Louisa, Ky. — Freshman Gray Derifield broke the single season steals record and Senior Eli Fletcher hit his sixth homer as Lawrence Co. ( 19-10 ) gets a 15-3 victory over East Carter ( 17-14 ) on Thursday.
Braxton Davis throws a pitch plateward against East Carter.
The Bulldogs trailed 3-0 before erupting for 15 straight runs to mercy the Raiders in five innings while pounding out 17 hits and every starter had at least one.
Braxton Davis earned the victory tossing five innings, allowed two earned runs, struck out six and gave up five hits.
Senior Eli Fletcher went 3-3 with a single, double and also homered in his last career home at bat, CJ Whitt had two hits and scored a run, Colin Howard doubled, drove in two and scored twice, Tygar Cavins had two hits including a double and scored a run, Boedy Maynard singled twice, drove in a run and scored once, Brady Caudill singled and drove in three runs, Cam Perkins doubled, drove in one and scored once, Owen Pack singled and drove in a run, Steve Hall scored a run.
Lawrence Co. 6 Ashland 4 ( Wednesday )
Tygar Cavins had the game winning RBI’s against Ashland.
Tygar Cavins had a two RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Dawgs a 5-4 lead and Boedy Maynard induced a bases loaded double play to secure the home victory.
Eli Fletcher was the winning pitcher in relief of Maynard who started but came back in the game to earn the save.
Cavins ended up with three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored, Logan Whisenant had two hits including a double and drove in two runs, Cam Perkins and Gray Derifield had two hits and two runs scored each, Colin Howard singled and drove in a run.
The #1 seeded Bulldogs will open up the 58th District tournament on Monday at 5:30 against #4 seed Betsy Layne ( 11-17 ) at Stonecrest Sports Park. Lawrence Co. swept a doubleheader on March 25th on the road by the scores of 20-0 and 6-5.
#2 seed Prestonsburg ( 10-19 ) and #3 seed Floyd Central ( 18-12 ) will face off in the second game at 8:00. The Blackcats swept the Jaguars 8-5 and 8-1 in March.
The Championship game is scheduled for 6:00 on Tuesday night.
Bulldog Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Great way to finish up regular season. We got off to a slower start on the season but I really feel we are close to peaking at the perfect time.”
“… Offensively we are really clicking up and down the lineup.
“…Love my 5 seniors, They have been everything we’ve needed and more and I believe they are ready to lead us on a great post season run beginning Monday evening.”
“…Gray ( Derifield ) has had a remarkable year and is just a freshman. He is certainly one of the most talented young kids that has come through our program and he has shown a great work ethic and desire to be the best. We are really excited to watch him continue to develop throughout his career.”
