Blan’s Matt Adkins (Elizabeth Clark Photo)
LEES CREEK — Drey Dees and Matt Adkins combined for 14 strikeouts and Blanchester put the game away with a big seventh, stopping East Clinton 9-2 Monday on the EC diamond.
The Wildcats are 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the SBAAC National Division. East Clinton drops to 0-6, 0-2.
”My only two complaints is it took way too long to get the big frame we got in the seventh,” BHS manager Aaron Lawson said of his team’s five-run outburst. “We should have had two or three of those. We also got picked off three times. I love being aggressive on the bases, but there is such a thing as being over aggressive.”
Dees started and pitched three innings with eight strikeouts then Adkins followed with four innings of six-strikeout ball to get the win.
”Two great pitching performances from Drey and Matt,” Lawson said. “Getting out of a huge two runners on, no out jam in the fourth. Our strike percentage was over 60 percentage and we had no fielding errors. That is a recipe for a lot of wins.”
Bryce Sipple drove in three runs for Blanchester.
SUMMARY
April 10, 2023
@East Clinton High School
Blanchester 9, East Clinton 2
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EC^0^2^0^0^0^0^0^(2-5-6)
(9) BLANCHESTER (ab-r-h-rbi) J. Wymer 4-3-2-1 Dick 4-1-1-1 J. Wymer 2-2-0-1 Sipple 4-1-2-3 Miller 2-0-1-0 Adkins 1-1-1-1 Dees 3-0-1-1 Elston 3-0-0-0 Sears 1-0-0-0 Mueller 3-0-1-0 TOTALS 32-9-9-8
(2) EAST CLINTON (ab-r-h-rbi) Collom 3-0-1-0 Kimmey 3-0-0-0 Beiting 0-0-0-0 Runk 1-0-0-0 Dunn 3-0-2-0 Lilly 4-0-0-0 Ellis 3-0-0-0 Huff 2-1-1-0 Warner 1-0-0-0 Rider 3-0-0-0 Baker 3-1-1-1 TOTALS 26-2-5-1
2B: B-Sipple, J. Wymer, Dees, Adkins
3B: EC-Baker
HBP: EC-Dunn Warner; B-Mueller, Adkins
SB: B-J. Wymer 2, Roush, Dees, Adkins
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Blanchester
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Adkins (W)^4^1^0^0^0^6
East Clinton
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Beiting^1^3^5^3^1^2
Runk^1^0^0^0^0^2
