JACKETS TOP WHITLEY

Whitley County starter Steven Watson hurls a pitch early in the game. 

The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets pounded out 18 hits and took advantage of six Whitley County errors to post a 20-7 victory over their archrivals Monday afternoon at WCHS.

“We needed some steam like this,” Williamsburg Coach John Mountjoy said. “We have dealt with some injuries and we just needed something to pump us up. We couldn’t ask for anything better than what they gave us right there.”

“This was big time, the kids really stepped up,” Mountjoy said. “It was a little surprising after they beat Corbin to get a win like this. I know they (Whitley Co) have a good team, they are young and they are battling some injuries too.”

“I believe in my kids 100 percent and I think if they come out and play like this we can play well. This is our game, we are going to kick the ball around a couple of times and we did, but one through nine (hitters) we think we can hit the ball. We just have to get over the hump,” Mountjoy said.

The Jackets pounded out 18 hits against Whitley County pitchers Steve Watson and Corey Crisologo. Jonathan Teague, Logan Hamblin, Hunter Williams and Jared Barton had three hits each in the win that upped the Williamsburg record to 11-13 on the season and 1-4 in district play.

The Colonels fell to 8-7 overall and 1-2 in district play.

Whitley County took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but the Jackets came back with two runs in the top of the second, tying the game at 2-2.

The Jackets scored eight runs in the top of the fourth. Michael Dylan Rose drove in two runs on an infield error that got the streak started. When the inning was over the Jackets owned a 10-2 lead.

Austin Ysidro cut the lead by scoring in the bottom of the inning when he hit a double to center field.

Williamsburg pushed the lead to 14-3 in the top of the fifth. Micah Purdie led the charge with a two-run triple scoring Dalton Sizemore and Hunter Williams. Donnie Bowlin and Purdie crossed the plate before the inning was over.

Senior Johnny Mahan tried to rally the Colonels in the bottom of the inning when he hit a one-out inside the park home run Crisologo on base. Ysidro followed with a hit and Watson smacked a double as the Colonels posted four runs in the inning, including Watson who later scored on a sacrifice to cut the lead to 14-7.

The Jackets added two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh for the 13-run victory.

Williamsburg 20, Whitley Co. 7

Williamsburg            020  842  4- 20  18  3

Whitley Co.            200  140  0-   7    7  6

Watson, Crisologo (4) and Lewis. Hamblin, Teague (4) and Purdie. W-Hamblin, L-Teague. 2B-Teague (W), Barton (W), Watson (WC). 3B-Purdie (W). HR-Mahan (WC).