Photo by Jake McNeill: Milroy's Isaac Schmitt throws a pitch in the first inning of the Yankees' 3-0 win over Marshall at American Legion Field Wednesday night.

MARSHALL — Isaac Schmitt threw a complete game shutout for the Yankees at American Legion Field Wednesday night, striking out 15 batters to help Milroy to a 3-0 win over the Marshall A’s.

“You’ve gotta give Isaac all the credit in the world, he beared down every time we got a runner on and got out of it. I mean, he’s one of the best pitchers in the league,” Marshall manager Ryan Schwagel said.

Schmitt threw 142 pitches in the win, holding Marshall to four hits and four walks.

“He’s throwing a lot of strikes, that always gives us a chance to win. He’s not going to come out of the game. He’s going to battle for you whether he has the stuff or not, but tonight he was pumping a lot of strikes and forcing them to put them in play and that’s what makes him so damn good,” Milroy manager Ryan Rohlik said.

The Yankees scored all three of their runs in the third inning. Andy Schmidt drew a walk to start the inning and advanced to third on Aaron Mathiowetz’s single. A passed ball allowed Schmidt to score and Mathiowetz to advance to third. From there, Colten Minkel walked and Brock Schultz was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. A strikeout put the Yankees’ backs against the wall before Alex Thompson hit a two-run single to right field to crack the game open and put the Yankees up 3-0.

“We lost a lot of opportunities. We left a good chunk of guys on base early, but Charlie’s a good pitcher. They’re a good team, so you have to take advantage when they’re giving you base runners in scoring position,” Rohlik said. ”

Milroy was knocking on the door early in the game, putting runners on first and second base in the first inning and on second and third base in the second inning. Yet, a pair of strikeouts in the first and three strikeouts in the second from Marshall starting pitcher Charlie Jacobson helped the A’s get out of both innings unscathed.

“It was a pretty good start. We’re one play away from it being a one-nothing ballgame there,” Schwagel said of Jacobson’s performance. “A few more strikes would be nice, but ultimately he did a good job working out of the jams.”

Jacobson finished the game with five innings pitched. He allowed five hits, four walks and hit three batters while striking out nine.

Marshall had one last chance to force extra innings in the bottom of the ninth. Seth Resnick and Hunter Weinhoff walked, advancing to second third base on a passed ball and a wild pitch. With one down in the inning, the tying run came to the plate, at which point Milroy elected to take a mound visit. Yet, a ground out and a strikeout ended any hope for a Marshall rally.

“Sometimes mound visits are just to break it up a little. You missed a couple of pitches and stuff, you still have a three-run lead, right? So it’s important to stress defense and also just give him more of a break so he can try to go and complete the game,” Rohlik said. “I wanted to make sure that he just got relaxed and we just made sure that all the same point. We don’t need to make a double play.”

Milroy allowed two Marshall base runners in the seventh inning, with Connor Neubeck singling and then moving over to second base when Hunter Weinhoff walked. Yet, Schmitt picked off Neubeck on second before getting two strikeouts to end the inning scoreless.

Neubeck showed off his defensive prowess in left field, making one catch where he was leaping backward and another catch where he had to dive at a full sprint to make the grab.

“He’s been playing lights-out out there,” Schwagel said. “He’s just playing solid defense, keeps us in the game and made a couple of big plays out there to save some runs.”

Marshall nearly got a run across in the bottom of the eighth when Chase Douglas reached on a fielder’s choice and then stole second and third base. Still, a strikeout ended the inning before the A’s could capitalize.

Logan Terfehr pitched four scoreless innings of relief for Marshall, striking out five batters and allowing just one hit.

Brock Schultz reached base on each of his four at-bats on the day. In addition to his walk, he was hit by a pitch, hit a ground-rule double that could have gone for a triple if it stayed in play and hit a single in the seventh inning to close out his day at the plate.

The Yankees’ win avenges a 4-3 loss from when the teams met in Milroy on May 28.

Milroy will be off until after Independence Day, next playing at Springfield on Saturday, July 8 at 5 p.m.

Marshall (11-5) will host Raymond on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Russ Sanow will be honored before the game for his induction into the Marshall Baseball Hall of Fame.