Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
BLADENBORO – St. Pauls rode a pair of 6-run innings to a 15-1 Three Rivers Conference baseball victory over West Bladen Tuesday night.
The Knights took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Junior Nolan Bryant raked a single to left field, and senior Shawn Oxendine was hit by a pitch. Junior Colby White beat out an infield hit, and Bryant raced home all the way from second base on the play.
The Bulldogs used two errors, a hit and two passed balls to score 3 runs in the third inning. St. Pauls scored 6 runs in the fourth inning on 6 hits, a walk and a passed third strike. St. Pauls closed the game out with a 6-run fifth inning on 4 hits and 4 walks.
Bryant batted 2-2 with a run scored, and White had the run-scoring single.
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Joshua Henderson batted 3-4 with 2 runs scored to lead the Bulldogs. Erikison Emanuel finished 2-4 with 2 runs batted in and a run scored. Chance Tyler Baker batted 2-4 with an rbi and a run scored.
Marcus Johnson pitched the first 3 innings for the Bulldogs and allowed a run on 2 hits while striking out four. JadaKyss Glover-Graham worked 2 innings of one-hit relief and struck out two.
Junior Logan West pitched the first 3.1 innings for West Bladen and allowed 7 runs – 4 earned – on 6 hits while striking out three. White pitched 0.2 innings of relief and allowed 2 runs on 3 hits while striking out one. Freshman Kaiden Stanley worked 0.2 innings and gave up 5 runs on a hit and 4 walks while striking out one. Senior Derrick Long pitched 0.1 innings and allowed a run on 3 hits.
West Bladen will travel to South Columbus Friday night.
St. Pauls 003 66 – 15-13-0
West Bladen 010 00 – 1 – 3 – 2
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