(Pictured at right is Seth Williams)
LEXINGTON – Highlands starter Hunter Dreves held Paintsville to just a pair of hits as the Bluebirds eliminated the Tigers, 5-0, in the quarterfinals of the state baseball tournament played at Whitaker Park Ballpark on June 9.
Ben Daniels and Matt Baldwin singled for Paintsville’s only hits.
Tanner Smith was the starter and losing pitcher for the Tigers, who finished 26-13.
At Lexington
(State Tournament)
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
PV (26-13)……………..….000 000 0 – 0-2-2
HL (28-13)………………….030 200 x – 5-8-1
Pitching:
WP – Hunter Dreves
LP – Tanner Smith
Hitting: Ben Daniels 1b; Matt Baldwin 1b, Paintsville.
Paintsville…………………..…3
Christian County………..…..1
LEXINGTON – Paintsville’s Seth Williams blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the first and starting pitcher Mason Moore scattered two hits over seven innings as the Tigers opened play in the state baseball tournament with a 3-1 win over Christian County at Whitaker Bank Ballpark on June 8.
Moore, who improved to 7-0 this season, retired the final 15 batters he faced and 18 of 20 to help Paintsville advanced to the quarterfinals against Highlands.
Williams accounted for the game’s final run when he was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning, stole second and third ahead of scoring on a throwing error by the catcher.
Ben Daniels had the only other hit for the Tigers, now 26-12.
At Lexington
(State Tournament)
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
CC (20-13)………………………100 000 0 – 1-2-1
PV (26-12)……………………….200 001 x – 3-2-1
Pitching:
WP – Mason Moore
LP – Wyatt Stevenson
Hitting: Seth Williams HR, 2r, 2 RBI; Ben Daniels 1b, Paintsville.