Custom Tool suffers second loss of season

The regular-season champions were dealt their second loss of the year in tournament action Saturday in the 7- and 8-year-old boys coach-pitch league.

Custom Tool and Die, which went 10-1 in the season, fell to McBride’s Window Cleaning 9-8 despite a six-run rally attempt in the bottom of the fifth inning.

McBride’s scored four runs in the third to go up 4-2, then posted two runs in each of the game’s final two innings to hold on for the win.

At the plate for McBride’s, Jerrick Gunter, Coty Harrell and Tyrus Keel had three hits apiece, while Peyton Collins, Alex Cripps, Dylan George, Hunter Mullican and Steven Webber had two each. Micah Martin added his team’s other hit.

Custom Tool got three hits from Collin Smedley and Jake Driver, while Griffin Jones, Brock Majors, Dylan Tubb and Brock Watson had two apiece. Logan Underhill added one hit.

• In other games Saturday, Hoover and Son Insurance downed the Warren County Warriors 11-1.

Jonathan Reed and Lane Steakley had four hits each in Hoover’s winning effort, while Park Hilliard had three. Will Basham, Ryan Jennings and Jonathan Walker connected for two hits apiece, while Kenneth Perry and Jacob Thume had one each.

The Warriors got single hits from Christian Barrett, Rayce Brewer, Hunter Coppinger, Hunter King and Clayton Myers.

• Dependable Brakes stopped ABC Ice 19-7, connecting for 32 hits in the win.

Hunter Grandy, Glen Llewellyn, Nicholas Simmons, Nicholas Tilton and Salem Wanamaker all went 4-for-4, while Merek McColloch and Tristan Reish had three hits apiece. J.C. Dryden and Lance Kelley notched two hits each, while Blake Pennington had one.

For ABC, Colin Stubblefield and Lee Carden had three hits each, with Blake Dugan, Elijah Holder, Chase Hollingsworth and Lucas Young all adding two. Hunter Beaty, Abdias Garcia, Hunter Gudat and Blaine Ogle had one hit each.

• Quality Mold clipped Check Advance 12-11, posting 25 hits in the winning effort.

Eric Adamson and Tristan Smith had four hits each in the winning effort, while Chase Frye, Harrison Hale, Tyler Judge and Dusty Ledbetter added three each. Jordan Chadwell and Chase Hoke each had two hits, while Wesley Parkhurst added one.

Check Advance got three hits from Chase Hullett and Drew Davidson, while Hunter Bouldin, Dustin Ray and Joshua Sizemore recorded two apiece. Keain Hildreth, Logan Hollandsworth and Bradley Stewart had one hit each.