundball up the middle, but the Rams (12-8, 9-4 N10) kept it on the infield and threw out Magallanes at the plate. Levi Tiell followed with a single, but a strikeout ended it. Mohawk had an early 2-0 lead. Owen Patrizi doubled to lead off the game and scored on Tiell sacrifice fly. Two innings later, Magallanes singled and eventually scored on a second Tiell sacrifice fly. Craig got out of that inning with a pickoff. In the bottom of the inning, Craig reached on an error, Sylar Jones drew a walk and Kasen Gottfried had a bunt single to load the bases. Josh Heilman hit a sacrifice fly, and then with two outs, a Toby Holman single scored Jones and tied the game. Craig (2-3) allowed two runs on eight hits and a walk with five strikeouts in a complete game. Patrizi and Kirian both had two hits for Mohawk. Andon Clouse (2-3) was a tough-luck loser, giving up three unearned runs on five hits and four walks with 11 strikeouts in six innings. Score by innings Mohawk 101 000 0— 2 8 1 Upper Sandusky 002 001 x— 3 5 1 WP: Craig (3-1); LP: Clouse (2-3). 2B: Patrizi (M).
