BLADENBORO – Elizabethtown led Bladenboro 5-4 Wednesday in a non-conference baseball game that was suspended after 6 innings due to confusion about the number of innings required to complete a game.
During the debate at the end of the 6th inning, the umpires departed, so when the teams tried to resume play they couldn’t. Tentative plans are to complete the game when the teams play again at Elizabethtown.
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Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
Torrean Cogdell led off the game with a single, and C. J McCracken blasted a triple to center field that scored Cogdell. Colton Daly reached base on an error that plated McCracken, and Daly advanced on a pair of wild pitches and scored to put the Cougars on top 3-0.
The Bulldogs put a couple of baserunners on in the home 1st, but Cougar shortstop Braylon Cromartie speared Hunter Hester’s line drive, stepped on 2nd base and fired to first baseman Isaiah Lee to complete a triple play and end the inning.
Cromartie and Ayden Williams drew walks to begin the Elizabethtown 4th inning, and Cromartie darted home on a wild pitch. Keon Whittington cracked a 2-out single, and Cogdell knocked in Williams with a single to center field that padded the lead to 5-0.
Chase Bryan led off the Bulldog 4th inning with a single to right field, Corben Chadwick spanked a single to right, and Andrew Wren walked. Jonah Bryan drove in Chase Bryan with a single, and Chadwick was thrown out at 3rd base. Gavin Elks walked, and Hester crushed a double to left field that scored Wren, Jonah Bryan and Elks and sliced the Cougar lead to 5-4.
Cogdell batted 2-for-3 with a run batted in and a run scored for the Cougars. McCracken drilled the RBI triple and scored a run. McArthur and Whittington added 1 hit each. Daly, Cromartie and Williams scored 1 run each.
Chase Bryan batted 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Bulldogs. Hester slugged the 3-run double. Jonah Bryan, Elks, Chadwick and Wren connected for 1 hit each. Jonah Bryan, Elks and Wren scored runs, and Jonah Bryan had an RBI.
McCracken allowed 5 runs on 7 hits and 6 walks, while striking out four. Hester started and pitched 2 innings for the Bulldogs, giving up 3 runs -2 earned – on 3 hits and a walk while striking out two. Ashton Davis relieved and worked the final 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks while striking out nine.
Bladenboro will host Clarkton School of Discovery Monday, while Elizabethtown will host Tar Heel Tuesday.
Elizabethtown 300 200 – 5-5
Bladenboro 000 400 – 4- 7
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