WCMS baseball sweeps twin bill
Warren County Middle School’s baseball team kept its early season hot streak alive Thursday, sweeping a doubleheader against Murfreesboro Siegel at the Barfield baseball complex.
The Pioneers, who upped their record to 5-1, won the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader 6-5, then completed the sweep with a 9-8 victory.
In the opener, pitcher Levi Bain led the way at the plate, finishing 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two stolen bases. Nick Williams and Chase Basham had two hits each, with Williams driving in a pair of runs.
The Pioneers also benefited from base knocks from Derrin Rogers, Todd Dunn, Kyle Mullican and Clint Newman.
Bain picked up the win on the mound, working 3-1/3 innings and allowing one earned run on four hits. Rogers pitched 2/3 innings of relief, giving up just one hit and striking out a batter, and Buzz Crowder pitched three frames, giving up one hit and two runs (one earned) while fanning five.
Williams and Basham had the hot bats in Thursday’s second game. Wiliams finished 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, while Basham scored three runs and drove in another on a 2-for-3 performance. The Pioneers got a hit each from Justin Bouldin, Rogers, Dunn, Mullican and Justin Fults.
Rogers worked three innings on the mound, allowing four earned runs on four hits. Dunn pitched two scoreless innings, Mullican worked 1-1/3 innings, and Lane McCoy finished out the game with 2/3 innings of perfect relief.
• Last Wednesday night, the Pioneers downed visiting White County 11-1 in a blowout that saw Williams go 3-for-3 at the plate with four RBIs.
Clint Newman and Bain each had a pair of hits, and Mullican, Bouldin, Rogers and Andy Southard had a hit each.
Justin Fults got the win, working 5-1/3 innings and allowing just one run on five hits while striking out eight batters.
The Pioneers were in action Tuesday, with a doubleheader against Shelbyville, and return home Thursday for a 6 p.m. game against Walter J. Baird. The game will be played at Patrick Ramsey Field on the campus of Warren County High School.