TABOR CITY – Elizabethtown exploded for 6 runs in the sixth inning to clinch an 11-6 victory over Hope Mills National in the Dixie Youth Baseball North Carolina AA (Coach-Pitch) State Tournament.
Elizabethtown advances to another elimination game Monday against the Columbus County/South Park loser. If Elizabethtown wins, they will play again at 8 p.m. Monday.
Zach Sholar and Tyler Lewis started the Elizabethtown first inning with infield hits, and Dawson Wright forced Sholar at third base. Mason Smith slapped a single to centerfield that scored Tyler Lewis.
Ryan Dove belted a single to centerfield that scored Wright, and Jake Gooden swatted a single to centerfield that scored Smith for a 3-0 lead.
Isaiah Robinson beat out an infield hit to start the Elizabethtown third inning. Sholar laced a single to left-centerfield, and Wright’s fielder’s choice scored Robinson.
Colton Daly yanked a single to rightfield in the Elizabethtown fifth. Ahmarie White cracked a single to rightfield, and Easton Bostic’s fielder’s choice scored Daly.
Sholar led off the Elizabethtown sixth with a single to rightfield, and Tyler Lewis hammered a double to left-centerfield. Wright yanked a single into leftfield that scored Sholar.
Davion Lewis smashed a double to centerfield that brought home Tyler Lewis. Smith slammed a double to left-centerfield that scored Wright.
Gooden smashed a double to left that plated Davion Lewis, and Daly delivered a double to leftfield that scored Smith. White’s fielder’s choice plated Gooden with the final run.
Sholar batted 3-3 and scored a run. Tyler Lewis finished 2-3 at the plate with 2 runs scored. Gooden was 2-3 with a double, 2 rbi’s and one run scored.
Smith batted 2-3 with a double, 2 rbi’s and 2 runs scored. Daly finished 2-3 at the plate with a double, an rbi and a run scored. Davion Lewis doubled in a run and scored one.
White, Robinson, Dove and Wright added one hit each. Wright drove in 2 runs, and Dove, White and Bostic had one rbi each. Wright scored 2 runs, and Robinson scored one.