Wyatt Crothers pitches no-hitter against Cincinnati Fury
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The Highland County Press-
In the nightcap of a doubleheader on Tuesday, Hillsboro's Wyatt Crothers pitched a no-hitter for Post 129, as the Hillsboro squad defeated the Cincinnati Fury, 9-0.
The first game of the DH saw Hillsboro win by a 7-6 score. The two wins move Post 129 to 11-29 on the year.
As for the pitching of Crothers in the second game on Tuesday, he didn't disappoint. In seven innings pitched, Crothers allowed no runs on no hits, five walks and one hit batter.
Crothers finished with two strikeouts and threw 96 pitches.
One of his two strikeouts came against the first batter of the game with a called third strike. Following a walk, Crothers forced a fly ball to left field and a groundout to the shortstop to end the inning.
Crothers faced four batters in the second inning as well, with an unassisted out at first base, followed by a fly out to right field, a walk and groundout to the shortstop to end the inning.
There were two walks in the third, but Crothers also forced a fly out to centerfield, along with a 5-3 out, and the inning came to a close with an ground ball to the shortstop.
It was three up, three down in the fourth, and in the fifth, Crothers faced four batters, before the final out of the inning came on a fielder's choice.
[[In-content Ad]]In the sixth, the lone base runner of the inning came off an infield error with one out, but the runner was left on the bases with a fly out to first and a popup to the second baseman.
The final three outs came with a fly out to right field, followed by a hit batter, a line out in centerfield and the no-hitter was complete by ending the game how it started … with a strikeout.
There was a lot of offense by the Hillsboro squad as well, including three runs in the first inning, followed by a four-run second. The scoring was finalized in the fifth with the final two Post 129 runs.
The first inning for Post 129 sent the tone offensively with Jared Halley hitting a two-run home run with Blake Hildebrant on the bases following a lead-off double. Joey Wilson also scored a run in the inning off a single by Tyler Williams.
Halley finished the game 2-for-4. Hildebrant also had two hits.
Scoring runs in the second were Ryan Inman, Halley, Wilson and Zach Cox.
Hillsboro's final two runs were scored by Ty Crum and Stephen Pappas in the fifth. Pappas collected two hits in the game.
Post 129 finished with 10 total hits.
The first game of the DH saw Hillsboro win by a 7-6 score. The two wins move Post 129 to 11-29 on the year.
As for the pitching of Crothers in the second game on Tuesday, he didn't disappoint. In seven innings pitched, Crothers allowed no runs on no hits, five walks and one hit batter.
Crothers finished with two strikeouts and threw 96 pitches.
One of his two strikeouts came against the first batter of the game with a called third strike. Following a walk, Crothers forced a fly ball to left field and a groundout to the shortstop to end the inning.
Crothers faced four batters in the second inning as well, with an unassisted out at first base, followed by a fly out to right field, a walk and groundout to the shortstop to end the inning.
There were two walks in the third, but Crothers also forced a fly out to centerfield, along with a 5-3 out, and the inning came to a close with an ground ball to the shortstop.
It was three up, three down in the fourth, and in the fifth, Crothers faced four batters, before the final out of the inning came on a fielder's choice.
[[In-content Ad]]In the sixth, the lone base runner of the inning came off an infield error with one out, but the runner was left on the bases with a fly out to first and a popup to the second baseman.
The final three outs came with a fly out to right field, followed by a hit batter, a line out in centerfield and the no-hitter was complete by ending the game how it started … with a strikeout.
There was a lot of offense by the Hillsboro squad as well, including three runs in the first inning, followed by a four-run second. The scoring was finalized in the fifth with the final two Post 129 runs.
The first inning for Post 129 sent the tone offensively with Jared Halley hitting a two-run home run with Blake Hildebrant on the bases following a lead-off double. Joey Wilson also scored a run in the inning off a single by Tyler Williams.
Halley finished the game 2-for-4. Hildebrant also had two hits.
Scoring runs in the second were Ryan Inman, Halley, Wilson and Zach Cox.
Hillsboro's final two runs were scored by Ty Crum and Stephen Pappas in the fifth. Pappas collected two hits in the game.
Post 129 finished with 10 total hits.