Rally in Ninth Not Enough for Blowfish; Streak Snapped in Forest City
June 9, 2016 - Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain)
Lexington County Blowfish News Release
FOREST CITY, N.C. -- Lexington County loaded the bases and brought the tying run to the plate with nobody out in the ninth inning but could not muster up the offence to bring the game any closer than a three run ballgame. They fell to the Owls tonight 7-4.
Forest City got off to a fast start in the home half of the first plating three runs, two of which came off the bat of Bradley Haslem (Air Force) on a single in the first.
Lexington County clawed back in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Adam Yacek (Miami, OH) but went silent until the ninth.
Forest City capitalized on Blowfish errors and walks throughout the ballgame and extended their lead to 7-1 headed into the top of the ninth.
The Blowfish got off to a fast start in the ninth, as Jordan Wren (Georgia Southern), Brett Auckland (Presbyterian), and Yacek started the inning with three consecutive singles. Mason Dodd (Lander) and Sam Brooks (Bethune Cookman) followed up with back to back base hits to plate two.
Forest City went to their pen and right-hander Chaz Miller (Bluefield College) to shut the door on the Blowfish.
Miller would go onto set Reed Gray (Lander) and Kyle Carruthers (UNC Asheville) down on strikes.
After a wild pitch plated another Blowfish run, Miller got Clint Carr (Valdosta State) to fly out to center to finish out the ballgame.
Lexington County's winning streak is snapped at 6, they come back home to take on the Savannah Bananas tomorrow night at Lexington County Baseball Stadium. Coverage begins on z93.1 FM at 6:50p.m. and first pitch is at 7:05p.m.
• Discuss this story on the Coastal Plain League message board...
Coastal Plain League Stories from June 9, 2016
- Salamanders Split Double Header - Holly Springs Salamanders
- Rally in Ninth Not Enough for Blowfish; Streak Snapped in Forest City - Lexington County Blowfish
- Marlins Sink SwampDogs' Rally - Fayetteville SwampDogs
- Pilots Oust Generals - Peninsula Pilots
- Beer, Band, and School's Out Celebration Tonight - Wilson Tobs
- Steamers Beat Tobs, Sweep Series - Edenton Steamers
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
