Portland St. Patrick vs. Dansville – – MHSAA Regional Baseball Semifinal – – The Bleacher Denizen – – June 5, 2025 – – by Chuck Krafft
Today, your Bleacher Denizen is on his way to Fulton’s baseball field where the Aggies from Dansville and the Shamrocks from Portland St. Patrick will compete in the baseball district semifinal.
Dansville won the district it hosted last week. St. Patrick got to this game by beating a tough Fulton team in this game that was made challenging by rain. https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2025/05/31/fulton-vs-portland-st-patrick-mhsaa-baseball-district-final-the-bleacher-denizen-may-30-2025-by-chuck-krafft/
This game was also delayed by rain as it was supposed to be played yesterday. This will also challenge teams because the regional final and quarterfinal will be played Saturday. Pitchers who pitch today may not be ready to pitch Saturday. It is almost a perfect baseball day in Fulton this afternoon (as opposed to the conditions in the highlighted game from last week.)
This game will feature two of the best pitchers I have seen this season. Wyatt Mosley will pitch for Dansville. He has a Division I scholarship to West Virginia and will play there next year. I have also seen Brady Leonard, the St. Patrick pitcher, pitch some spectacular baseball in the past.
St. Patrick won the coin flip and will be the home team. Dansville will bat first. Here are the starting lineups!
DANSVILLE
Quentin Mayes rf
Hunter Greenman cf
Nathan Sherwood 3b
Wyatt Mosley p
Mayson Burgett c
Austin Hovey ss
Broady Scott lf
Joey McMillan 1b
Cavren Gavin 2b
ST. PATRICK
Jerryd Scheurer ss
Charlie Thelen c
Brady Leonard p
Logan Howe 3b
Brayden Simon 2b
Tyler Thelen 1b
Simon White lf
T.J. Chamberlain rf
Nathan Fears cf
It is now time to review the evnets of this game through the occasionally alert eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to get his baseball career going. He was showing some promise as a hitter. But when the powers that be ruled he was no longer allowed to implant metal shavings in the baseball and magnets in his bat, his whiff rate skyrocketed as his batting average plummeted. Playing time became scarce after that.
St. Patrick Pitcher Brady Leonard struck out the first two Aggie batters in the top of the first inning. Nathan Sherwood was safe at first on an error. Dansville made its third out on a fielder’s choice grounder to the shortstop.
Jerryd Scheurer led off the bottom of the first inning for St. Patrick with a single and stole second base. He advanced to third base when Charlie Thelen was safe on an error. Jerryd Scheurer was thrown out at home when Brady Leonard was safe at first on a fielder’s choice bunt. Charlie Thelen advanced to second base. Charlie Thelen advanced to third base and Brady Leonard to second base on a groundout to second base by Logan Howe. Dansville Pitcher Wyatt Mosley struck out the next St. Patrick hitter to end the inning.
Wyatt Mosley was able to keep St. Patrick from scoring after they had a runner at third base with no one out.
Brady Leonard struck out Dansville’s leadoff batter in the top of the second inning. Austin Hovey singled down the left field line and advanced to second base when Broady Scott walked. Austin Hovey went to third base and Broady Scott to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Joey McMillan. Dansville made its third out on a bunt to the first baseman.
Wyatt Mosley retired the three Shamrock hitters in the bottom of the second inning on a strikeout, a popup to the shortstop and another strikeout.
Brady Leonard retired the three Aggie hitters in the top of the third inning on a grounder to the shortstop, a strikeout and a fly to center field where Nathan Fears made a great running catch of a bid for a double by Nathan Sherwood.
Wyatt Mosley struck out the Shamrock leadoff batter in the bottom of the third inning. Jerryd Scheurer walked. Charlie Thelen doubled to right field and Jerryd Scheurer advanced to third base. Jerryd Scheurer scored and Charlie Thelen went to third base on an RBI sacrifice bunt by Brady Leonard. Charlie Thelen scored when Logan Howe was safe at second base on an error. Wyatt Mosley struck out the next Shamrock hitter to end the inning.
St. Patrick scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a 2-0 lead.
Wyatt Mosley singled down the left field line to lead off the top of the fourth inning for Dansville. Brady Leonard struck out the next Aggie hitter. Wyatt Mosley advanced to second base on a groundout where Shamrock third baseman Logan Howe made a diving stop by Austin Hovey. Brady Leonard struck out the next Aggie hitter to end the inning.
Wyatt Mosley struck out the Shamrock leadoff batter in the bottom of the fourth inning. Simon White walked. Wyatt Mosley struck out the next two hitters to end the inning.
Brady Leonard struck out the three Dansville hitters in the top of the fifth inning.
Jerryd Scheurer was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning for St. Patrick and stole second base. Charlie Thelen singled to right field to drive Jerryd Scheurer home and took second base on a throw to the plate. Charlie Thelen went to third base on a passed ball and scored when Brady Leonard was safe at first base when an error was made on his sacrifice bunt.
Wyatt Mosley struck out the next two Shamrock hitters and got the third out on a grounder to third base.
St. Patrick scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to boost its lead to 4-0.
Hunter Greenman was hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the sixth inning for Dansville. St. Patrick Catcher Charlie Thelen threw to second base to catch the runner stealing. Brady Leonard retired the next Aggie batter on a groundout to second base. Wyatt Mosley doubled to deep right field. Mayson Burgett walked. Dansville made its third out on a grounder to the shortstop.
Wyatt Mosley struck out the first two Shamrock hitters in the bottom of the sixth inning. Because Wyatt Mosley had thrown 105 pitches, he was required to stop pitching. Nathan Sherwood came in to pitch for Dansville. Wyatt Mosley went to first base and Joey McMillan moved to third base.
Jerryd Scheurer beat out a bunt single and stole second base. Charlie Thelen doubled down the right field line to drive Jerryd Scheurer home and advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Brady Leonard walked and stole second base. Nathan Sherwood struck out the next Shamrock hitter to end the inning.
St. Patrick scored one run in the bottom of the sixth inning to extend its lead to 5-0.
Brady Leonard retired the first two Aggie batters in the top of the seventh inning and struck out the next hitter to end the game.
St. Patrick won this game by the final score of 5-0 and will play Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart in the regional final at Central Michigan University this Saturday.
Wyatt Mosley had a double and a single for Dansville. Austin Hovey had a single.
Wyatt Mosley pitched five and two thirds innings while striking out twelve batters. Nathan Sherwood pitched one third of an inning and struck out one batter.
Charlie Thelen had two doubles, one single and two RBI for St. Patrick. Jerryd Scheurer had two singles. Logan Howe had a double and one RBI. Brady Leonard had two RBI.
Brady Leonard pitched a complete game shutout for St. Patrick. He gave up only three hits and struck out twelve batters.