Wild Pitch

Chris Goodman scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to give Mercer County a 10-9 victory over Boyle County at Harrodsburg. Goodman scored from second base after leading off the inning with a walk and advancing on Tyler Devine's sacrifice bunt. The Titans pushed across the winning run after the Rebels had scored three runs in the top of the inning to tie the game at 9-all. It was the second consecutive three-run inning for Boyle, which had gotten back in the game after Mercer took an 8-3 lead.

DANVILLE - Lincoln's bid to defeat the unbeaten Wayne County Cardinals fell flat Monday as the Patriots stumbled 6-4 in the Danville Spring Break Invitational.  The Patriots (4-5) opened a 2-0 lead over the Cardinals in the first inning, but Wayne (7-0) put up runs in the second through fifth innings to earn the win. “Honestly, we just came out a little flat. We didn't pitch as well, and we didn't get hits with runners on base, and you can't win ball games when you do that,” Lincoln coach Brad McNew said.

Austin Horn scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday to give Mercer County a 4-3 victory over Collins at Harrodsburg. The Titans won after rallying from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the sixth inning. J.T. Long pitched six shutout innings in relief for Mercer (6-5), and the Titans' offense had 12 hits, though they didn't get on the scoreboard until the fifth. “J.T. was lights out ... and we finally came out and swung the bats against good pitching,” Shope said.

Cumberlands unloaded on Centre in the late innings to defeat the Colonels 13-2 on Tuesday at Williamsburg. Cumberlands took advantage of 12 hits and three Centre errors to score 11 runs in the fourth through sixth innings. Centre (14-20) was within 2-1 until that onslaught, which included a five-run fifth inning that made it 10-1 and put the game out of reach. Centre starting pitcher Jon Herbert allowed five runs on seven hits before leaving in the fifth inning. Johnny Karnes allowed five runs on six hits in one inning, and Jake Jones allowed three runs on two hits in one inning.

K.K. Davis struck out 13 and gave up just two hits Friday as the Rebels won a 1-0 pitcher's duel over visiting Marion County. Boyle (9-11) scored in the bottom of the seventh for the game's only run. Kendra Ross singled to lead off the inning, stole second and went to third on Davis' sacrifice bunt. After Lindsey Edwards walked and Emily Donlon at-bat, Ross scored on a wild pitch to win the game. Heather Hasty singled in the sixth inning for Boyle's only other hit. Boyle County 5, Danville 1 - Cheyenne Brumbaugh struck out six and held Danville to three hits for Boyle in a home win over the Admirals.

Haily Glasscock scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday to give Boyle County an 8-7 win over visiting Russell County. Glasscock started the eighth at second and went to third on Lindsey Edwards' sacrifice bunt. With one out and Hayley Hellyer at the plate, Russell threw a wild pitch which allowed Glasscock to score and win the game. Hellyer had three hits and Edwards and Kylee Talbott had two hits each for Boyle. The Rebels jumped out to a 6-1 lead after two innings.

Burgin slammed three home runs Tuesday and six runs over the final two innings as the Bulldogs went on to beat visiting Paris 12-7. After Paris had tied the game at 6-all in the fifth, Josh Carey singled, Daniel Loane was hit by a pitch and Seth Trayner walked to load the bases. Carey scored on a wild pitch, Daniel Howard reached on an error which scored Loane and Trayner and Howard scored on a passed ball to give Burgin the lead back for good. In the sixth inning, Evan Mobley smacked a solo homer and Carey and Trayner had back-to-back doubles to give Burgin (18-9)

Garrard County coach Ed Rall said his team had enough offense to win games, but the Golden Lions just needed pitching. They got plenty of both Wednesday at Danville, as sophomore Jacob Fain tossed a complete-game four-hitter in the Lions' 12-2 victory. Christian Wyler was 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBIs and Jameson DeBord also homered for Garrard (5-11, 2-3 45th District). Fain struck out four and walked two, and never let the Admirals (16-8, 4-2) get the big inning.

Burgin suffered its second close loss in a 46th District game in as many days, falling 5-3 to East Jessamine on Wednesday at Nicholasville. Burgin (7-11, 0-3 district) led 3-0 before East Jessamine (9-16, 2-1) rallied to hand the Bulldogs their eighth loss in 10 games. The defeat follows a 4-3 loss to West Jessamine on Tuesday. East Jessamine got on the board in the bottom of the third inning and took a 4-3 lead with a three-run fourth that included three hits and a two-out error that allowed the go-ahead run to score.

BURGIN - It's been quite the turnaround year for the Garrard County softball team. A year ago, the Golden Lions were in the midst of a two-win season with a team full of freshmen and eighth-graders. But after their 18-0 win Tuesday over Burgin, the Lions are one of the hottest teams in the 12th Region, having won five straight nine of their last 10 to sit at 23-12. “They've just got a lot more confidence and they're grown up as ball players. They're doing a million times better than I thought they would, and we're just becoming a better team,” said Garrard's only senior, outfielder Sydney Pozzuto, who drove in two runs Tuesday.

Mercer County pulled away late Tuesday, then nearly let Danville take it all away. The Titans scored seven runs in the final two innings, but Danville scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh and had the bases loaded before making the final out in an 8-5 win for Mercer at Troy Trumbo Field. “Up until that seventh inning, I thought Megan Hilbert pitched well, our defense played good defense. We're a real young team, so we got a little tight. And once we got there in that seventh - and Danville did a good job putting those bloop shots in the right place and making us work - we tightened up a little bit and gave up some runs we shouldn't have,” Mercer coach Michael Shewmaker said.

DANVILLE - Lincoln's bid to defeat the unbeaten Wayne County Cardinals fell flat Monday as the Patriots stumbled 6-4 in the Danville Spring Break Invitational.  The Patriots (4-5) opened a 2-0 lead over the Cardinals in the first inning, but Wayne (7-0) put up runs in the second through fifth innings to earn the win. “Honestly, we just came out a little flat. We didn't pitch as well, and we didn't get hits with runners on base, and you can't win ball games when you do that,” Lincoln coach Brad McNew said.

Defense continues to haunt the Danville baseball team. The Admirals committed four errors Tuesday, but also took advantage of four Mason County errors to post a 9-6 win in the Danville Spring Break Invitational at Admiral Field. “Right now, we're not very good defensively, for whatever reason. We thought that was going to be our strong suit coming ito the year. We made some changes there, and I guess that's how we're going to have to play,” Danville coach Paul Morse said.

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - It was a case of missed opportunities for the Eagles in their first game of the Hardeeville Bracket of the NAIA Opening Round. Asbury, the No. 5 seed in the five-team bracket, fell to fourth-seeded Union (Tenn.) 7-1 on Thursday. Union will move on to play top seed Faulkner Thursday at 6 p.m. while the Eagles will look to avoid elimination Friday at 10 a.m. against the loser of today's second game between second-seeded St. Thomas (Fla.) and third-seeded USC Beaufort.

The second meeting of East Jessamine and West Jessamine on the softball field was much different than the first meeting back on April 17. West won the early meeting 5-1, its first win over the Lady Jaguars since 2009. But East (13-16) asserted itself Tuesday night with an 11-1 rout of the Lady Colts (7-19). “Earlier in the year, they were just having errors, but they're starting to come together a little bit,” East Jessamine coach Tom Hamm said. “Since that last West game, we've won eight out of our last 10 games.

Chris Goodman scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to give Mercer County a 10-9 victory over Boyle County at Harrodsburg. Goodman scored from second base after leading off the inning with a walk and advancing on Tyler Devine's sacrifice bunt. The Titans pushed across the winning run after the Rebels had scored three runs in the top of the inning to tie the game at 9-all. It was the second consecutive three-run inning for Boyle, which had gotten back in the game after Mercer took an 8-3 lead.

HARRODSBURG¿ - Mercer County coach Stephen Lyons knows his team had plenty of opportunities to score more runs Thursday. But Lyons liked that hits short-handed team still managed 11 hits and won their 14th straight game with a 7-0 victory over Garrard County. “We should have scored a lot more than seven runs, we left a lot of people on base,”¿said Lyons, whose team stranded 13 runners. “You've got to make it count. Leaving ducks on the pond, that's one of those no-no's. Does it happen?

West Jessamine used a combination of efficient hitting and timely pitching to knock off Lexington Catholic - the No. 1 team in state - at the Louisville Invitational Tournament on Saturday. The Colts (21-2), ranked No. 11 in last week's coaches' poll, scored nine runs on nine hits to get past the Knights 9-8. “We didn't play our best, and of course, they didn't play their best either, but, we never quit,” West Jessamine coach Jody Hamilton said. “We played hard like I thought we would and had some real key hits.” After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, West plated three runs in the second and four runs in the third inning to jump out to a commanding 7-2 lead.

Austin Horn scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday to give Mercer County a 4-3 victory over Collins at Harrodsburg. The Titans won after rallying from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the sixth inning. J.T. Long pitched six shutout innings in relief for Mercer (6-5), and the Titans' offense had 12 hits, though they didn't get on the scoreboard until the fifth. “J.T. was lights out ... and we finally came out and swung the bats against good pitching,” Shope said.