West Branch’s Jeremiah Thomas watches the ball after making contact on Saturday against United at West Branch. (Photo by Gary Leininger)

BELOIT — Drake Stryffeler had an inside-the-park home run to help lead West Branch to a 5-3 win over United on Saturday.

Chase Gee got the win for the Warriors as he struck out two and walked two over 5 1/3 innings.

Carson Wike had a double, single and an RBI for the winners, while Jeremiah Thomas and Nick Scofinsky had two hits each.

Carter Simmons had a double for the Golden Eagles who had just four hits.

Quentin Taylor was the losing pitcher with five strikeouts, three walks and three earned runs over six innings.

West Branch is 4-6 and hosts Alliance on Tuesday.

United fell to 9-2 and will be at Beaver Local on Tuesday.

UN: 1-0-0-0-0-2-0 — 3-4-2

WB: 1-0-2-0-1-1-x — 5-9-4

Girard 17, Columbiana 5

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana’s tough luck weekend continued with a 17-5 loss to Girard on Saturday at Firestone Park.

A day after losing an extra inning thriller to Crestview at Eastwood Field, the Clippers could not contain the Indians.

Drennen Bosela led Columbiana with a double and was also the losing pitcher as he gave up three earned runs with four walks and two strikeouts over an inning.

Columbiana (5-7) will be at Southern today.

GI: 6-0-4-7-0 — 17-9-2

CO: 4-1-0-0-0 — 5-4-1

Heartland 12,

Campbell 2

UNITY — Heartland Christian picked up a 12-2 win over Campbell Memorial in six innings on Saturday.

Evan Farrell had a single, double and two RBIs for the winners.

Alex Hamilton was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and two walks over 5 1/3 innings.

Campbell walked six and had seven errors.

Heartland is 3-6 and is at Liberty on Wednesday.

CA: 1-0-1-0-0-0 — 2-4-7

HC: 0-0-0-10-0-2 — 12-7-1

Poland 8, Salem 7

POLAND — Aiden Perry’s RBI single in the eighth inning led Poland to an 8-7 win over Salem on Saturday.

For Salem, Ben Kuboff had a single, double and two RBIs. Bairon Exline had two hits, while Cameron Martin had a double and two RBIs.

Kuboff was the losing pitcher as he went 7 1/3 innings with a walk and five strikeouts.

Salem is 1-10 and will be at Carrollton on Tuesday.

SA: 3-2-0-0-0-0-0-1 — 6-8-3

PO: 1-0-0-0-3-0-1-2 — 7-9-5