Pilgrims win wild one over CMA
PLYMOUTH — Plymouth rode a nine-run sixth to a win over CMA in a back-and-forth affair at Bill Nixon Field, 14-8.
The Eagles jumped on Plymouth starter Grady Metsker for a pair of runs in the first, but Plymouth answered in the bottom half with a two-run Ben Shively homer.
Grayson Terrone came on for the Pilgrims to toss two scoreless innings, but CMA’s Max Grundberg got to the Plymouth right-hander for a massive home run to give the Eagles back the lead in the fourth.
The Pilgrims grabbed the lead right back with a three-run bottom half, with Metsker driving one home with a single and Parker Wolfe belting a two-run double.
Jack Kaplan’s two-run single in the fifth added to that lead, but Plymouth took advantage of some costly errors in the sixth to plate nine runs — Metsker again providing a two-run single.
The Eagles weren’t done. A two-run single in the seventh by Nathan Cawley had CMA threatening but Plymouth reliever Ben Shively — the MAX 98.3 Player of the Game — was able to hang on for the win.
CULVER ACADEMY BASEB AB R H BI PLYMOUTH BASEBALL 20 AB R H BI
Max Grundberg 3 3 1 1 Westin Merritt 4 2 1 0
Max Grube 3 0 0 0 Ben Shively 5 3 2 4
Brian Story 1 1 0 0 Parker Wolfe 5 0 2 3
Nathan Cawley 4 1 1 2 Ethan Hall 4 1 2 0
Frank Chaney 4 1 1 1 Nick Manzuk 4 0 1 0
Thomas Oliver-Overmy 2 0 1 1 Cole Cain 2 1 1 0
Will Harris 1 0 0 0 Drake Feece 1 2 1 0
Elliot Dorrel 0 1 0 0 Grayson Terrone 1 1 0 0
Jack Kaplan 3 0 1 2 Aiden Macias 2 1 1 1
Sam Grundberg 2 0 0 0 Grady Metsker 4 2 2 3
Ainsley Ritchie 3 0 0 0 *Zach Atkins 0 1 0 0
Cole Meiser 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 27 8 6 7 TOTALS 32 14 13 11
CULVER ACADEMY 200 121 2 -- 8
PLYMOUTH 200 309 x -- 14
LOB--CULVER ACADEMY 11, PLYMOUTH 9.
ERR--Sam Grundberg, Nathan Cawley (2), Ryder Goodman.
2B--Thomas Oliver-Overmyer, Parker Wolfe (2), Ben Shively.
HR--Max Grundberg, Ben Shively. HBP--Max Grundberg, Jack
Kaplan, Will Harris, Cole Cain, Westin Merritt, Nick Manzuk.
SB--Cole Meiser, Nick Langenberg, Ben Shively, Drake Feece.
CULVER ACADEMY BASEBALL 202 IP H R ER BB SO HR
Will Harris 3.00 6 5 4 2 2 1
Thomas Oliver-Overmy (L) 2.67 4 7 0 2 4 0
Max Grube 0.33 3 2 2 0 0 0
PLYMOUTH BASEBALL 2026
Grady Metsker 1.00 1 2 2 3 0 0
Grayson Terrone 3.00 1 1 1 3 5 1
Ben Shively (W) 3.00 4 5 5 4 1 0
PB--Nathan Cawley (4), Ryder Goodman. WP--Thomas
Oliver-Overmyer (2), Ben Shively. SO--Max Grundberg, Nathan
Cawley, Max Grube, Frank Chaney, Ainsley Ritchie (2), Cole
Cain, Parker Wolfe, Westin Merritt (2), Nick Manzuk (2).
BB--Max Grundberg, Sam Grundberg (2), Elliot Dorrel (2),
Nathan Cawley, Max Grube, Thomas Oliver-Overmyer (2), Frank
Chaney, Cole Cain, Grayson Terrone, Drake Feece, Ethan Hall.
