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Bobcats fall to Wayne County
With the whole team minus Brett White in action, the Bobcats tried to rebound from a close lose to district leader Monterey with a win at Wayne Co, KY.The game was changed almost immediately when Jacob Wright was ejected before the 3rd Bobcat batter even stepped to the plate. Later, senior Cody Elmore, the starting pitcher would come out with a arm injury. After a brief flash of offense in the 3rd inning when the cats scored 4 runs on a Jeremiah Copeland drive, the Bobcats bowed out with a 14-4 loss. Due to injuries and ejections, almost all Bobcat players got into the game
getting the younger cats experience for next year. One bright spot in the game was Freshman Evan Key pitching in relief and showing he is capable of giving the team valuable innings down the stretch. Pickett Co will be without the services of 4 seniors and Brett White who is still injured in their next 2 games.
Wright 1-1 SB
Copeland 2-3 Double SB 3 RBI
Sells 1-3
Cummings 3-3 3 SB
Brannum 1-1 SB
Young Bobcats Shine in WIn
With 4 seniors gone on sr. trip and Brett White still injured, several first year Bobcats got a chance to shine against Monticello KY. Key contributions from regular starters got PIckett Co on the board first with Jon Sells reaching on a hit, then stealing 2nd and Joe Dowdy driving him home. The first inning ended without any more bobcat runs. With Freshman Evan Key making his first varsity pitching start and only Joe Dowdy with pitching experience backing him up, the team was counting on a big game from the young freshman. He delivered in a big time way. Key stuck out 7
in the game, but the easy ground balls he got his infield was the key to the game. Evan forced the home team to hit weak grounders and Brody Cook, Jim Brannum, and Sam Cummings made the put outs to sit the home team down with no damage. Wtih the outfield getting little action Matt Cook made possibly the best play of the game. With a close game that could have gone either way and Monticello with runners on base, Matt chased down a long fly ball from his center field position to deep left field and made the catch at the fence. The defense made plays all game for their pitcher, but the offense also allowed him to pitch with the lead. Regular starters
Sells and Dowdy combined to go 7-8 with 6 stolen bases between them and 3 runs, and all 4 RBI’s. Matt Cook also got his first career hit and then added a double. In his first start, Matt reached base in all 3 at bats and showed that he will be a big part of next year’s team. Mat Benner also reached base twice in his first start and showed a talent for aggressive base running. Mat stole 2 bases and scored on a Sells hit. With only 3 games remaining before district tournament the Bobcats hope Dowdy and
Sells continue their hot hitting along with Cummings who is showing signs of being a dangerous hitter. Evan is still recovering from an earlier injury and hopes to get back to early form where he was hitting everything that crossed the plate. With these 4 having a good week, and the seniors coming back the Bobcats are making a push to return to region tournament.
Final Score Pickett Co 4 Monticello 3.
Sells 3-4 3 SB 3 runs RBI
Dowdy 4-4 3 SB 3 RBI
Cook 3-3 SB
Benner BB HBP 2 SB run
Bobcats beat Monticello 5-2
Monday the 28th Pickett Co beat Monticello 5-2 in a game that was called after only 5 innings for rain. James Gibson got the win on the mound. Jacob Wright and Gibson both scored in the first inning on RBI's by Dowdy and Copeland. In the 2nd inning Pickett Co added another run on a Brody Cook RBI. The bobcats were able to add 2 more runs in their half of the 4th inning before the game was called. With district tourny coming up the Bobcats look to get healthy and keep their winning streak alive.
Wright 1-2 Run SB
Gibson 2-2 Run 4 SB
Dowdy 1-2 RBI
Copeland 1-2 RBI
Sells 1-2
Key 1-1 Run 4 SB
Cummings 1-2
Cook RBI