Heritage takes two of three from Ridgeland
Last week’s rain slightly altered the schedule for the region series between the Heritage Generals and the Ridgeland Panthers, but the games were finally able to be played over a two-day span with the Navy-and-red taking the series, two games to one.
Heritage 8, Ridgeland 7
Down 7-4 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Heritage Generals used three singles, a walk and two costly Ridgeland errors to score four times and claim victory in the first game of the threegame series between the two 6-AAAA teams.
J.T. Eaton had an Rbi-single to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth before Nolen Dietz delivered an Rbi-single for what became the gamewinning run. The first two runs in the frame scored on an error.
Lane Johnson drew his third walk of the night for the Panthers to lead off the top of the seventh, but Caden Snyder would enter the game in a relief appearance for Heritage and sat down the next three hitters to end the game.
Nick Hanson started for Heritage and gave up four earned runs on one hit and four walks in 3.1 innings of work. He finished with three strikeouts. Pete Padgett allowed three earned runs on a hit and three walks in 2.2 innings of relief. He finished with four strikeouts and was credited with the win, while Snyder struck out one batter and recorded the save.
Offensively, Cade Kiniry was 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles and two RBIS. Eaton went 2 for 3 with three RBIS. C.J. Robertson had a double as one of his two hits, while Padgett also had a double in the game.
Hudson Couch had a pair of doubles and knocked in four runs for Ridgeland, while Johnson scored twice and drove in one run.
Robert Jent started on the mound for Ridgeland and pitched 4.2 innings. He gave up four earned runs on four walks and seven hits with four strikeouts. Austyn Acuff pitched 1.1 innings of relief, but was saddled with the loss. He allowed three hits and one walk with one strikeout. All four runs he gave up were unearned.
Heritage 14, Ridgeland 1
In the first game of a doubleheader at Jay Smith Field on Friday night, the Generals led 3-1 after five innings, but exploded for 11 runs in the sixth to run away with the victory. Heritage had 15 hits in the game, all singles, save for Robertson’s monster homerun over the rightfield fence to lead off the game.
Kiniry, Snyder, Dietz, Ryan Heet and Mike Stokes each had two hits for the Generals. Snyder led the way with three RBI’S, while Robertson, Stokes and Padgett each drove in two runs. Kiniry, Heet, Eaton, Alex Mixon and Dylan Bryan were all credited with one RBI.
Kiniry got the victory on the mound. He gave up just one earned run on seven hits and two walks in four innings of work with seven strikeouts.
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