Charleston, W.V. — George Washington hit a walk-off home run in the 8th inning to defeat Lawrence Co. 5-4 Saturday afternoon.
2026 Bulldog Juniors
Marley Toews, Brady Caudill, Alex Meadows
The Dawgs gave the Class 4A team from the Mountaineer state all they wanted after falling behind 3-1 after the first inning.
Lawrence Co. rallied for three runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-3 lead before surrendering a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie it up and then the Patriots walked it off in the 8th inning.
Grant Cochran started for the Bulldogs and pitched very well going six innings, allowing eight hits, three earned runs and striking out two. Alex Meadows recorded one out and gave up one run and Eli Caudill suffered the loss going one inning and 1/3 and allowed one run as well.
On offense Max Murriell had two hits including a double, two runs batted in and scored a run, Gray Derifield had two hits, drove in one and scored a run, Boedy Maynard singled, Braxton Davis and Brady Caudill scored a run each.
Paintsville 4 Lawrence Co. 0 ( Thursday )
On the road the Tigers pitching stifled the Bulldog hitters all game.
Lawrence Co. was held to four hits with Brady Caudill picking up two of those, Owen Pack and CJ Whitt also singled in the loss.
Gray Derifield suffered the loss going three and 2/3 innings, allowed six hits, two earned runs, walked three and struck out three. Alex Meadows went one and 1/3 innings, struck out one and walked one. Eli Caudill recorded two outs and also struck out one and walked one.
The Dawgs will head to Western Kentucky for Spring Break with four games on the slate beginning on Monday at Barren County and Tuesday at Allen County-Scottsville.
Bulldog Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“…Kincheloe was on Thursday night. He located his FB as well as I’ve seen him do and had effective off speeds. Makes tough night to hit and score runs.”
“ …GW has played in a few state championship games the last few years over there and have a senior laden team. Our guys battled all game long. Made a lot of big defensive plays. Grant Cochran was huge on the mound and gave us a great chance.
“… Eli Caudill came in at the end and did a great job. Tip your hat to their guys for making one more winning play than we were able to.”
“… We expect the same level of play with all 4 opponents next week in Western KY. Our goal by the end of next week is to be a much better team than we are right now.”
I guarantee by the end of the year Feltner will have this playing great baseball. Like always they will be a team no one wants to play in the post season. Best coach in the state hands down!