After dropping an earlier game to Lyon County on Monday, Jeremy Shope’s Whitley County Colonels responded with a 10-8 win over Murray Monday afternoon.
The Colonels (8-6) took control of the game early by scoring five runs in the first inning while adding five more runs in the second inning to take a 10-1 advantage entering the third inning.
That’s where things got interesting.
Murray rallied, scoring seven unanswered runs while cutting its deficit to 10-8 before Whitley County’s Ronald Osborne, Bradyn Bargo and Trey Walton shut down Murray’s bats during the final two innings.
Tyler Rose got the win, tossing 2 2/3 of an inning while allowing two hits and no runs. He struck out three batters. Walton recorded the save while tossing 1/3 of an inning. He struck out the lone batter he faced.
Bruce Anderson had another big game, going 2-for-4 with a home run three RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Cureton finished 3-for-4 while Jason Nunley turned in a 2-for-2 effort with three RBI and a run scored while EJ Allen was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Shane Parker delivered a run scoring hit while Osborne finished with a hit, an RBI, and two runs scored. Matthew Wright had a hit and scored once while Bargo finished with two runs scored and Rose had a hit.
