Josiah Robbins’ single in the top of the seventh inning drove in the winning run to help Boyle upset No. 7 West Jessamine 3-2 Tuesday in Nicholasville.
"West Jessamine is a great ball club, one of the best in the state. We knew it was going to be a battle,” Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said. “We are a much better team than when we faced them a few weeks ago. We were faced with adversity and I am very proud of these boys for being resilient and coming back in the seventh inning. Great momentum for this last week of the regular season."
Addison Coffey tossed 1 /3 innings of scoreless relief to get the win. Casey Whittle started and allowed one earned run on five hits with four strikeouts and six walks over 5 2/3 innings for the Rebels.
Boyle was down 2-1 going into the bottom of the seventh beore rallying to take the lead.
Brett Jones led off the inning with a single and score on Jacob Preston’s sacrifice fly. Jacob Pike, who reached on an error, later scored on Robbins’ single to right.
Robbins also drove in Boyle’s first run, singling home Pike in the top of the first inning.
Robbins finished 2-for-4, and Clay Young and Pike both finished 2-for-3 with a double.
Boyle improved to 17-13, winning its third straight and has now won eight out of its last 10 games.
"I wanted a tough schedule to prepare for this point in the season and we are seeing some rewards for that now," Wynn said. "It was one of those games where we gave the fans a great game to watch."
Prep Baseball: Boyle tops West Jessamine
Ads, Burgin gain wins
Boyle County 100 000 2 — 3 9 0
W. Jessamine 000 002 0 — 2 6 2
W—Coffey. L—Settles. 2B—Young (BC), Pike (BC), Ward (WJ)
Danville 13, Casey County 3 — At Danville, the Admirals (25-9) scored seven times in the first inning in a six-inning win over visiting Casey (7-23).
Andrew Lasure hit a three-run home run in the first and Rob Caudill went 2-for-2 with a solo home run in the sixth for Danville. Dowell Harmon had an RBI double in the fifth, Cole Phillips was 3-for-3 with a double and drove in two runs, Will Graham had an RBI single in the first, and Jay Hunn had a two-run single in the first. Rhodes Bell had two hits and Robert Rowland doubled.
Lasure went the first two innings to get the win, striking out three.
Casey County 012 000 — 3 6 1
Danville 710 311 — 13 15 2
Atwood and Christian. Lasure, Goodman (3), Miller (4), Serey (5) and Graham, Lasure (4). 2B—Harmon (D), Phillips (D). HR—Caudill (D), Lasure (D).
Burgin 5, Madison Southern 4 — At Burgin, the Bulldogs scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally for a home win over the Eagles.
Austin Shewmaker got the complete-game win, giving up three earned run on six hits with a strikeout and three walks.
Jared Robbins was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI, Christian Wilson was 2-for-3 and Hunter Harrison, Tommy Lopresto, Cooper Shearer and Zach Curtsinger scored runs for Burgin.
Madison Sou. 300 100 0 — 5 6 0
Burgin 001 013 x — 5 8 2
Shewmaker and Harrison, McGuire and Puckett. 2B—Robbins (B).
Southwestern 5, Lincoln County 4 — At Stanford, Southwestern scored a run in the top of the eighth and held on to edge Lincoln on Senior Night.
Dylan King was 2-for-4 with a run, Michael Wilcher was 1-for-2 with an RBI and scored twice, and Vinny Morris was 1-for-3 with two RBIs for the Patriots. Lincoln tied the game with a run in the bottom of the seventh.
Southwestern 010 300 01 — 5 8 3
Lincoln County 002 100 10 — 4 6 2
Starnes, Howard (8) and Lynch. Brown, Wilcher (6) and Morris, Baird (6). W—Howard, L—Wilcher. 2B—Turpin (SW) 2, Wilcher (LC).
