How ?sweep? it is! Killian fires another no-no, Pioneers take two from Patriots

The home baseball game against Oakland may have been delayed a couple of days by wet weather, but after Sunday?s contest at Ramsey Field, it seemed well worth the wait to the Pioneers and their fans.

Colby Killian hurled his second no-hitter of the season, and Warren County benefited from a pair of two-run homers to hand the Patriots a 6-0 loss, and pick up their first District 7-AAA sweep of the season.

Killian, who no-hit Cookeville two weeks ago, got in a bit of trouble early because of some control problems, but Oakland wasn?t able to capitalize. The senior walked the bases loaded in the first, but got out of the jam by coaxing a grounder out of Andrew McGowan, and was helped out by double plays after issuing free passes in both the fourth and sixth innings.

He finished with nine strikeouts, including K?s of the final four Patriots he faced, while walking six men and hitting one.

With two out in the fifth and a narrow 2-0 lead, the Pioneers got some much-needed insurance from sophomore Justin Bouldin, who hammered a two-run shot to left field, bringing home himself and Nick Cantrell ? who had reached on an error ? to double the Pioneers? scoreboard advantage.

An inning later, Josh Bratcher connected for a one-out single, and was aboard when Jordan Underhill belted his third home run of the year, another hard shot to left off Patriot reliever Tyler Burnett.

Warren County?s first runs came in the fourth inning, when Cantrell led off with a walk, was sacrificed to second by Bouldin and scored on a two-out double from Jordan Powers. A follow-up single from Josh Bratcher plated Powers, giving the Pioneers their 2-0 lead.

Bratcher finished with two hits for the Pioneers, driving in one run and scoring another. Warren County?s other hits came from Powers, Underhill, Jacob Bratcher, Coty Grissom, Cantrell and Bouldin.

? Saturday night in Murfreesboro, WCHS sent 13 men to the plate in the fifth inning, scoring seven runs on their way to a 12-5 shellacking of the Patriots.

Warren County scored in five of the game?s seven innings, including the game-deciding fifth, when they benefited from four hits, three walks and a hit batsman.

Grissom was impressive in his first district start of the year, allowing five hits and four runs while balancing five strikeouts against five walks. He was relieved by Derrin Rogers, who allowed just one run and two hits while fanning three over 2-2/3 innings of work.Cantrell finished 3-for-5 in the win with two runs scored and three RBIs, while Powers had a pair of hits.

With the sweep, the Pioneers ? who play host to Lebanon tonight before traveling to face the Blue Devils on Thursday ? improved to 5-5 in District 7-AAA play and 16-12 overall. Oakland dropped to 15-11, and its league mark dropped to 6-4.

Both today?s and Wednesday?s games are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.