ELIZABETHTOWN – Davion Lewis pitched a no-hitter and struck out 12 batters to lead Emereau Bladen to an 11-1 non-conference middle school baseball victory over Clarkton School of Discovery Thursday at Bladen County Park.
Claxton Tatum was hit by a pitch and scored the Clarkton run in the 4th run. Keyshawn Kemp walked in the 5th inning to account for the other Blue Devil baserunner against Lewis.
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Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
Lewis and Jake Gooden slammed back-to-back doubles in the 1st inning to account for the first Aviator run. Catcher Josh Dawson knocked in Gooden with the 2nd Clarkton run.
Easton Bostic drew a walk to begin the Emereau 2nd inning and raced home when Cade Rogers smacked a single. Tyler Eason belted a single that scored Rogers and padded the lead to 4-0.
Rogers led off the Emereau 4th inning with a single but was retired on Zach Sholar’s fielder’s choice. Eason and Lewis cracked singles that brought home Sholar, and 3 CSD errors allowed Lewis and Gooden to score and stretch the Aviator lead to 7-1.
Landyn Scott, Sholar and Eason swatted consecutive 2-out singles in the Emereau 5th inning that plated Scott. Lewis walloped a triple that scored Sholar and Eason. Lewis then scored to end the game on the mercy rule.
Eason turned in a 3-for-4 game at the plate, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. Lewis batted 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, 3 runs scored and 3 runs batted in to lead the Aviator hitters. Sholar also finished 3-for-4 with a run scored and 2 RBIs. Rogers batted a perfect 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI. Gooden was 2-for-3 with a double, 2 runs scored and an RBI.
Sholar finished 2-for-4 at the plate with 2 runs scored. Bostic, Josh Dawson and Scott added 1 hit each. Bostic also scored a run.
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