Mantooth no-hitter highlights Warriors’ week

The LFO Warriors began this week with a 5-1 record after winning three straight last week.

LFO 7, NORTHWEST 6

Down 6-0 going into the bottom of the third inning, LFO rallied for a victory over the visiting Bruins last Monday.

A Donnie Brown RBI- single in the bottom of the third finally got the Warriors on the board and they tied things up with a five-spot in the bottom of the fifth. That inning included RBIS from Gabe Helton, Jacob Gregg, Carter Wilson and Dylan Blankenship.

Then in the eighth, LFO hit three straight singles to load the bases. Northwest got a timely 6-4 double play, but a walk set the table for Helton, who ripped a final Rbi-single to bring in Blankenship with the game-winner.

The Warriors collected 15 hits on the night, all singles. Eli Walker had three of them to go with a stolen base. Brown and Gregg each had two hits and two stolen bases, while Helton, Blankenship, Tanner Mantooth and Carson Goff also had two hits apiece.

Walker threw the first six innings for LFO, allowing six hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Mantooth pitched the final two innings in relief. He gave up just one walk and had five strikeouts to pick up the victory.

LFO 15, SOUTHEAST 0

Mantooth pitched a four-inning no-hitter with one walk and four strikeouts on Tuesday, while eight different players accounted for the Warriors’ 10 hits. Eight different players had at least one RBI, including two by Mantooth himself.

Blankenship and Goff also knocked in two runs each. Walker and Gregg paced the offense with two hits.

LFO 4, SOUTHEAST 3

Goff was 2 for 4 and scored once in a road win on Thursday. Walker doubled and drove in a run, while Brown also picked up an RBI.

Blankenship was credited with the victory on the mound. He pitched two scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Brown allowed just one hit and one walk in 2.2 innings of work. He fanned two Southeast hitters, while Carter Davis gave up three runs on two hits and two walks in 2.1 innings. He had one strikeout.

LFO’S game at Northwest on Friday was rained out.

Tanner Mantooth fired a four-inning no-hitter for LFO last Tuesday night in a 15-0 victory over Southeast Whitfield. The Warriors began the week at 5-1 and riding a five-game winning streak.