CLARKTON – Jayden Bethea and Brooks Carroll combined to pitch a 3-hit shutout and strike-out 8 batters as Bladen County defeated South Columbus 4-0 Saturday in the opening round of the Dixie Youth Baseball District 2 Majors Tournament.
Bladen County will play Whiteville Sunday at 2:30 in a winners’ bracket game. Whiteville received an opening round bye.
Bethea started and pitched 3.1 innings, allowing 2 hits and a walk while striking out 4. Carroll worked the final 2.2 innings on the hill and allowed a hit and 2 walks while striking out 4.
Drake Gause walked in the Bladen 1st inning, stole a base and scored on an error.
Bladen tacked on 3 more runs in the 3rd inning. Bethea and Peyton Johnson drew walks, and Gaston Russ knocked in Bethea with a single to right field. An error on Sawyer King’s grounder to shortstop scored Johnson and Gaston Russ as the lead grew to 4-0.
Gaston Russ and Gauge King belted singles for Bladen County. Russ, Gause, Bethea and Johnson scored runs, and Gaston Russ drove in a run.
Walker Smith walloped a 2-out 1st inning triple for South Columbus, but Bethea struck out the next batter to end the threat.
Bladen County Majors All-Stars (pictured at top) are:
Front row (Left-Right) Sawyer King, Keithan Russ, Dalton Ammons, Gauge King, Drake Gause
Second Row (L-R): Landon Gause, Gaston Russ, Brooks Carroll, Jayden Bethea, Payton Johnson, Oxiel Campos.
Back Row (L-R): Coach John Ammons, Manager Joseph Russ, Coach Cley Carroll, Coach Aaron Russ
Bladen County 103 000 — 4
South Columbus 000 000 — 0
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