Baseball squad sweeps through Classic
Warren County’s high school baseball team completed a clean sweep of its own Dr Pepper Wood Bat Classic Sunday, topping both Coffee and Sequatchie County to finish the weekend 3-0.
With the victories, the Pioneers ran their winning streak to eight straight games, and improved to 12-4, equaling their win total from the entire 2004 season just a month into the 2005 campaign.
“We’ve got a pretty good streak going, and it feels good, especially with a tough week of games this week,” said head coach J.W. Holt, whose squad was edged by Riverdale on Monday.
The team was preparing for a rematch at press time on Tuesday. They’ll also see Tullahoma for a single game Friday, before taking on Blackman in a two-day series Saturday and Sunday.
Landon Boren allowed just two hits and one run in Sunday’s opening game, as the Pioneers downed Coffee County 6-1. He walked two batters, hit two more and fanned nine on his way to his second win of the season.
At the plate, Tyler Herriman had a pair of hits and scored during the Pioneers’ four-run first inning. The team’s other hits came from Jacob Bratcher, Coty Grissom and Jordan Powers.
Against Sequatchie County, the Pioneers posted three runs in the bottom of the first inning, giving Jared Qualls a nice cushion on their way to a 10-1 victory.
Qualls worked all six innings of the mercy rule-shortened game, allowing six hits and walking just one Indian while striking out seven.
Sequatchie’s only run came in the top of the fifth, while Warren County posted three in the first, another in the second, five in the third and one more in the bottom of the fifth.
Colby Killian finished 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored in the winning effort, while Dylan Stephens, Josh Bratcher and Herriman had two hits apiece. Coty Grissom added the Pioneers’ other hit.