MOELLER 13  LAKOTA EAST 3
(5 INNINGS)

The Moeller Freshman opened the 2026 baseball season with a 13-3, 5 inning run rule game vs. Lakota East.  

Starting pitcher, Connor Bitler went 4 innings on the mound to pick up the win.

Connor allowed 2 runs, 1 of which was earned on 5 hits, with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.  

Finn Barhorst pitched the 5^th inning allowing 1 earned run on 1 hit, 1 walk, and 1 strikeout.  

The Moeller offensive scored 1 run in the first inning from a lead off walk by Rocco Vitucci, base hit by Joshua Codner and walks by Connor Bitler and Matthew Clarke.  

The Crusaders added 4 more runs in the second inning.

Tyler Richardson hit a lead off single and stole second base, Owen Cornett walked to set up Rocco Vitucci's 2 rbi double. 

Joshua Codner singled home Rocco and Connor Bitler's Sac Fly scored Codner to put Moeller up 5-1 and a lead the would not give up.  

Hitting leaders for Moeller were Joshua Codner 3 for 3, with a walk and 1 rbi. Owen Cornett, 2 for 2, a walk with 4 rbis.  

Others collecting hits were Matthew Clarke, Greyson Homoelle, and Ryan Domingo.  

The Moeller Freshman record stands at 1-0 to start the 2026 season.



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