Mustangs move to 3-4 overall with win against Eastern
The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs broke a three-game losing streak on Monday, and along the way gained a Southern Hills Athletic Conference League win as well.
LC defeated the Eastern Brown Warriors, 12-4 at LCHS, moving them to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the SHAC.
The Mustangs scored one run in each of the first five innings, taking a 5-4 lead after the fifth was complete. LC broke the game away with a seven-run bottom of the sixth inning.
Three LC players had two hits in the win, with Blake Croy finishing 2-for-3 with one run and three RBIs.
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Also with two hits were Christian Inman (two runs, one RBI) and Morgan Ryan (one run, one RBI).
In all, the Mustangs totaled nine hits. The other three hits were from Cory Snider (three walks, three RBIs, four stolen bases), Andrew Reuss and Kendall Vilvens.
Eight of the nine LC batters finished the Eastern win with at least one RBI. Devin Pierson, Ryan and Wesley Smith each had two walks.
LC committed five errors.
Pierson was the winning pitcher, as he went 5.1 innings for the Mustangs. He allowed two earned runs on five hits and five walks. He struck out five, as he faced 30 batters. The LC junior threw 105 pitches.
Bricen Hess pitched 1.2 innings (28 pitches), giving up no runs or hits in the six batters he faced for the save.
In previous games, LC defeated Piketon, 3-2 on April 1, followed by three consecutive losses to Zane Trace and Lakota West by 7-1 scores on April 4 and 11, followed by a 10-0 loss, also on April 11, to Springboro.