Around The Diamond
James Collier
Ashland Beacon
64th DISTRICT
ASHLAND 6-17
Ashland went 3-2 this week with a pair of wins over Fairview and a 9-6 win over Lewis County while falling to Spring Valley and Boyd County, 14-1 in five innings.
Ashland was held to only two hits in a 12-0 loss to Spring Valley in five innings. Pierce Wamsley and Brady Marushi had the two hits.
Ashland bounced back with an 8-7 win over Fairview. LJ Murphy went 2 for 3 with a double. Drew Kelley doubled and drove in two and Austin Blevins added a triple. Zane Ingram worked five innings of shutout relief while allowing only two hits and striking out four.
Ashland welcomes Lawrence County Monday, visits Spring Valley Wednesday, plays Pikeville Saturday at Boyd County and travels to Cabell Midland Saturday.
BOYD COUNTY 21-3
Boyd County went 3-0 this week with wins over Huntington, Ashland and Raceland, 5-2.
Boyd knocked off Huntington, 9-1. Ryan Brown went 4 for 5 with 2RBI. Alex Martin and Peyton Jackson added two hits each. Martin doubled and Jackson tripled. Jackson took the win from the bump with four innings of shutout baseball, allowing only one hit and striking out eight.
Boyd hammered Ashland 14-1 in five innings. Brown went 3 for 4 with 3RBI. Grant Slater, JK McKnight, Josh Kelley, Martin and Jackson each added two hits. Slater doubled. McKnight drove in three and earned the win from the bump while allowing one hit over three innings. He struck out seven.
Boyd visits Lawrence County Tuesday, welcomes Spring Valley and George Washington, WV Friday and Lexington Catholic Saturday.
FAIRVIEW 11-12
Fairview went 2-3 this week with wins over Grace Christian and Martin County and losses to Ashland and Portsmouth Notre Dame.
Jeffery Everetts went 4 for 5 with 2RBI and drove in two in the Eagles 18-7 win over Grace Christian. Tamel Smith, Eli Cummings and Jace Manning added two hits. Izaac Johnson drove in four with a double. Carson Smith took the win working four innings of one-hit ball, allowing no earned runs and struck out seven.
Fairview fell to Ashland, 8-7. Austin Pack, Tevin Smith and Everetts each had two hits. Pack had a pair of doubles and drove in two. Tamel Smith added a double in his lone hit.
Blake Hall and Xavien Kouns had two hits each in the 8-5 loss to Notre Dame.
Johnson went 3 for 4 with a double in the 6-4 loss to Ashland. Tanner Reihs added a triple.
Fairview closed the week with a 10-5 win over Martin County. Manning went 3 for 4 with a double. Kouns, Pack, Reihs, Tevin Smith and Tamel Smith each added two hits. Pack doubled and Reihs tripled. Johnson earned the win from the bump, working 6 2/3 innings while striking out six.
Fairview visits Huntington St. Joe Monday, West Carter Wednesday, South Point Thursday and welcomes Lewis County Saturday.
63RD DISTRICT
RACELAND 21-4
Raceland went 3-1 this week with a pair of wins over Greenup County, Portsmouth West and a loss to Boyd County.
Raceland erased a 6-0 deficit to earned a 7-6, eight inning win over Greenup. Parker Fannin led the way with two hits. Michael Pennington had a bases-clearing triple. Brayden Webb launched a solo home run. Brigham Davidson took the win, working three innings in relief while allowing only one earned run and three hits.
Raceland hammered Greenup in Game 2, 17-3. Parker Ison went 3 for 5 with a double and 3RBI. Webb launched a grand slam. Eli Lynd went 3 for 4 with a double. Fannin homered in his only hit to open the contest. Kadin Shore worked four innings in the win, allowing two hits and no earned runs.
Raceland blanked Portsmouth West, 15-0 in four innings. Sam Lynd, Carson Bowden, Zane Bailey, Fannin and Pennington had two hits each. Fannin drove in three. Bailey tripled. Connor Thacker added a double while earning the win from the bump.
Raceland fell 5-2 to Boyd. Landon Bloss and Shore each had two hits. Ison and Eli Lynd drove in a run.
Raceland welcomes Russell Monday, visits Russell Tuesday, welcomes Huntington Friday and visits Tates Creek Saturday.
RUSSELL 7-17
Russell went 2-2 this week with wins over Lewis County and Morgan County, 8-7 and losses to Lewis and Spring Valley, 10-0.
Russell fell to Lewis, 8-7, in nine innings. Elijah Hankins went 3 for 6 with an RBI double. Caden Mitchell drove in four and doubled. Jayden Frasure tripled.
Russell bounced back with a 5-1 win in Game 2. Kyle Mokas tossed a complete game while allowing six hits and struck out nine. Mokas, Frasure, Mitchell, Hankins and Nick Adams each had two hits. Adams doubled. Hankins had a triple.
Russell visits Raceland Monday, welcomes Raceland Tuesday, Morgan County Thursday and plays Paintsville Saturday.
GREENUP COUNTY 6-16
Greenup went 0-2 this week with a pair of losses to Raceland.
Greenup fell to Raceland, 7-6 in eight innings. Hunter Holbrook led the way with two hits including a double. Gavin Roy, Matthew Boggs and Colin Alexander also doubled. Kasey Gammon worked seven innings, allowing six runs—only two earned and struck out two.
Colin Alexander was 1 for 3 with a RBI in the 17-3 loss to Raceland.
Greenup welcomes Lewis Monday and visits Lewis Tuesday.