Baseball grounds Jets for second straight ?W?: Wells fires one-hitter vs. Crossville

The Pioneers? Colby Killian scores on a Justin Bouldin single during the first inning of Friday?s baseball game against Cumberland County. WCHS won the game, 13-1

With the win, WCHS improved to 3-4 on the season heading into yesterday?s scheduled game at Lincoln County. The Jets fell to 0-4.

Taking the field with a lineup which had seen a few changes after two straight losses to Riverdale, the Pioneer offense got things going early with two runs in the bottom of the first.

Jordan Powers led things off by beating out an infield single, and was moved around to third by a Josh Bratcher sacrifice bunt and Clint Newman?s grounder to second. He scored on a wild pitch to Colby Killian, who in turn singled and came home on Justin Bouldin?s hit deep in the hole at short.

Kyle Mullican walked with one out in the second, scoring on a Bratcher single up the middle, and both Powers ? who had also walked ? and Bratcher came home when Newman belted a two-run liner to right. Jacob Bratcher, who recorded his first two hits of the season in the winning effort, plated Newman with a double to give WCHS a 7-0 lead.

Cumberland County?s lone run came in the third, when Jordan Witt reached on a fielder?s choice and later scored when an infield fly was dropped between second baseman Chase Basham and Josh Bratcher.

But Warren County answered by putting the game out of reach, scoring six runs on two walks and RBI singles from Newman and Killian, as well as a run-producing error by Cumberland?s shortstop and a botched throw by the Jet third baseman on a Jacob Bratcher grounder that allowed two more runs to score.

Darrid Wells worked all five innings on the mound, giving up one unearned run on just one hit. He walked three batters, and struck out two.

At the plate, Newman, Killian and Jacob Bratcher had two hits apiece, while the other Pioneer hits came from Powers, Josh Bratcher and Bouldin, who had a pair of RBIs.

John Bradley had the Jets? only hit, a one-out single in the third.

The Pioneers return to District 7-AAA play this Monday and Tuesday, taking on White County. Monday?s game is to be played at Ramsey Field, while the teams will meet in Sparta on Tuesday with both contests slated for 6 p.m. starts.