Mustangs split doubleheader vs. Bearcats
The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs split a doubleheader on Saturday with the Paint Valley Bearcats, losing game one, 10-6 and winning game two, 12-11.
LC (5-2) scored in five of the seven innings played, starting with the first inning where they took a one-run lead at 1-0.
Both teams scored a run in the second, and both were scoreless in the third with LC holding onto a 2-1 advantage.
Then everything changed and the scoreboard operator had to crunch some numbers, as PV (1-4-1) scored four runs in the top half of the inning, while the Mustangs, not to be outdone, scored seven runs in their half of the fourth for a 9-5 advantage.
LC added two more runs in the fifth, but in the sixth, the visiting Bearcats scored two runs. In the seventh, PV scored two more runs, tying the score at 11-11.
The Bearcats rallied for a walk-off win to end the day, scoring one run in the bottom of the seventh for the one-run win.
Morgan Ryan led LC at 4-for-5 with one run and one RBI.
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Chaz Lanier was 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs, including a double and triple.
With one hit each were Ryan Inman, Andrew Reuss and Kendall Vilvens. LC had one other player score two runs in Cory Snider, who also had an RBI. Reuss also had an RBI.
Josh Bauer tallied an RBI, while Wes Smith and Gage Waits each had a run and RBI. Noah Scott score one run, as did Devin Pierson.
LC forced seven walks in the win.
Waits was the winning pitcher for LC. He went 5.2 innings, allowing nine runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk. Waits struck out three and threw 125 pitches.
In the game one loss, LC trailed 2-1 after the first inning, then tied the score at 2-2 after three complete. In the top of the fourth, PV scored five runs, followed by LC scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth.
PV answered with a three-run sixth, but LC couldn't rally in the seventh, scoring just two of the six runs needed.
In the loss, Snider went 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs. Two of his four hits were doubles.
Lanier and Reuss also had RBIs, and Inman hit a double.