Pioneers down La Vergne for first win of year
New Pioneer baseball coach J.W. Holt notched the first victory of his head coaching career Monday night, as the Pioneers took a 6-2 road win over La Vergne.
The win, which snapped an early four-game losing streak for the Pioneer squad, was keyed, Holt said, by a much-improved defensive effort.
“We really improved a lot in the field, Holt said after Monday’s win. “We only had one error the entire night, and that was good to see after struggling a little bit with the gloves last week.”
Landon Boren got the start on the mound for Warren County (1-4), working 6-2/3 innings. He allowed both LHS runs (one earned) and five hits while striking out four batters.
At the plate, Jacob got things going in the first inning when he was hit by a pitch. Tyler Herriman singled to center field, and a pair of La Vergne errors plated Warren County’s first runs of the game.
La Vergne came back to tie game 2-2 in the bottom of first, but the Pioneers went up for good in the third when Herriman scored after leading off the frame with a double.
The Pioneers posted an insurance run in the fourth, and two more in the sixth inning to give the Pioneers the eventual final margin of victory — but not before La Vergne threatened in the game’s final frame.
Tyler Daniels came on in relief of Boren with two out in the seventh, and faced two hitters, walking one and forcing a pop-out to center to end the game with the bases full of Wolverines.
Warren County opened District 7-AAA play last night against newcomer to the league Murfreesboro Siegel. They’ll play the second game of the two-day series today at Patrick Ramsey Field, with the first pitch set for 6:30 p.m.