May 17, 2018
Jarrett Fairchild smacks grand slam against Bryan Station in Lexington tourney
LOUISA, KY. Lawrence Co. ( 27-7 ) celebrated Senior night with a 15-5 mercy shortened victory over West Carter Monday at Randy Keeton field.
2018 Bulldog Seniors
All five seniors contributed to the win with at least a hit, run or RBI on offense including Jarrett Fairchild clubbing his fifth home run of the year.
Senior Kade Sword went 4 and 2/3 innings on the mound to get the victory. He allowed 5 runs, 9 hits and struck out 2 he also had one hit. Jacob Fletcher worked a perfect 1 and 1/3 innings in relief.
Senior Brad Parks doubled and had 2 RBIs, seniors Peyton Cyrus and Dakota Shortridge had one hit each.
Austin Roe had a triple and 3 RBIs, Jackson Feltner had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s, Tyler Maynard 2 hits and 1 RBI.
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Last weekend the Dawgs traveled to Lexington to take part in the Fayette Co. Invitational and came away with a 1-2 record against some very good competition.
Franklin-Simpson 7 Lawrence Co. 1 ( Friday )
In the first game of the Fayette Co. Invitational the Bulldogs ran into a buzz saw and only mustered a Jarrett Fairchild RBI single that scored Jackson Feltner in the first inning. CJ Fairchild pitched and suffered his first loss of the season.
Lawrence Co. 12 Bryan Station 5 ( Saturday )
In the second game the Bulldogs scored 7 in the first and 5 in the fifth to pick up the win over the Lexington school.
Jarrett Fairchild smacked a grand slam and finished with 5 RBIs total, CJ Fairchild, Austin Roe, and Jackson Feltner had 2 hits and 1 RBI, Brad Parks doubled and knocked in one, Bryce Blevins double, Kade Sword and Tyler Maynard had 1 hit each.
Tyler Maynard started and went 4 and 2/3 on the mound to get the win. Maynard allowed 2 earned runs, 8 hits and struck out 3. Lucas Maynard finished it off going the final 2 and 1/3 innings, allowing 1 earned run, 2 hits and struck out 4.
Paul Laurence Dunbar 11 Lawrence Co. 5
(Saturday)
In the last game of the invitational the Bulldogs from PLD took care of the Bulldogs from Lawrence County.
Jackson Feltner had 2 hits and 1 RBI, Brad Parks had a double and 2 knocked in, Austin Roe 1 RBI, Bryce Blevins, Lucas Maynard, Kade Sword, and Blue Fletcher had 1 hit each.
Blevins started and took the loss, his first of the year.
Lawrence Co. will finish out the regular season at Home tonight vs Sheldon Clark.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Can’t say enough good things about these 5 young men. Proud of what they’ve grown into and accomplished over the past 4 years.”
“… It’s been an honor being their coach. I’m looking forward to them leading the way to a post season run that we hope ends in Lexington next month.”
