Cubs win two to stay undefeated
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The Cubs opened the day?s action with a 23-9 victory over the ABC Ice Reds, then returned to the field after taking a one-game break and avoided an upset by topping L&C Custom Homes by an 18-13 final.
With the wins, the Cubs improved to 8-0, one game ahead of McMinnville Ford in the league standings.
Custom Granite opened a 7-1 lead on their way to the win over the Reds, adding four more runs in the second and seven in the third.
Dylan Tubb homered in the win, and finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored. The Cubs got three hits each from Dylan Bond, A.D. Majors and Samuel Hillis, while Mitchell Glenn, Gavin Gunter, Malik King, Connor Moore, Taven Newport and Ulises Rios had two each. Kade Burnett and Travis Lockhart had one hit each.
The Reds? Christian Cleland, Isaac Golden, Lucas Rogers, Benjamin Sweeton and Will Sweeton had two hits apiece, while Elijah Gilbert, Regan Prater and Paxton Smith had one each.
Against L&C, the Cubs went up 3-2 after one inning, but L&C held its own, tying the score at 7-7 after three and scoring five more in the fourth to trail 13-12. Custom Homes tied the game at 13-all in the bottom of the fifth, but in extra innings the Cubs put together a five-run seventh to seal the win.
Tubb had another homer for the Cubs, again finishing 4-for-4. Majors also had a 4-for-4 game, while Bond, Burnett and Daniel McGee had three hits apiece. Glenn, Hillis, King and Rios added two each, while Gunter, Lockhhart and Moore all had one.
L&C got three hits apiece from Nicholas Williamson, Christian Wilkinson, Will Smartt and Thomas Cantrell III, with Wilkinson and Garrett Bond ? who went 2-for-4 ? connecting for homers. Justin Griffin, Eli Lance and Skylar Wamsley also had two hits each, with Christopher Rambo and Trey Cantrell both had one.
? In other coach-pitch action from Saturday, McMinnville Ford posted five runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally to an 18-17 win over Barr?s.
Jordan Hillis homered for Ford, finishing 4-for-4, while Matthew Carter, Cody Frisby, Dustin Hale, Hayden Jennings and Ethan Neal had three hits apiece. Nick Stern, Will Lupo, David Jaco and Zach Lorentzen all posted two hits, while John Haley had one.
Barr?s got 4-for-4 games from Darius Wright and Matthew Savage, while Jake Pennington and Payton Norris had three hits apiece. Sean Stafford added two, with Joshua Cantrell, Bryson Cope, Tyler Mills, Ryan Nokes, Anthony Palmer and Ethen Phillips recording one each.
? Barr?s clipped the Reds 23-22, scoring the game-deciding run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Tyler Mills and Jake Pennington had four hits apiece, while Joshua Cantrell, Payton Norris, Anthony Palmer, Ethen Phillips and Sean Stafford had three each. Matthew Savage and Darius Wright added two, while Bryson Cope and Ryan Nokes had one each.
The Reds were led at the plate by Isaac Golden, Aaron Jones, Lucas Rogers and Will Sweeton, with four hits each. Christian Cleland and Benjamin Sweeton both had three, Elijah Gilbert and Paxton Smith added two each, and Regan Prater and Jack Sherrill both had singles.
? In another come-from-behind victory, Brewer Amusement scored four in the bottom of the sixth to defeat L&C Custom Homes, 9-8.
The winning club got three hits from Ridge Brewer, while Krojhn Calbert, Garrett Driver, Max Gallagher, Joey Moon and Samuel Pack had two apiece. Holden Baker, Baylor Brewer, Reed Tucker Garrison, Matt Keeler and Mitchell Woodlee had a hit each.
L&C?s Nicholas Williamson, Christian Wilkinson, Will Smartt, Justin Griffin and Thomas Cantrell III had two hits apiece, while Garrett Bond, Trey Cantrell and Christopher Rambo all had one.
? In Saturday?s final game, NHC rolled to a 21-2 win over Quality mold, posting 25 hits on their way to victory.
Travis Smartt, Gavin Harper, Holden Carter, Hayden Carter, Cameron Cardin and Logan Bodnar all had three hits for the winning squad, with Ethan Bandy, Austin Cardin and John David Keele added two each. Casey Owens added a single.
Quality Mold?s hits came from Bracton Womack, Bailey Moore, Austin Melton and Blake Brumley, who had two each, while Bailey Henegar and Japheta Henegar had one hit apiece.