ELIZABETHTOWN – A trio of Elizabethtown pitchers – Ty Mathis, Evan Pait and Chase Knight – combined to pitch a 5-inning no-hitter Tuesday to lead the Cougars to a 14-0 Bladen Five Middle School Conference baseball victory over Tar Heel.
Mathis pitched the first 3 innings to pick up the victory, striking out seven batters and walking one. Pait relieved and pitched 1.2 innings, walking one and striking out one. Knight came on in the fifth to strike out the only batter that he faced.
Chase Starkloff slammed a double to centerfield to start the Cougar first inning, and Jackson Wright drove him in with a single. Wright stole second base and advanced on a passed ball. Pait’s fielder’s choice scored Wright for a 2-0 lead.
Mathis lined a one-out double in the third inning, and Pait knocked him in with a double. Coleman Tatum smashed a double that scored Pait. Ahmad Powell belted a single that scored Coleman Tatum. Powell raced home on Korey Smith’s single for a 6-0 lead.
Starkloff led off the Cougar fourth with a single, and Wright hammered a triple to drive him in. Walks to Elijah Bullard and Mathis loaded the bases. An infield fly almost resulted in a triple play, but a disputed call on a tag up resulted in just two outs and Wright scored on the play.
Coleman Tatum smacked a single that scored Mathis. Weston Hatcher laced a single that scored Coleman Tatum. Zamar Lewis rapped a single that scored Hatcher. Korey Smith smashed a double that scored Lewis.
Starkloff reached base on a passed third strike, and Wright reached base on an error that scored Korey Smith. Starkloff reached base as Bullard reached base on an error.
Korey Smith batted 2-2 with a double, a run scored and a run batted in to lead the Cougar hitters. Wright finished 2-3 at the plate with a triple and 2 rbi’s. Coleman Tatum batted 2-3 with a double, 2 runs scored and 2 rbi’s.
Pait batted 2-4 with a double, 2 rbi’s and a run scored. Starkloff finished 2-4 at the plate with a double and 3 runs scored. Mathis doubled and scored a run. Hatcher, Powell, and Lewis collected one hit each and scored one run each. Powell had one rbi.
Destin Montgomery started on the mound for Tar Heel.
The victory clinched a tie for the Bladen Five title for Elizabethtown. Coach Larry Williams’ Cougars, now 4-1, need only a victory over Clarkton School of Discovery Thursday or a Bladenboro loss to Tar Heel to win the title outright.
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