Wilmington’s baseball team meets during Friday’s game against East Clinton (Submitted Photo)
Wilmington celebrates its win over East Clinton Friday (Submitted Photo)
Wilmington’s Bryson Platt with a running catch in the outfield Friday against East Clinton (Submitted Photo)
East Clinton’s Carson Henry delivers a pitch during Friday’s game against Wilmington (Elizabeth Clark Photo)
East Clinton’s Landen Dunn squares to bunt during Friday’s game against Wilmington (Elizabeth Clark Photo)
Wilmington defeated East Clinton 4-3 Friday (Submitted Photo)
Jake Stephens of Wilmington delivered the game-winning hit Friday against East Clinton (Elizabeth Clark Photo)
Wilmington’s Josh Tolliver with the infield catch Friday against East Clinton (Elizabeth Clark Photo)
WILMINGTON — Jake Stephens drilled a run-scoring bases loaded single giving the Wilmington baseball team a 4-3 win over county rival East Clinton Friday on the WHS baseball field.
The win was the first of the year for the Hurricane after losing its first two by identical 3-2 scores.
“It sure feels good to get a W,” said Hurricane head coach Brian Tolliver. “We have hurt ourselves with too many walks and errors but today we overcame a lot of adversity, came from behind twice and hopefully we can cut down the walks and errors in the future.”
East Clinton had a chance to go ahead in the top of the seventh but WHS reliever Talen Oberlin induced Landen Dunn to fly out to center field leaving the potential go ahead runners on base.
Brayden Black was safe on an error at short to open the last of the seventh and Bryson Platt was hit by a pitch. The runners moved up on a wild pitch.
After Joshua Tolliver was intentionally walked to load the bases, the stage was set for Stephens, who delivered the game winner in walk-off fashion with a clean base-hit up the middle.
Wilmington will face Clinton-Massie on Monday, while the Astros travel to Ripley also on Monday.
SUMMARY
March 29, 2024
@Wilmington High School
Hurricane 4, Astros 3
EC^0^0^0^1^2^0^0^^3-2-1
W^0^0^0^2^0^1^1^^4-6-1
(3) EAST CLINTON (ab-r-h-rbi) Huff 3-0-0-0 Lilly 3-1-1-0 Warner 3-1-1-0 Day 2-0-0-0 Rider 4-0-0-0 Spurlock 0-0-0-0 Kimmey 1-1-0-0 Dunn 4-0-0-0 Henry 2-0-0-0 Runk 2-0-0-0 TOTALS 24-3-2-0
(4) WILMINGTON (ab-r-h-rbi) Walls 2-0-0-0 Platt 1-0-1-0 J. Tolliver 2-0-0-0 Stephens 4-1-2-1 Massie 2-2-1-1 Phillips 1-0-0-0 Oberlin 1-0-0-0 Fickert 3-0-0-0 B. Tolliver 3-0-2-0 Oglesby 3-0-0-0 Black 3-1-0-0
2B: W-Massie, B. Tolliver, Stephens
SB: W-Black, Massie
PITCHING^ip^h^r^er^bb^so
EAST CLINTON
Warner^4.2^4^2^2^2^6
Huff (L)^1.1^2^2^0^3^0
WILMINGTON
Phillips^4.1^1^3^3^8^7
Oberlin (W)^2.2^1^0^0^2^2
