EASTLAKE, Ohio – The Lake Erie baseball team returned to their traditional home for a series against the Walsh Cavaliers. The Storm and Cavaliers went back and forth in game one with the Cavaliers pulling away late in a high-scoring 15-8 victory for the Cavaliers. Walsh would hold off a late rally to take a 4-3 game two win. Lake Erie would power their way to a 14-6 game three win. The Cavaliers would go ahead early and comfortably take game four 10-1, securing the series victory.
 
Team Records
 
Lake Erie: 5-22 (4-8)
Malone: 11-14 (6-6)
 
Game Recaps
 
Game 1:
Walsh- 15
Lake Erie- 8
 
The series would start off with teams responding back to each other. The Cavaliers would get on the board in the top of the first with two runs on two hits. The Storm would answer in the bottom half, tying the game at two with a solo shot from Ty Sowers, his first of the season, and an RBI walk from Matt Fountain. Walsh responded in the second with three runs on two hits and an error, moving back ahead 5-2. Lake Erie answering the punch, tying the score again, now at 5, with an RBI double from Fountain, and an RBI sacrifice fly from Seth Yacobucci. After silence the next two innings, the Cavaliers would move back ahead in the fifth 8-5. The Storm had another response in the bottom half cutting the deficit to 8-7, with a two-run homer from Seth Mannos, his first of the season and first of his career. Walsh added another run in the sixth. The Cavaliers would pull away in the latter portion of the game, putting up four runs in the seventh and two in the ninth, taking a high-scoring 15-8 game one victory. 
 
W: Chuck Hess (1-0) - 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
L: Ethan Hendrickson (0-2) - 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
S: Lucas Palange (1) – 3.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 0 BB, 4 K
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 13, Cavaliers- 18
Walks: Storm- 8, Cavaliers- 15
Strikeouts: Storm- 9, Cavaliers- 8
Stolen Bases: Storm- 0, Cavaliers- 3
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 15, Cavaliers- 8
Strikeouts: Storm- 8, Cavaliers- 9
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 2, Cavaliers- 1
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 3, Cavaliers- 0
 
Game 1 Top Storm Performers: 
 
Sr. Ty Sowers: 3-5, HR (1), 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, K
Jr. Seth Mannos: 2-5, HR (1), 2 RBI, R, K
R-Soph. Matt Fountain: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, K
 
Game 2:
Walsh- 4
Lake Erie- 3
 
Game two would be a fairly quiet game with the only damage coming in the third inning for the Cavaliers as they would put up all four of their runs on one hit and two errors. The Storm would show life late, cutting the score to 4-1 in the sixth with an RBI sacrifice fly from Brendan Hazuda. Lake Erie would threaten for the walk off, putting up two runs in the seventh with Brendon Rowe scoring on a wild pitch and an RBI sacrifice fly from Hazuda, but runners on first and second would be left stranded with Walsh holding on for a 4-3 game two win.  
 
W: Nick Petro (1-2) - 5.2 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 BB, 7 K
L: Dominic Poltrone (1-5) - 7.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R (0 ER), 4 BB, 9 K
S: Marshall Shepherd (1) – 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 8, Cavaliers- 2
Walks: Storm- 7, Cavaliers- 4
Strikeouts: Storm- 7, Cavaliers- 9
Stolen Bases: Storm- 1, Cavaliers- 0
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 4, Cavaliers- 7
Strikeouts: Storm- 9, Cavaliers- 7
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 0, Cavaliers- 0
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 2, Cavaliers- 1
 
Game 2 Top Storm Performers:
 
Jr. Brendan Hazuda: 0-1, 2 RBI, 2 SF, BB, K
Fr. Brendon Rowe: 1-3, R, K
R-Soph. Seth Yacobucci: 2-2, 2B, SB
 
Game 3:
Lake Erie- 14
Walsh- 6
 
The Cavaliers would play in front again, putting up four runs in the top of the first. The Storm would again respond, cutting the deficit to 4-3 with a two-run homer from Ty Sowers, his second of the series/season, and Matt Fountain scored on an error. Lake Erie would tie the game in the second and then go ahead in the third with an RBI triple and solo shot from Micah Geise, his second of the season. Walsh would tie it up at five in the fourth. The Storm would erupt in the bottom half with five runs with RBI walks from Geise, Sowers, Fountain, Dominic Roberts, and Brendon Rowe, moving back ahead 10-5. Lake Erie would tack on two more runs in the fifth, growing their lead to 12-5 with an RBI single from Hunter Aurand, and an RBI double from Roberts. The Cavaliers would then add one in the sixth. The Storm responded with two more in the bottom half with an RBI sacrifice fly from Travis Yankovich, and an RBI triple from Seth Yacobucci. Lake Erie would comfortably take game three 14-6. 
 
W: Hunter Bays (1-2) – 4.0 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 3 K
L: Brady Rice (1-1) – 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 11, Cavaliers- 7
Walks: Storm- 11, Cavaliers- 2
Strikeouts: Storm- 9, Cavaliers- 3
Stolen Bases: Storm- 3, Cavaliers- 5
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 2, Cavaliers- 11
Strikeouts: Storm- 3, Cavaliers- 9
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 1, Cavaliers- 0
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 1, Cavaliers- 1
 
Game 3 Top Storm Performers:
 
Jr. Micah Geise: 3-4, HR (2), 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
Sr. Ty Sowers: 2-3, HR (2), 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, SB, K
Sr. Dominic Roberts: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 2 BB 
 
Game 4:
Walsh- 10
Lake Erie- 1
 
The Cavaliers pulled ahead in the first with two runs. Walsh would pull away early in the game, putting up eight runs in the third and fourth innings for a 10-0 lead. Brady Carman would put the only run on the board for the Storm in the sixth with a solo shot for his first of the season and career. The Cavaliers would take the series with a 10-1 game four win.
 
W: Hayden Hrach (1-0) – 7.0 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 7 K
L: William Cornett (0-4) – 2.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 3 K
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 3, Cavaliers- 11
Walks: Storm- 1, Cavaliers- 12
Strikeouts: Storm- 10, Cavaliers- 10
Stolen Bases: Storm- 0, Cavaliers- 2
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 12, Cavaliers- 1
Strikeouts: Storm- 10, Cavaliers- 10
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 1, Cavaliers- 1
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 3, Cavaliers- 0
 
Game 4 Top Storm Performers:
 
Fr. Brady Carman: 1-3, HR (1), RBI, R, K
Jr. Brendan Hazuda: 1-4, K
Sr. Ty Sowers: 1-4, 2B, 3 K
 
The Matchup
 
Lake Erie dropped their first series against Walsh since 2022 and are now 17-23 all-time against Walsh. 
 
Up Next
 
Lake Erie will head back on the road to face Ashland beginning on Friday, April 3rd. 
 
Ashland is currently 18-9 overall and 8-4 in the G-MAC on the season. Recently, the Eagles took a road series victory at Thomas More. In the 2026 G-MAC preseason poll, Ashland was voted to finish 2nd in the north division. 
 
Ashland currently is 5th in the G-MAC in batting average (.289), 1st in ERA (5.30), and 2nd in fielding percentage (.975 with 24 errors).