Yanks clip Marlins, Cubs blank Pirates

Monday night in Junior League baseball action the Cohutta Yankees slipped past Sony Salon Marlins 4-3 in five innings.

The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the first, but the Yankees took the lead in the top of the third with two runs. The Marlins tied the game in the bottom of the innings. In the fifth the Yankees sent two runs to the plate and the Marlins tried to answer in the bottom of the fifth, but managed just one run as the Yankees picked up the win.

Merek McColloch picked up the win, while Alex Rowland was handed the loss. For the Yankees, Nicholas Simmons, Glen Llewellyn and Lee Carden had one hit each.

Rowland, Chase Lefebvre and Tyler Patterson had one hit each for the Marlins.

In the second game of the night, Jonathan Reed hurled a one-hitter as the Exchange Furniture Cubs shut out Stewarts Pirates 13-0 in two innings. Bradley Stewart took the loss.

Exchange scored five tuns in the top of the first, four in the second and four in the top of the third.

For the Cubs, Lane Steakley led the way with three hits. Hunter Bouldin added two hits, Hayden Holder, Tyrus Keel and Reed added one hit apiece. Christian Barrett had the only hit of the night for the Pirates.

? Last Thursday night on the Hoover Milraney Field, McBride?s Window defeated the Stewart?s Pirates 8-1.

Ryan Jennings and Peyton Collins combined for a no-hitter as Collins picked up the win with four innings of work. Christian Barrett took the loss giving up four hits, while Bradley Stewart worked on inning.

The Pirates only run came in the top of the fourth. The Braves struck for three runs in the bottom of the first, one in the second, one in the third and three in the fifth to take the win. For the Braves, Hunter Mullican and Deandre League led with two hits each. Denis Salkic, Micah Martin and Jennings had one hit each.

In the second game of the night Exchange Furniture rollled past Hot Wheels 15-2. Each team had just two hits, but the Cubs drew 19 walks on the night. The winning pitcher was Logan Underhill with three innings of work, while Alex Sullivan took the loss.

The Cubs scored seven runs in the bottom of the first, one in the second and seven more in the third. The White Sox scored both of their runs in the top of the fourth.

For the White Sox, Logan Hill and Hank Whittemore had one hit each. The Cubs got one hit each from Hunter Boulding and Tyrus Keel.

? Last Tuesday night saw Hot Wheels take a 13-2 win over Superior Walls in three innings. Trevor Young worked all three innings to get the win for the White Sox. Lake Hillis and Logan Wanamaker gave up three hits each as Hillis took the loss.

Hot Wheels rolled out in front in the top of the first with five runs and never looked back. The White Sox added three in the second and five in the third. Superior sent one run to the plate in the first and one in the second.

Logan Hill and Alex Sullivan had two hits each and Hank Whittemore added one hit. For Superior Walls Park Hillard had two hits, Hillis and Brock Watson added one hit each.

In the second game the Cohutta Yankees and Sony Salon Marlins slugged it out for four innings before the Yankees picked up the 8-7 win.

Up 6-2 going into the top of the third the Marlins socred just one run in the top of the third. Cohutta posted five runs in te bottom of the third to tie the game at 7-7 before scoring the winning run in the bottom of the fourth.

For the Yankees, Merek McColloch had two hits. Lee Carden, Glen Llewellyn, Nicholas Simmons and Tristian Smith had one hit each. For the Marlins, Chase Lefebvre had the only hit of the night.

? On Monday, June 12, Superior Walls defeated the Pirates 12-3 as Lake Hillis picked up the win with four innings of no-hit ball, while Bradley Stewart took the loss.

The Pirates scored one run in the first, second and fourth innings. The Cardinals sent three runs to the plate in the top of the first and second innings. Four in the third and two in the fourth to secure the victory.

For the Cardinals, Samuel Arnold and Park Hillard had three hits each. Addison Grissom, Logan Wanamaker and Brock Watson had two hits each, and Hillis added one hit.

Jr. League Standings

Through Monday, June 19
TEAM REC
Exchange Furniture 8-1
Cohutta Yankees 9-3
McBrides Window 6-3
Hot Wheels 5-5
Sony Marlins 3-6
Superior Walls 3-7
Stewarts Pirates 1-10