BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team notched its fifth 20-plus win season in the last six years after posting victories over White Knoll Friday, Ridge View Monday, and Lexington Tuesday.
With the Region 5-5A championship clinched early last week,
the Bengals (21-4, 8-2 Region 5-5A) shut out the Timberwolves 11-0 in five
innings, blanked the Blazers 19-0 in three innings, and rallied past the
defending 5A state champion Wildcats 8-5.
Jackson Bottar got the win on the mound against White Knoll. Macon Leppert
homered, Amare Counts and Sammy Franklin hit two doubles and Sergio Melendez
had two hits.
Against Ridge View, Lucas Defee struck out five in his 2 2/3 innings on the mound. Chance Johnson doubled and drove in two runs, Jackson Bottar had three RBI and Leppert had two RBI.
The Wildcats (15-9-1, 10-3 Region 4-5A) proved a much tougher opponent.
Blythewood took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Leppert drew a 1-out walk with the bases loaded. Porter Rummel later scored on a fielder’s choice.
Christian Spivey evened the score with a 2-run home run to get things started for Lexington in the bottom of the third. The Wildcats scored two more runs to take a 4-2 lead by the end of the inning.
The wheels came off of the Lexington defense in the top of the fourth and the Bengals took advantage, scoring six runs off of four walks, three hits and an error to take an 8-4 lead.
Lexington got a run back in the bottom of the fourth, but it came when Spivey hit into a double play.
Starting pitcher Johnny Collins got the win, but Andrew Blackwell threw three innings of no-hit ball to get the save.
Leppert, Melendez, Counts, and Franklin had two hits apiece. Alex Myers had two RBI.
Blythewood plays host to Lexington tonight.
The Blythewood softball team (18-6, 9-3) beat Ridge View 7-0 in a rain-shortened game Thursday, and in nonregion games outlasted Lancaster 10-9 in eight innings Monday and fell 13-7 to South Florence Tuesday.
Lily Zell got the win in the circle against Lancaster, pitching 2 2/3 innings and striking out six. Keeley Hughes went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI. Macie Young and Raygan Segars both homered, with Young driving in three runs. Both players had two hits. Gabby Cook was 2-for-3.
Against South Florence Rhames Weisinger, Young, Segars, Alyssa Davis and Hughes all had doubles. Weisinger, Young, Segars, and Ashley Duncan each had two hits. Weisinger drove in three runs, and Young and Duncan both had 2 RBI.
Blythewood softball is at South Florence tonight.
Baseball
White Knoll – 0-0-0-0-0 – 0, 3, 2
Blythewood – 0-7-4-0-X – 11, 12, 1
WP: Jackson Bottar, 4 IP, 3H, 2BB, 2K.
B – Macon Leppert 3-4, HR, 3 RBI. Amare Counts 2-3, 2B (2), 3 RBI. Sammy Franklin 2-2, 2B (2) 2 RBI. Sergio Melendez 2-3.
Blythewood – 10-8-1 – 19, 6, 0
Ridge View – 0-0-0 – 0, 1, 7
WP: Lucas Defee, 2 2/3 IP, 2BB, 5K.
B – Chance Johnson 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI. Jackson Bottar 3 RBI. Macon Leppert 2 RBI.
Blythewood – 0-2-0-6-0-0-0 – 8, 10, 2
Lexington – 0-0-4-1-0-0-0 – 5, 6, 2
WP: Johnny Collins, 4 IP, 6H, 5R, 3ER, 5BB, 1K.
B – Macon Leppert 2-2. Sergio Melendez 2-3, 2 RBI. Amare Counts 2-3. Sammy Franklin 2-4. Alex Myers 2 RBI. L – Toby Sobieralski 2-3. Christian Spivey HR, 2 RBI.
Softball
Blythewood – 7
Ridge View – 0
WP: Lily Zell, 3 IP, 7K.
B – Raygan Segars 2-2, 2 RBI. Molly Wolf HR, 3 RBI. Cici Martin 3B, 2 RBI. Makalah Ford 2B. Ashley Duncan 2B. Lily Zell 2 RBI.
Blythewood – 0-5-0-0-3-0-1-1 – 10, 14, 1
Lancaster – 0-2-1-1-2-3-0-0 – 9, 16, 3
WP: Lily Zell, 2 2/3 IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 6K.
B – Keeley Hughes 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI. Macie Young 2-5, HR, 3 RBI. Raygan Segars 2-4, HR. Gabby Cook 2-3. L – Sheridyn Mickles 3-5 2B. Samaria Jackson 2-5. Kaleya Stover 2-4. Olyanna Wheeler 3-4, 3B, 3 RBI. Zoi Chambers 3-4. Trinity Taylor 2B.
South Florence – 0-0-6-0-0-6-1 – 13, 17, 1
Blythewood – 0-0-0-0-4-3-0 – 7, 11, 6
WP: Rylie Rowsey, 4 1/3 IP, 6H, 4R, 3ER, 1BB, 3K.
S– Payton Perry 4-5. Reagan Rowsey 3-5, 2B. Blakely Blue 3-5. Alaina Floyd 2-5. Page White 2-5. B – Rhames Weisinger 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI. Macie Young 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI. Raygan Segars 2-4, 2B. Ashley Duncan 2-4, 2 RBI. Alyssa Davis 2B. Keeley Hughes 2B.
