Prestonsburg, Ky. — Bulldog Junior Boedy Maynard tossed a complete game three hit shutout as Lawrence Co. was victorious 2-0 over Letcher Central in the Class 2A Section 8 Tournament at Stonecrest.
Boedy Maynard was lights out in a win over LCC on Tuesday.
Maynard struck out seven Cougars and didn’t walk a batter to get his second win of the year on the mound and also had an RBI single that scored Steven Hall in the seventh inning to give the Dawgs a 2-0 lead.
Eli Fletcher walked and scored on a wild pitch to give Lawrence County a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning.
Colin Howard, Gray Derifield, Tygar Cavins and Brady Caudill all had singles for the victors.
The Bulldogs ( 6-6 ) will face Johnson Central ( 6-3 ) in the Semifinal on Thursday at 5:30.
In the second semifinal Magoffin Co. ( 2-9 ) will face Pike Co. Central ( 7-4 ) at 7:30.
The Championship game is slated for Friday night at 6:00.
Braxton Davis camps under a fly ball in 2A action Tuesday.
Bulldog Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Huge hit at the end to give us a two run lead by just putting the ball in play. Williams is really good for them and he beat us in the same round last year. He is a stud, a gamer, a senior who is left handed and throw in it was a miserable night to hit, and I’m not surprised it was a 2-0 game. We were fortunate to come away with the win and I told our guys we made a couple more winning plays than they did. Bottom line we got guys in scoring position and they didn’t.”
“… This was a defensive game and we will have nights where we don’t see it that well and that could be in a region semifinal and you have to be able to win a 2-0 ballgame. It was good to see Boedy ( Maynard ) come out and back to back really good outings on the mound. I don’t think he walked anyone, pounded the zone and I thought our defense was stellar.”
“… I can only think of one the ball count and John ( Hill ) is big on that with our pitchers and he goes over the numbers every week and that is huge. He tossed a 79 pitch complete game, zero walks, seven K’s there you go. You’re not going to lose many like that. And hopefully he can keep building on that and it starts bleeding over into our other guys.”
