Ellsworth kicks off the baseball season

Special to the I-R

A walk-off single propelled Ellsworth to a decisive, dramatic victory Thursday, March 29, over Beloit, 5-4. The baseball game was tied at four with the Bearcats batting in the bottom of the ninth when Collin Hoeffner singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.

Beloit fired up the offense in the first inning. Nick Meier drove in one when he singled. Ellsworth knotted the game up at four in the bottom of the seventh inning, when Bransen Schulte singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run.

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