Lodi put up four runs in the first frame Friday and retired East Union in order in four innings on the way to a 6-2 non-league baseball win at Agostini Field.“We hit the ball well in that first inning,” Lodi coach Hobie Schultz said. “We threw strikes and played defense behind our pitchers. That’s the key.”Four walks and a hit batter yielded the four first-inning runs for Lodi (1-0). Back-to-back doubles in the fourth inning by Colton Smithhardt (2 for 4, double, two runs) and Angelo Zazzarino (double, RBI) led to the other two Flames runs.In the first and fourth innings — the innings that Lodi scored all of its runs — the Lancers (0-1) walked a total of five batters and hit two. “You just can’t walk guys,” East Union coach Gene Ballardo said. “And their pitchers did a good job getting ahead of our batters.
BASEBALL: East Union bats silenced by Lodi in opener

