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Boyle beats East Jessamine in nine-inning thriller Monday night

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April 25, 2012|By Jonathan Stark | jstark@jessaminejournal.com

Photo by Jonathan Stark/jstark@jessaminejournal.com

East Jessamine and Boyle County battled for nine innings and more than three hours on Monday night, but it was the Rebels who came out on top 10-9.

The Jaguars were down 9-5 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning but rallied to score four runs in the frame and force a ninth inning.

Jarred Settles led off the eighth with a double down the left-field line and moved down to third on a dropped fly ball in center field. Billy Russell grounded out to shortstop for the first out, but the ground ball was enough to score Settles and put Cody Eschrish at third base. Brady Corman doubled to left to score Eschrish and make it a 9-7 game.

Boyle was able to get another out to bring Mike Jones to the plate with two outs. He hit the ball on the ground to the second baseman who threw the ball away — allowing Corman to score and Jones to move up to second base.

Kyle Peel came through with a single to center field, scoring Jones and tying the game 9-9. Peel was thrown out going into second base.

The four-run comeback was East’s second big comeback of the night as the Jaguars trailed 4-0 after two and half innings.

Down 4-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning, East sent 10 batters to the plate and Peel drove in two runs with a one-out triple to make it a 4-3 game. Peel ended up scoring on a passed ball, and Sam Hall reached base later in the inning and scored on an error to give East a 5-4 lead.

The Jaguars carried the 5-4 lead into the top of the sixth. The leadoff man for Boyle reached base on a four-pitch walk and moved down to second on a sacrifice bunt. East got a second out on a strikeout, but the would-be third out — a pop-up in shallow right field — fell between three Jaguars, and the runner was able to score from second base to tie the game 5-5.

Forrest Baldwin wasn’t slated to start for East but ended up pitching the bulk of the game. Sophomore Jacob Burnight started for the Jags but was pulled after one and two-thirds innings after allowing four runs on seven hits. Baldwin got out of the second inning and worked in and out of a jam in the third inning before settling down. Once he had the lead in his favor, Baldwin was sharp for the next four innings, despite Boyle picking up a run in the sixth.

Baldwin threw more than 100 pitches and struck out eight.

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