Around the Diamond: May 23, 2023
James Collier
The Ashland Beacon
64th DISTRICT BASEBALL
BOYD COUNTY 20 ASHLAND 5 (4 INNINGS)
Boyd County hammered out 11 hits to produce a 20-5 victory over Ashland in the 64th District Championship. JK McKnight, Peyton Jackson and Michael Potter each had a pair of hits. Jackson homered and doubled in the win and drove in two. Parker Gibson added a double. Brogan Jones and Jacob Vanover drove in three.
Boyd County allowed only two hits and struck out six. McKnight took the win after tossing two innings of hitless, scoreless baseball while striking out three.
Jayse Mays and LaBryant Strader each singled and drove in two for Ashland.
Boyd County fell to Greenup County 7-3 in the opening round of the 16th Region Tournament and Ashland loss in a pitching duel to Rowan County 2-0. The Lions finished the season at 22-8-2 and the Tomcats ended the year at 16-20.
BOYD COUNTY 10 FAIRVIEW 0 (6 INNINGS)
Gunnar Gerahart, McKnight and Vanover each tallied two hits to lead Boyd County to a 10-0 win over Fairview in the opening round of the 64th District Tournament. Jones, Gerahart, Potter and Jones each doubled in the win. Grant Slater tripled.
Slater fanned 10 and combined with Cayden Butler to toss a no-hitter. Butler added five Ks.
Fairview closes its season at 15-13.
63rd DISTRICT BASEBALL
RACELAND 5 GREENUP COUNTY 4
Raceland overcame an early 3-1 deficit to bounce back for a 5-4 win over Greenup County in the 63rd District Championship. Kadin Shore and Clay Coldiron combined to hold Greenup to only one earned run while striking out nine. Shore worked 4 2/3 innings and fanned six before hand-ing the ball off to Coldiron who went the final 2 1/3 innings of hitless, scoreless relief to earn the win. Coldiron led the Rams at the plate with a 3 for 4 outing with a double and RBI. Brayden Webb smashed a solo home run and drove in two.
Cohen Underwood worked six innings from the bump for Greenup. He allowed all five runs and struck out seven. Bradley Adkins and Matthew Boggs each had two hits. Carson Wireman and Adkins doubled.
Raceland avenged a pair of regular season losses to Greenup to claim back-to-back district championships. Raceland defeated Morgan County in 5 innings in the opening round of the 16th Region Tournament and faced Rowan County last night. Carson Wireman struck out 14 in a complete game 7-3 win for Greenup County against Boyd County and the Musketeers advanced to play East Carter Monday night in Morgan County.
GREENUP COUNTY 4 LEWIS COUNTY 0
Carson Wireman tossed a complete-game, two-hitter while striking out 12 to lead Greenup to a 4-0 win over Lewis County in the opening round of the 63rd District Tournament. Cade Hunt, Hunter Clevenger and Underwood each went 2 for 3. Adkins doubled in his lone hit.
RACELAND 5 RUSSELL 0
Brayden Webb tossed a complete-game, one-hitter while striking out seven to lead Raceland to a 5-0 win over Russell in the opening round of the 63rd District Tournament. Shore went 1 for 2 with a double and RBI. Parker Ison, Eli Lynd, Connor Thacker and Coldiron added singles in the win.
Luke Pennington had the lone Russell hit in his only at bat. Clark Looney took the loss, working three innings while giving up three runs. Russell closes its season at 11-17.