Eagle Tristan Lykins' 2-run double capped off a come from behind win for Ohio County. The Eagles rallied from a 9-1 deficit against Apollo to 10-9 victory. (File Photo)[/caption]
Tristan Lykins’ two-out double in the bottom of the sixth inning provided the margin of victory Thursday night as the Ohio County Eagles downed visiting Apollo 10-9 at Leach Field. Lykins’ hit made a winner of Chris Logsdon who went the distance to pick up the mound win.
Each team scored once in the first inning with Apollo pushing across seven in the top of the second for an 8-1 lead. Ohio County responded with five in their second at-bat to keep the game close and tied it with two more runs in the bottom of the third. Apollo went up 9-8 with a run in the top of the fourth.
The score stayed 9-8 until the last of the sixth, which started with Apollo reliever Jacob Sumner getting the first two OCHS batters out. But Brennon Leach singled, followed by another hit by Nate Morris to set the stage for Lykins’ long blast to deep left-centerfield, driving in both runners ahead of him. Logsdon finished strong, striking out AHS’ Jason Taylor for the final out with a potential tying run on third base.
Colton Black, Leach, Morris, and Lykins had two hits each for the winners with Kiah Gledhill and T.J. Smith also driving in a pair of runs.
Apollo(7-12) 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 — 9 10 2 Ohio Co.(14-7) 1 5 2 0 0 2 x — 10 12 3
WP-Logsdon. LP-Sumner. 2B-Leach, Lykins (OC), Shuler (AHS).
Next game: 4/28 — Grayson Co. at Ohio Co. — 5:30 p.m.