OWENSBORO — Whitley County’s run at the Kentucky 2A State championship came to an end in the title game on Sunday.
The Colonels (21-3) advanced to the title game against Warren East by defeating DeSales earlier Sunday, 7-0, but couldn’t push enough runs across home plate in the title game, losing, 2-1.
Both teams brought impressive winning streaks into the matchup with Whitley County’s at nine games while the Raiders had won eight in a row.
Warren East did just enough to extend its win streak after scoring the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Raiders scored a run to take a 1-0 lead. Whitley County answered with a run of its own after Bryce Anderson’s run-scoring hit tied the game at one apiece in the top of the sixth inning.
The Colonels were limited to only five hits, and the only other time they’d scored less than three runs was a 3-1 loss to Ballard on April 6. They also committed two errors witch led to an unearned run scoring.
Matthew Wright led the Colonels with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate while Anderson finished with a hit, and an RBI. Shane Parker had a hit, and scored once while Sam Harp finished with a hit.
Brady Bargo started on the mound, pitching 4 1/3 of an inning, allowing four hits, one earned run, and striking out two batters. Tyler Rose pitched the final 1 2/3 of an inning, giving up two hits.
