BILL LUSK | WVOW SPORTS
MAN Caleb Blevins hit for the cycle and drove in four runs, and Colton Miller had four RBIs as Class A No. 3 Man defeated Mingo Central 15-0 in five innings Monday evening at William C. Tootie Carter Field.
Blevins was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, scoring two runs and driving in four runs. He tripled to center in the first inning, hit a 400-plus foot home run to left field in the second inning, had a infield single in the third and completed the cycle with a double to center field in the fourth inning.
Blevins’ cycle was one highlight in a big offensive night for the Hillbillies.
Miller drove in a season high four runs while Preston Blankenship had three hits and Brady Hall-Montgomery finished with two hits and drove in two runs for Man, who also got a hit and two RBIs from Jace Adkins, one hit and one RBI from Braxton Messer.
Gavyn Cline and Bo Thompson each had one hit and Caleb Vance drove in one run for the Hillbillies.
Man scored a run in the first, four in the second, two in the third and eight in the fourth.
Two Man pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout. Vance earned the win after allowing one hit with two strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. Brayden Compton tossed 2 2/3 innings of one-hit relief striking out four and walking one.
Kenneth Smith suffered the loss for Mingo Central. He started and threw four innings giving up 15 runs, 11 earned, on 13 hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Aiden Dove pitched a scoreless inning of relief allowing just one hit and issuing one walk.
Tyler Mitchem singled in the first and third inning for Mingo Central’s lone two hits.
Logan 13, Wayne 3
LOGAN Korbin Bostic drove in four runs and pitched three effective innings, Jake Ramey drove in three runs and Garrett Williamson had two RBIs as Class AA No. 1 Logan beat Wayne 13-3 Monday night at Roger E. Gertz Field
Bostic, Ramey and Williamson each had two hits for Logan, who has won 11 straight games going back to last season, improved to 7-0 this season.
Bostic had a double and triple and was credited with the win on the mound for Logan. Bostic started for the Wildcats and allowed two runs on four hits in three innings while striking out seven and walking one. Chad Burnette allowed one run in two innings of relief. He walked one, struck out one and didn’t allow a hit.
Wayne had just four hits in the contest. Ike Chinn led the Pioneers with two hits and one RBI. Levi Cassidy had one hit and one RBI while Kiah Napier had one hit.
Brady Dyer took the loss for Wayne after allowing six runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings allowing four walks and striking out one. Peyton Davis allowed seven runs on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings of relief. Davis walked four and struck out three. Parker Adkins pitched 2/3 innings of hitless relief and struck out one.
Dawson Maynard tripled and drove in one run while Aiden Slack added one hit to go along with one RBI for Logan.
Carson Kirk had one hit and scored three runs while Konner Lowe had one hit for the Wildcats.
Winfield 6, Chapmanville 5 (8 innings)
WINFIELD Winfield’s Dylan Kuhl was hit with the bases loaded in the eighth inning as Winfield rallied to defeat Chapmanville at Winfield High School.
The Generals tied the contest in the bottom of the sixth on Karson Frye’s leadoff home run to tie the game 5-5.
Chapmanville had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth when Tyson Thompson was hit by the pitch with the bases loaded.
The Tigers struck for two runs in the top of the third inning, but Winfield scored four in the bottom of the third to take a 4-2 lead.
Chapmanville tied it with two runs in the top of the fourth and the game remained tied until Chapmanville took the lead with a run in the sixth.
Evan Plumley had two hits and drove in two runs for Chapmanville. Brody Dalton and Will Kirkendall each had two hits and drove in a run while Trey Butcher had two hits and scored two runs for the Tigers.
Andrew Farley, Talan Thompson and Jacob Topping each had one hit with Tyson Thompson driving in one run for the Tigers.
Frye had two hits and two RBIs and Kuhl one hit and two RBIs for Winfield at the plate. The Generals got a hit and one RBI from Jaxson Cunningham and one hit each from Bray Boggs, Kaleb Henson, Grey Miller and Maddox Shafer.
Jon Alderman allowed one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one to earn the win in relief of starter Boggs. Boggs allowed four runs, two earned, on six hits in 3 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out two.
Ian Plumley allowed one run on one hit in two innings and suffered the loss for Chapmanville. Plumley walked four and struck out one in relief of starter Evan Plumley, who allowed five runs on nine hits struck out eight and walked one in 5 2/3 innings. Dalton faced two batters in the eighth, hitting both batters he faced.