OC's Nate Morris slides into second for a stolen base during the Eagles' 3-2 win over Owensboro Thursday evening.[/caption]
The Ohio County High Eagles beat Owensboro Thursday before losing at South Warren Friday and at Marshall County Saturday. Bobby Wise's squad has two important 10th District games slated for early this week.
Thursday's 3-2 win over OHS at Leach Field was the Eagles' second straight one-run win and featured timely defense and offense by the winners. Each team scored once in the first inning, with Ohio County going up 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
The Red Devils tied the game in the top of the fifth but then saw the Eagles Kiah Gledhill cross the plate in the bottom of that inning with the game-winner. That run made a winner of OCHS reliever Brennon Leach who split mound time with Zach Johnson. Ohio County's defense stranded 13 OHS base runners in the game.
T.J. Smith and Matthew Wilkerson had two hits each for Ohio County with OHS' Deonte Reed and Dylan Webb accounting for six of the Red Devils' seven hits.
Owensboro (4-5) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 2 7 0 Ohio Co. (11-5) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 — 3 7 1
WP-Leach. LP-Cosby. 2B-Johnson, Smith (OC), Reed, Dull (OHS).
Friday at South Warren, the host Trojans were outhit by Ohio County 7-6 but took advantage of porous Eagle defense in a 9-4 win. The Eagles grabbed an early 2-0 lead before South Warren scored three times in the last of the second. Ohio County knotted the game in the top of the third but were overtaken in the bottom of the inning and the Trojans built their lead from there.
Matthew Wilkerson took the mound loss before giving way to Chris Logsdon for four innings of relief. Tristan Lykins had two hits for the Eagle offense with Brennon Leach smacking a triple.
Ohio Co. (11-6) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 — 4 7 5 South Warren (13-8) 0 3 2 3 1 0 x — 9 6 2
WP-na. LP-Wilkerson. 2B-SW 1. 3B-Leach (OC).
Saturday at Draffenville, Marshall County avenged a 7-6 loss March 20 at Leach Field by shutting out Ohio County 4-0. Eagle Mac Marshall pitched well for four innings but got no offensive support from his teammates. Nate Morris had two of Ohio County's three hits in the loss.
Ohio Co. (11-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 4 Marshall Co. (15-4) 1 1 0 2 0 0 x — 4 7 1
WP-Johnson. LP-Marshall. 2B-Greenfield (MC).
Next games: 4/21 — McLean Co. at Ohio Co. — 5 p.m.; 4/22 — Ohio Co. at McLean Co. — 5 p.m.
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