LC wins 10th consecutive game
The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs control their own path to the Southern Hills Athletic Conference Division I title as they defeated the Eastern Brown Warriors, 8-3 Thursday at EHS.
LC has three SHAC games left on their schedule, with a conference record of 9-1 in the conference. Overall, the Mustangs are 14-2 on the season. In SHAC games, the Mustangs host North Adams on May 1, Ripley on May 3 and will travel to Whiteoak on May 6.
In their win on Thursday night against the Warriors, the Mustangs scored all their runs from the fourth through seventh innings.
In the fourth, LC put the first run on the board with a 1-0 advantage. In the fifth, LC added three more runs, followed by a two-run sixth and a two-run seventh.
The Warriors scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the seventh.
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LC combined for nine hits and eight runs, along with seven RBIs and three extra base hits.
Chaz Lanier, Josh Bauer and Gage Waits each had two hits with Lanier going 2-for-2 with two runs and one RBI. Lanier has a double and a triple.
Bauer finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Waits was 2-for-4 (a double) with one run and one RBI.
Christian Inman was hit by a pitch.
LC left five runners stranded and had five steals, with Pierson having two steals.
Cory Snider allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and one walk in six innings. He struck out five batters.
Pierson pitched one inning of relief, 11 pitches total, finishing with one strikeout and one walk.