CROWN CITY — It was ugly on the field, but pretty on the scoreboard.

The St. Joseph Flyers were guilty of seven errors, but they smacked 19 hits and cruised to a 25-13 win over the South Gallia Rebels Wednesday.

“It was an ugly win. We made a lot of errors, but we were hitting the ball well and scoring a lot of runs. Our pitching wasn’t that bad, we just didn’t play defense,” Flyers coach Greg Bryant said.

Alex Swarts went 4-6 with a triple to lead the Flyers. Ryan Waginger and Caleb Blackburn were 3-5, Jeremy Addis 3-7, Michael Basedow 2-4 and Ryan Schwab 2-5.

The Flyers (5-3) went up 1-0 in the second inning. Basedow error, Pat Gagai walked and the runners pulled off a double steal. Ryan Schwab reached on an error as the run scored.

South Gallia got four runs in the bottom of the inning, but the Flyers tied the game in the top of the third inning.

Waginger and Swarts singled and Blackburn hit a two-run double. After a wild pitch, Basedow grounded out as the run scored.

The Rebels regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the third inning. St. Joseph then erupted for 10 runs in the fourth inning to lead 14-5.

Schwab, Addis and Swarts had two hits each in the inning and Chad Harvey walked twice. Basedow, Blackburn and Waginger had hits.

The biggest hit of the inning was a two-run double by Addis.

South Gallia got a run in the fourth and seven in the fifth, but only one run was earned.

The Flyers got four runs in the fifth inning.

Basedow walked, stole second and scored when Harvey singled and went to third on an error. Addis had an RBI single, Waginger was safe on an error, Swarts was hit by a pitch and Blackburn grounded out as a run scored. Jerrod Laber was safe on an error as the final run came home.

St. Joseph got two runs in the sixth when Basedow and Schwab walked, Gagai reached on an error, Addis singled in a run and Waginger walked to force home a run.

The Flyers iced the win with six more runs in the seventh inning.

Two walks, three errors and singles by Blackburn, Basedow and Gagai along with a triple by Swarts highlighted the rally.

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Caleb Blackburn, Ryan Schwab (5) and Jeremy Addis. Josh Wright, MIcah Cardwell (4), Bernie Fulks (7) and John Wells. W-Blackburn (6-K, 3-BB, 4-H, 1-ER). Save-Schwab (4-K, 1-BB, 0-ER, 5-H). L-Wright. 2B-St. Joseph: Addis, Blackburn; SG; Stanley. 3B-St. Joseph: Alex Swarts. Hitting-St. Joseph: Ryan Schwab 2-5, Chad Harvey 1-2, Jeremy Addis 3-7, Ryan Waginger 3-5, Alex Swarts 4-6, Caleb Blackburn 3-5, Michael Basedow 2-4, Pat Gagai 1-5; South Gallia: Bernie Fulks 2-4, John Wells 1-5, Josh Wright 1-5, Brody Green 1-3, Micah Cardwell 1-3, Seth Williamson 1-4, B.J. Stanley 2-4.