the sixth inning Saturday as Charleston Catholic captured its Class A sectional baseball series against Man with a 6-5 victory at Chapmanville.
Sam McKown scored the winning run on a failed suicide squeeze bunt in the top of the sixth inning Saturday as Charleston Catholic captured its Class A sectional baseball series against Man with a 6-5 victory at Chapmanville.
The Region 4 Section 2 win sends Catholic (27-7), the No. 2 team in the Gazette's state ratings, into a May 24 bout with Wahama in the regional semifinals.
The Irish needed to rally after the No. 8 Hillbillies (19-13) had taken a 5-2 lead with a five-run uprising in the bottom of the fifth. Braden Griffin's three-run double was the key hit in the inning.
"We just got together,'' said Catholic coach Bill Mehle, "and said we've got to turn around and have patient at-bats. Everybody remained patient and looked for something good to hit.''
Nelson McKown led off the Irish sixth with a double and scored on Kiefer Hovorka's single, and Hovorka tallied on Andy Hoyer's double to make it 5-4. Drew Cable's RBI single brought Catholic within a run and Thad Jameson's single put runners at first and third.
With Sam McKown running for Cable, Mehle called for a suicide squeeze bunt on an 0-1 count to Dominic Rendinell. The pitch from Griffin was high and Rendinell ended up ducking out of the way and the ball eluded the catcher and went to the backstop as Sam McKown scored.
"Sometimes you need a little bit of luck,'' Mehle said.
Connor Golden (4-3) won the game after coming on in relief during Man's big fifth. Andy Hoyer earned the save with a 1-2-3 seventh. Nelson McKown (2-for-4, two doubles, two RBIs) led the Irish hitting.
For the Billies, Jacob Riggins and Jordan Simpson each donated two hits.
LOGAN 15, GW 5: Zach Minnick went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and five RBIs as host Logan defeated George Washington in AAA Region 3 Section 3. Adam Mareske went 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the Wildcats (21-6).
Sam McKown scored the winning run on a failed suicide squeeze bunt in the top of the sixth inning Saturday as Charleston Catholic captured its Class A sectional baseball series against Man with a 6-5 victory at Chapmanville.
The Region 4 Section 2 win sends Catholic (27-7), the No. 2 team in the Gazette's state ratings, into a May 24 bout with Wahama in the regional semifinals.
The Irish needed to rally after the No. 8 Hillbillies (19-13) had taken a 5-2 lead with a five-run uprising in the bottom of the fifth. Braden Griffin's three-run double was the key hit in the inning.
"We just got together,'' said Catholic coach Bill Mehle, "and said we've got to turn around and have patient at-bats. Everybody remained patient and looked for something good to hit.''
Nelson McKown led off the Irish sixth with a double and scored on Kiefer Hovorka's single, and Hovorka tallied on Andy Hoyer's double to make it 5-4. Drew Cable's RBI single brought Catholic within a run and Thad Jameson's single put runners at first and third.
With Sam McKown running for Cable, Mehle called for a suicide squeeze bunt on an 0-1 count to Dominic Rendinell. The pitch from Griffin was high and Rendinell ended up ducking out of the way and the ball eluded the catcher and went to the backstop as Sam McKown scored.
"Sometimes you need a little bit of luck,'' Mehle said.
Connor Golden (4-3) won the game after coming on in relief during Man's big fifth. Andy Hoyer earned the save with a 1-2-3 seventh. Nelson McKown (2-for-4, two doubles, two RBIs) led the Irish hitting.
For the Billies, Jacob Riggins and Jordan Simpson each donated two hits.
LOGAN 15, GW 5: Zach Minnick went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and five RBIs as host Logan defeated George Washington in AAA Region 3 Section 3. Adam Mareske went 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the Wildcats (21-6).Clayton Anderson, Connor Moffatt, Austin Griffith and Garrett Vogelbach each had a double for George Washington (17-14).
Logan will play at South Charleston at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for the sectional championship.
Friday's games
GW 17, SC 5: Regan Patton went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs for visiting George Washington. Austin Griffith added a home run and four RBIs for the Patriots, while Clayton Anderson had two doubles and three RBIs and Connor Moffatt and Joe Wong each knocked in two runs.Rease Ripley went 2-for-2 with a solo homer and Austin Santrock and Jonathan Cline each drove in one run for South Charleston (8-21).
VALLEY WINS SECTION: Valley swept a pair of games from Fayetteville 17-6, 7-6 to claim the Class A Region 3 Section 2 championship at Oak Hill.In the first game, Arik McGinnis and Tyler Clodfelter each drove in three runs and Cody Winter went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs for Valley. Joseph Rinehart went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for Fayetteville.
McGinnis recorded 11 strikeouts and had an RBI for the Greyhounds (24-8) in the winner-take-all nightcap, while Tyler Chaffins and Winter also knocked in one run apiece. Tylor Tabit and Rinehart each drove in two runs for Fayetteville (14-21).
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