WCMS tops Trojans
Warren County Middle School?s baseball team continued its winning ways Thursday night, downing Franklin County South 10-4 in front of a raucous crowd of classmates.
Wrapping up a busy afternoon of sports action at WCMS, the Pioneers jumped out to an early lead against their Central Tennessee Conference rivals from Winchester, plating two runs in the first. They blew the game open with a four-run third inning, and after the Trojans chipped away at their lead late in the game, the Pioneers nailed down the win with two more runs in the sixth.
Caleb Northcutt singled to start the bottom of the first for WCMS, stealing second and later scoring on hit down the third-base line by catcher Tyler Glenn. Tylan Martin singled with two out in the frame, bringing home Glenn and giving WCMS a 2-0 lead.
South answered with a run in the second, as Jim Prince reached on an error and later scored on a grounder from Brett Smith. But the Pioneers countered that run in the bottom of the frame, as Roth Nunley was hit by a pitch and later scored on a hit from Northcutt.
In the bottom of the fourth, Christian Gonzalez doubled home Glenn, then scored along with Martin on a two-run Nunley single. Nunley later scored on Alex Bragg?s sacrifice fly, and the Pioneers enjoyed a 7-1 lead.
They added an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth, with Gonzalez driving home Dustin Rhea, who had singled, but South came back with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth to trim the gap to 8-3.
Thoughts of a late rally by the visitors were dashed, however, when WCMS plated two more runs in the sixth, thanks to RBI singles from Underhill and Nunley. The Trojans got to Nunley for a run in the top of the seventh, and had runners at the corners with two out in the inning, but Nunley fanned James David Barnes to nail down the complete-game victory.
Glenn and Nunley had three hits each for the Pioneers, while Northcutt, Gonzalez, Martin and Underhill finished with two each. Nunley went the distance on the mound, fanning six Trojan, hitting two and walking seven. He allowed five hits.
WCMS returns to action Thursday with a trip to Manchester Westwood.