By Dave Helmick
TuckerCountySports.Com
PARSONS – The Tucker County Baseball team hosted Tygarts Valley on Wednesday May 1st. The Mt. Lions battled the Bulldogs to a 4-4 tie. The game had to be called a tie because of issues with the field lights.
The game went scoreless through 2 innings, until Tygarts Valley got on the scoreboard with 1 run in the top of the 3rd inning. Tucker County responded in the bottom of the 3rd as they plated 2 runs to give the Mt. Lions the 2-1 lead after 3 innings. The visiting Bulldogs would add 1 run in the 4th inning and 1 run in the top of 5th inning to pit the score to 3-2 Tygarts Valley. Tucker County then tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 5th. The Bulldogs then put another run on the board in the 6th inning to put Tygarts Valley up 4-3. Tucker County then tied the game in the bottom of the 7th inning 4-4. This would force the game into extra innings, but the field lights were not functioning properly, so it was decided to call the game a tie at 4-4.
Ethan Rosenau led Tucker County with 3 hits on 4 at bats and Justin Robeson added 2 hits for the Mt. Lions. Nate Ricottilli had 1 hit(double) and Maddox Anderson chipped in with 1 hit for Tucker County. Xander Lambert and Blaike Adams would add 1 hit each for the Mt. Lions as they collected 9 hits total.
Ethan Rosenau got the start on the mound for Tucker County as he went 4 innings, while Robeson and Anderson entered the game in relief.
BAKER – The Mt. Lions closed out the regular season on Thursday May 2nd at East Hardy. Tucker County struggled at the plate as the Cougars took the victory 12-2.
East Hardy scored first as they plated 1 run in the 1st inning to get the 1-0 lead after 1 inning. The Cougars would produce 3 runs in the 3rd inning to increase their lead to 4-0 after 3 innings. East Hardy then exploded for 6 runs in the 4th inning to take a commanding 10-0 lead after 4 innings. Tucker County then got on the scoreboard in the top of the 5th inning as they plated 2 runs to cut the Cougars lead to 10-2. East Hardy then responded in the bottom of the 5th with 2 runs to end the contest by the final score of 12-2.
Tucker County was led at the plate by Nate Ricottilli with a double and Ethan McCrum had 1 single for the Mt. Lions in the loss.
Nate Ricottilli got the start on the mound for Tucker County as Xander Lambert and Justin Robeson entered the game in relief.
The Mt. Lions were scheduled to start Sectional Playoffs this week. For more info go to TuckerCountySports.Com.
