03/29/2024
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BaseballCade Allen knocked in Aidan Russ with the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Bladen County edged Lockwood Folly 5-4 Saturday in the Buddy Burney Dixie Youth Baseball AA Scholarship Games at Clarkton.

Russ led off the home sixth with a single, moved up when Neveah Singletary belted a single and raced home with the game-ending run on Allen’s walk-off hit.

Bladen County grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning as Jonah Bryan smacked a lead-off single and Russ hammered a double to drive him in. Allen drove in Russ with a hit.

After Lockwood Folly pulled even at 2-2 in the second, Allen slugged a solo home run in the fourth inning to edge the Bladen team ahead 3-2.

Lockwood Folly leap-frogged in front at 4-3 in the top of the fifth, but Hunter Hester started a Bladen rally in the bottom of the inning with a single. Chason Harris tied the game with a single that scored Hester.

Allen led the Bladen hitters with a perfect 3-3 day at the plate that included a home run and 3 runs batted in. Harris finished a perfect 2-2 at the plate and drove in a run.

Russ batted 2-3 with a run-scoring double. Bryan, Singletary, and Conner Monroe collected one hit each for the winners.

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