(BOWLING GREEN, Ohio) — The Delaware Cows pounded out a season-best 17 hits en route to a 9-5 victory over the host Lake Erie Monarchs Thursday at Steller Field.

The victory was the team’s sixth in a row and ninth in the past 11 games, which puts the Cows at a season-best four games over .500 at 17-13-1. Delaware has also now won six of its past seven road games and sits just one game behind idle Stark County for second place in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.

The Cows scored three runs on seven hits in the first inning, with David Phillips (Texarkana) and Ben Thomas (Xavier) picking up RBI baseknocks and Logan Williams (Ole Miss) bringing another run home on an RBI groundout.

After the Monarchs (12-15) scored a pair of runs in the second, Delaware answered with another three-run inning in the third. Ryan Meade (Ohio State) had a sacrifice fly, and Thomas took home on a double steal with Tyler Burnett (Middle Tennessee). Cameron McConnell (Notre Dame) then brought home Burnett on a single over shortstop to give the Cows a 6-2 lead.

But the Monarchs rallied, scoring a pair of runs themselves in the third and adding another in the fourth before Justin Moore (Marshall) took over on the mound. Moore would work five scoreless innings, yielding just three hits and striking out three.

He got plenty of insurance at the plate, when the Cows scored another run in the seventh on Thomas’ RBI double. Delaware kept scoring, plating a pair of runs in the ninth after Meade’s RBI triple and Burnett’s RBI double to give the Cows a season-high nine runs.

Moore picked up his third victory of the season on the mound. Thomas went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBI, while Meade went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Burnett, Phillips and Jacob Spaeth (Dayton) also had multihit performances.

The Cows will return to action with a doubleheader at Xenia starting at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Nick Karow (Furman) notched his record breaking eighth save as the Delaware Cows cruised to a 4-1 win over the Xenia Athletes in Action Tuesday afternoon at Littick Field.

The righty moved past Ryan Bethel (2002) and Jeff Archer (2003) for the all-time Delaware Cows save crown. Shane Farrell (Marshall) made his first start of the season one to remember with a scoreless, six inning, three-hit gem that also included nine strikeouts.

The Westlake, Ohio native’s strikeout performance accounted for the highest single game total of the ‘08 campaign. Farrell’s fourth triumph against no losses puts him in a tie with Jake Geglein (Cincinnati) for the team lead.

Delaware jumped on the scoreboard first in the third inning on an RBI groundout off the bat of Jamel Scott (Cincinnati). The Cows added a pair of runs in the sixth on a sacrifice fly to centerfield by Logan Williams (Ole Miss) and a wild pitch that scored Scott. Williams scored Jacob Spaeth (Dayton) for his team leading 18th RBI.

Xenia broke a streak of 27 consecutive scoreless innings by Cows pitchers in the top of the eighth on an RBI single by Joseph Morris. With a man on second and nobody out, Matt Tracy (Ole Miss) snared a line drive off the bat off Andrew Page en route to a 1-6 double play to squash the rally.

The Cows capped the afternoons scoring on an RBI single by Ryan Meade (Ohio State) that scored Williams. Williams and Spaeth single tallies place the duo atop the teams runs scored list with 13 apiece.

Prior to the ballgame the Cows learned that Tyler Wilson (Virginia) was named pitcher of the week for the Great Lakes League. Wilson worked 12 shutout innings, striking out 14 while yielding only five hits and two walks. The Cavalier freshman picked up his first victory of the season on Sunday in a 2-0 win over Lima. Wilson’s 39 strikeouts are tied for the league lead while his 1.17 ERA trails only teammate Jake Geglein.

After an off day Wednesday, the Cows (16-13-11) return to action at 5:30 Thursday to take on the host Lake Erie Monarchs at Bowling Green State University’s Steller Field.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Jake Geglein (Cincinnati) worked six scoreless innings and David Phillips (Texarkana) had an RBI and scored a run as the Cows defeated the Columbus All-Americans 2-0 Monday at Ohio State’s Bill Davis Stadium.

The victory pushes the Cows to 15-13-1, putting them in a tie with the All-Americans (15-13) in third place. Both teams trail second place Stark County by two games.

Delaware took a 1-0 lead in the first, as Cory Kovanda (Ohio State) scored on Phillips’ basehit through the right side of the infield. Geglein took over after that, allowing just two hits in his six innings while striking out two. He gave way to Matt Tracy (Ole Miss), who worked out of a two-on, one-out situation in the seventh, and David Goforth (Ole Miss) also pitched a scoreless eighth.

The Cows picked up an insurance run in the ninth when Phillips singled to start the inning and later came in to score on a throwing error by Columbus pitcher Mark Miller. Nick Karow (Furman) gave up a hit in the bottom of the ninth but struck out the last two hitters to pick up his seventh save, which ties the club single-season record.

The victory marks the second straight 2-0 shutout for the Cows, who also defeated Lima by that count Sunday, and the fifth shutout of the season. Delaware has won seven of nine ballgames and four in a row, largely behind the strength of their pitching staff, which has worked 20 consecutive scoreless innings.

Geglein lowered his ERA to a league-best 0.64 (two earned runs in 28.1 innings) and improved to 4-0, having yielded just seven base hits in his last four starts, all victories. Karow has now gone ten innings without allowing a run, and the Cows bullpen has combined to work 9 2/3 scoreless frames over the past four ballgames.

Delaware returns home to face the Xenia Athletes in Action at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ohio Wesleyan’s Littick Field.

(DELAWARE, Ohio)- Logan Williams (Ole Miss) two out RBI single provided all the offense Cows starter Tyler Wilson (Virginia) needed as Delaware shutout the Lima Locos 2-0, Sunday afternoon at Littick Field.

With the bases loaded in the sixth, Williams added to his team high in RBI’s with a shot to left that scored Justin Riddell (Cincinnati). Williams 17^th RBI preceded a bases loaded hit by pitch that nicked David Phillips (Texarkana College) and scored Jacob Spaeth (Dayton) for the games final run.

Wilson worked six scoreless innings to pick up his first win against one loss on the season. The righty yielded three hits and two walks while striking out seven. The effort added to a streak of 18 consecutive scoreless innings for the freshman who has also struck out 38 batters in 30 2/3 innings pitched.

The Locos threatened in the sixth when they loaded the bases with only one out on a a pair of walks and a single. However, Wilson came back to record a pop out and a strikeout to halt the rally.

Kevin Arico (Virginia) made his first relief appearance of the season and worked two innings, giving up two hits and one walk while striking out a batter. David Goforth (Ole Miss) followed and struck out two to earn his fourth save in 08. Over the last three games (6 2/3 innings) the Cows pen has not allowed a run.

Delaware (14-13-1) has now won six of eight and moved over .500 for the first time since July 2^nd. The Cows next square off against their cross-town rivals, the Columbus All-Americans at 7 PM Monday night at Ohio State University’s Bill Davis Stadium.   

(ANDERSON, Indiana) – After sweeping a doubleheader from the Anderson (Ind.)  Servants Saturday by scores of 7-2 and 7-4, the Delaware Cows moved back to the .500 mark for the first time in nearly two weeks and back into the top half of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League standings.

The Cows used a combination of strong pitching and timely hitting for the first victory. Jordan Nicholson (LSU) worked six innings, allowing just five hits and two earned runs while striking out five and not issuing a walk.

Delaware staked him to a 4-0 lead in the third inning, behind RBI basehits from Jacob Spaeth (Dayton), Logan Williams (Ole Miss) and David Phillips (Texarkana), and Spaeth himself scored on a passed ball.

After the lead had been cut in half, Tyler Burnett (Middle Tennessee) launched a two-run shot over the wall in right, his first of the season, and the Cows tacked on another run via a throwing error in the seventh for the final margin.

In game two, the Cows had to rally from an early deficit and hold off a late Anderson charge. The Servants jumped on the board with two runs in the third, but Delaware struck back in the fourth. Logan Hronis (Ohio Wesleyan) had an RBI single to score Phillips, and Jamel Scott lifted a two-run single into right-center to plate both Hronis and Chris Bohannan (Louisiana Tech) and give the Cows a 3-2 lead.

Delaware tacked on two more runs in the fifth, when Bohannan’s RBI single scored Burnett, and Brian DeLucia (Ohio State) laid down a suicide squeeze to score Ben Thomas (Xavier) from third.

Anderson came right back in the bottom of the frame with two runs to make it a 5-4 game, but Matt Struble (Ohio Wesleyan) worked 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to keep the Cows in front.

In front they would stay, as Delaware tacked on two runs of insurance in the top of the seventh, and Nick Karow (Furman) pitched a perfect 1-2-3 seventh for his sixth save of the summer, leaving him just one shy of tying the club record for most saves in a single season.

The Cows improved to 13-13-1, while Anderson dropped to 10-17 on the summer. The Cows took three of the four games against the Servants in the season series, and will return home to face Lima at 1 p.m. Sunday at Littick Field.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) — Logan Williams (Ole Miss) and Jake Geglein (Cincinnati) had impressive performances in Wednesday’s Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League All-Star Game, played at Western Hills High School in Cincinnati.

Williams started at third base and went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and an RBI. Geglein was the second pitcher for the “Blue” team, on which the four Cows representatives to the game played, and worked a one-two-three inning, striking out two and getting the third hitter on a pop-out.

Cory Kovanda (Ohio State) and Jacob Spaeth (Dayton) both came in in the fifth inning as defensive replacements and each went 0-for-1 at the plate.

Additionally, Geglein was honored Thursday as the GLSCL Pitcher of the Week, the first Cow this summer to pick up a weekly award. Geglein worked five innings of shutout ball in starts and victories over both Anderson (Ind.) and Lake Erie. In 10 innings pitched, he allowed just three hits, striking out 11 and walking two.

Geglein has now worked 15 consecutive scoreless innings over his last three starts, and on the summer is 3-0 overall with a 0.81 ERA. The ERA ranks third in the league.

The Cows return from the All-Star break with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at Anderson (Ind.). The games will be broadcast LIVE on www.delawarecows.com

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(DELAWARE, Ohio) — Tyler Wilson (Virginia) was perfect through 5 1/3 innings and allowed just two hits, but the Delaware Cows could not protect a 3-0 lead and fell 7-6 in ten innings Monday to the Columbus All-Americans at Littick Field.

Wilson worked a season-best six innings, tying a season-best with seven strikeouts. He retired the first 16 hitters he faced, yielding just a bloop single to right field and an infield single, but did not allow a run before exiting.

The Cows scored a pair of runs in the second, with Ed Jayjack (UNC-Greensboro) delivering a sac fly to score David Phillips (Texarkana), while an RBI basehit from Chris Bohannan (Louisiana Tech) brought home Tyler Burnett (Middle Tennessee).

Phillips hit a solo shot, his first of the season, to straightaway center in the third inning to stake the Cows to a 3-0 lead.

The game unraveled for Delaware in the eighth, though, as Columbus sent 10 hitters to the plate and scored six times. Four hits, two walks, an error and a wild pitch contributed to the turnaround.

But the Cows came right back in the bottom of the eighth, though, as the first four hitters reached on singles. Bohannan’s baseknock brought home Jayjack and Burnett, while later in the inning, Justin Riddell (Cincinnati) delivered a sac fly to center that scored Bohannan and tied the game at six.

After a scoreless ninth inning, Chris Lewis of the All-Americans hit a solo home run with two outs in the tenth that proved to be the winning margin.

Delaware pounded out a season-high 16 hits, compared to just eight for Columbus, but the Cows left 13 runners on base. Bohannan had four hits and three RBI, while Jamel Scott (Cincinnati) extended his hitting streak to six games with two hits. He’s batting 10-for-21 during the streak.

Wilson has now worked 12 consecutive scoreless innings, dating back over three starts, and now has recorded 32 strikeouts in just 24.2 innings pitched. He lowered his ERA to 1.46 on the summer.

The Cows (11-13-1) are off until Saturday due to the All-Star break. Delaware travels to play Anderson (Ind.) in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.

DELAWARE- Jake Geglein (Cincinnati) worked five scoreless innings and Ben Thomas (Xavier) homered to propel the Delaware Cows to a 3-0 victory over the Lake Erie Monarchs, Sunday afternoon at Littick Field.

Geglein scattered only two hits while striking out seven to move to 3-0 on the season. David Goforth (Ole Miss) picked up his third save, working two innings and giving up one hit while striking out three.

With the contest scoreless in the fourth inning, Thomas blasted his first homerun of the year to left center field. The Cows took advantage of two Monarchs errors in the sixth and eighth innings with Jamel Scott (Cincinnati) and Thomas tallying runs. Scott picked up his first three hit game of the campaign with singles in his first three plate appearances.

Matt Tracy (Ole Miss) pitched his most effective outing of the season in relief of Geglein. The lefty tossed two scoreless innings, yielding only a single while striking out two. The trio completed the Cows third shutout of the season and second consecutive at home.

The Cows (11-12-1) return to action before Tuesday’s all star break for a 5 P.M. start Monday against the Columbus All-Americans at Littick Field. Jacob Spaeth (Dayton), Cory Kovanda (Ohio State), Logan Williams (Ole Miss) and Geglein will represent the Cows in Wednesday’s all-star game at Western Hills High School in Cincinnati.

(CELINA, Ohio) — After taking the first game of a doubleheader 4-3, the Delaware Cows held a 1-0 lead going into the fifth of the second game against Grand Lake but couldn’t hold on, losing 4-2 and settling for a split against the host Mariners Saturday.

The Cows jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first game behind an RBI groundout from David Phillips (Texarkana) and a Grand Lake error, with Logan Williams (Ole Miss) and Tyler Burnett (Middle Tennessee) scoring. A solo shot by Brooks Hunton off Cows starter Jordan Nicholson (LSU) cut the lead in half in the fourth, but that would be the lone run Nicholson would allow over five innings on the mound.

Delaware tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the sixth, as Brian DeLucia (Ohio State) doubled and his Buckeye teammate Cory Kovanda walked to start the frame. DeLucia scored on Williams’ RBI hit, and Kovanda came in to score on a wild pitch to put the Cows ahead 4-1.

Grand Lake answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 4-3 game, but Nick Karow (Furman) pitched a perfect 1-2-3 seventh for his fifth save of the summer. The team record for saves is seven.

In the second game, the Cows jumped ahead early again, with Kovanda scoring in the first on a sacrifice fly from Williams.  The Mariners cracked the scoring column in the fifth after two walks to lead off the inning came around to score, putting Grand Lake in the lead 2-1.

The lead was short-lived, though, as Williams walked to start the sixth, went to third on a double Ben Thomas (Xavier) and scored on a wild pitch to knot it up. The Cows left two men on base, though, and Grand Lake came back with two more runs in the bottom of the inning to gain a 4-2 lead.

In the seventh, Delaware loaded the bases with one out but failed to score.

The Cows (10-12-1) ended their five-game road trip with a 2-3 mark, with all three losses coming by just two runs. They return home to face Lake Erie in a single game slated to start at 1 p.m. Sunday at Littick Field.

(NEWARK)- Justin Riddell’s (Cincinnati) pinch hit RBI double scored Jamel Scott (Cincinnati) to propel the Delaware Cows over the Licking County Settlers, 3-2 Thursday night at Don Edwards Field.

Scott’s one out double brought Riddell to the plate and the Cows outfielder responded with his 12^th RBI knock of the year.

Shane Farrell (Marshall) picked up the win in relief, giving up two hits and an unearned run. Farrell earned his team leading third win against no losses. Nick Karow (Furman) worked the ninth to pick up his team high fourth save.

Kevin Arico (Virginia) started and worked four innings yielding a run on four hits. The trio held in check a Licking County offense that banged out 37 hits the last two games. The Settlers scored two times on six hits in the affair.

Delaware cracked the scoreboard in the first and seventh innings on fielder’s choice groundouts by Logan Williams (Ole Miss) and Cory Kovanda (Ohio State).

The Cows learned that pitcher Jake Geglein (Cincinnati) and position players Jacob Spaeth (Dayton), Williams and Kovanda were named to the All-Star team. The game will take place next Wednesday, July 16^th at the McCartney Athletic Complex in Cincinnati.

After an off day Friday the Cows (9-10-1) return to the field for a 4 P.M. double header Saturday against the Grand Lake Mariners at Westview Park in Celina.