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The Parry McCluer High School baseball team cruised to a 16-0 road win in five innings over local rival Rockbridge County on Wednesday evening in Lexington.
With the win, the Fighting Blues (12-5) avenged an 18-3 home loss to the Wildcats (4-13) on April 1.
In the rematch, the Wildcats fell behind early in the first inning to three first-inning doubles from the bats of Braedyn Houck, Tanner Coleman and Jase Barger, along with an RBI-single from Brayden Holdren. The Blues led 3-0 after the first inning.
Things got worse for the Wildcats in the second when Coleman hit a grand slam to extend PM’s lead to 7-0. Peyton Ramsey added to the score in the top of the third with a solo home run to deep left field. In the fourth, Holdren put the game out of reach with a triple, bringing in three runs to extend PM’s lead to 12-0. PM led 13-0 after the fourth and added three more runs in the fifth, and the game ended early due to the 10-run mercy rule.
The Blues racked up 12 hits, while RC had four. Coleman led PM, going 3-of-3 with five RBIs and a walk, and he scored four runs. Barger had three hits, three runs and one RBI. The Fighting Blues finished the day with a total of 11 RBIs.
Recording one hit each for the Wildcats were Eli Sorrells, Drew Potter, Brady Majors and Bradi Ziegler.
On the mound, Houck pitched all five innings, striking out five and allowing four hits and one walk.
RC used three pitchers: Sean Martino, Brady Majors and Zac Majors.
The Wildcats will return to Valley District action when they play at William Monroe on Friday at 6 p.m. The Blues will be the top seed in the Pioneer District tournament next week. For the schedule, check back here.
For the full stories on this week’s action, with photos from Wednesday’s game, please see our May 15 newspaper.
