Around the Diamond: April 4, 2023
James Collier
The Ashland Beacon
64th DISTRICT
ASHLAND 3-7
Ashland went 3-1 this week with wins over Greenup County, Fairview and Lewis County. The Tomcats fell to Rowan County, 4-3.
LaBryant Strader went 3 for 4 with a double, home run and drove in four to lead Ashland to a 10-7 win over Greenup County. Jayse Mays and Colin Howard each had a pair of hits including a Howard long ball. Mays worked six innings from the bump and struck out two to earn the win. Ryan Brown struck out the only batter he faced and earned the save.
Brown went 3 for 3 and drove in four to lead Ashland to a 16-1 win over Fairview in four innings. Howard doubled and drove in two.
Sawyer Edens delivered a home run to give Ashland a 6-2 win over Lewis County. Brown went 3 for 4 with a double. Strader went 2 for 3 and drove in two.
Ashland travels to Myrtle Beach for Spring Break.
BOYD COUNTY 7-1-1
Boyd County went 1-1-1 this week with a win over Lawrence County a loss to South Point and a 2-2 tie with Ironton in a game called due to darkness in the sixth.
Boyd County hammered 16 hits—four for extra bases—in a 16-6 shellacking of Lawrence County. JK McKnight and Alex Martin tripled while driving in a pair. Jacob Vanover and Gunnar Gerahart each doubled. Brogan Jones had two singles and drove in three.
Jones doubled and drove in a run in the Lions tie with Ironton. Cayden Butler allowed one hit over four innings of work.
Brayden Coleman and McKnight each went 2 for 3 in the Lions 7-6 loss to the Pointers. Vanover drove in three.
Boyd County heads to Myrtle Beach for Spring Break.
FAIRVIEW 3-5
Fairview went 1-2 this week with a win over West Carter and losses to Russell and Ashland.
Izaac Johnson went 2 for 3 with two doubles and 2RBI in the Eagles 8-3 loss to Russell. Cameron Harper doubled in his only hit.
Tamel Smith and Harper each went 2 for 3 and drove in two as Fairview upended West Carter, 10-0 in six innings. Smith tripled and Harper had a double and a triple. Tanner Reihs, Richard Vanhoose and Tanner Johnson also doubled in the win.
Fairview welcomes Tolsia Monday, visits South Webster Tuesday, Tolsia on Thursday and welcomes Menifee County Saturday.
ROSE HILL 1-3
Rose Hill fell to West Carter, 10-9 and Hannan, WV, 11-8. No stats were reported.
Rose Hill is idle until April 11.
63rd DISTRICT
RACELAND 9-1
Raceland went 3-0 this week with wins over Fleming County, Fairland and Buffalo, WV.
Kadin Shore went 3 for 4 with a home run and 3RBI to lead the Rams to a 9-8 win over Fleming County. Parker Ison and Conner Hughes both had a pair of hits. Jeremy Kerns had a 2RBI triple.
Eli Lynd doubled and Hughes provided the only run of the game in a 1-0 win over Fairland. Connor Thacker worked 4.1 innings and struck out five to earn the win. Brayden Webb tossed two innings of hitless baseball to get the save.
Raceland defeated Buffalo, 7-4. No stats were reported.
Raceland travels to St. Petersburg, FL for Spring Break.
RUSSELL 4-2
Russell went 2-0 this week with wins over Fairview and West Carter.
Kyle Mokas went 2 for 3 with a double and 3RBI in an 8-3 win over Fairview. Nathan Totten went 2 for 3 and drove in a pair. Parker Mitchell tripled in the win.
Frank Brinkman tripled and Nathan Totten and Mokas each went 2 for 3 as Russell hammered West Carter, 15-1 in five innings.
Russell heads to Vero Beach, FL for Spring Break.
GREENUP COUNTY 3-5
Greenup County went 0-2 this week with losses to Ashland and Huntington.
Matthew Boggs, Hunter Clevenger and Cade Hunt each had a pair of hits in a 10-7 loss to Ashland. Clevenger had a pair of solo home runs and Boggs tripled in the loss. Hunt added a double.
Greenup County fell to Huntington, 8-6. No stats were reported.
Greenup County heads to Vero Beach, FL for Spring Break.