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The Ramstein Royals continued their unbeaten march through the Western Region high school baseball schedule Saturday with 15-0 and 19-2 victories over the AFNORTH Lions at Geilenkirchen, Germany.

Dustin Labit no-hit the Lions in Game 1, a five-inning affair in which he struck out six and walked just one batter. Jacob Van Parys drove in two runs with a double and two singles off losing pitcher Westin McKinney.

In the nightcap, winning pitcher Jon Grotelueschen no-hit the Lions for two innings in a run-rule-shortened contest, according to AFNORTH coach Nathan Goolsby.

Rylee Moore backed Grotelueschen with two doubles, two singles and four RBIs.

The sweep lifted Ramstein, which was playing for the first time since March 31, to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in regional play. The Royals are to host Baumholder this week, then travel to Bitburg on May 12 for a showdown for the Western Region crown.

AFNORTH, which is scheduled to host SHAPE on Saturday, fell to 2-6 overall and in the region.

In other baseball of note:

Lakenheath 10, Rota 0: Friday at Lakenheath, Taylor Portman struck out 10 and walked just one batter in no-hitting the defending European Division III champions.

According to Lakenheath coach John Gilmore, a third-inning walk kept Portman from posting a perfect game. Austin Morrow threw a one-hitter in the nightcap, won 15-3 by Lakenheath. The Lancers are 5-3 in Western Region play.

Wiesbaden 9-26, Ansbach 0-10: Saturday at Ansbach, Justin Jones pitched the complete-game six-inning shutout in the opener, striking out 10 and stroking a double and home run.

T.J. Propp went the distance in taking the loss in Game 1.

According to Ansbach coach Christopher York, Wiesbaden took a 13-1 lead after two innings of the nightcap, which reached its time limit after three innings.

Jones went three-for-five in that one; his teammate Nick Mills was two-for-three as the Warriors improved to 4-4 overall and 4-2 in Eastern Region play. Ansbach is 4-4, 4-4.

Patch 14-18, Schweinfurt 0-1: Saturday at Stuttgart, Reuben Rodriguez two-hit the Razorbacks in the opener, and Austin LeMay and Andrew Buxkemper combined to strike out seven in the nightcap as the two-time defending European Division I champions advanced to 8-0 on the season.

Rodriguez fanned eight and walked none in Game 1, backing his effort with a two singles in three at-bats.

C.J. Kellogg and LeMay homered in Game 1; LeMay’s shot came with the bases loaded. Sean Rittenhouse aided Patch’s offensive outburst with a double among his three hits.

Kellogg stroked a grand slam in the nightcap, according to Patch coach Drake Marbury. All-Europe catcher Jack Smith homered and doubled, Chris Cabrera clubbed a solo home run, and 2011 Stars and Stripes player of the year Dylan Measells was three-for-three.

Schweinfurt (2-8, 0-8), a first-year program, got an RBI double off the bat of Derek Shreve for its only run of the day.

CorrectionC.J. Kellogg was misidentified in an earlier version of this article.

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