Tucker County Seniors were honored after the game on May 2nd (L-R): Gary Meloy, Kendall Gooden, Josh Freeman, Slayter Liller, Justin Fike, Quinn Buckley and Garrett Carrico
PARSONS – The Mt. Lions Baseball team hosted Philip-Barbour on Tuesday May 2nd. Tucker County got down early and never recovered as they fell in the contest 13-2.
Justin Fike hits a homerun for Tucker County against Philip-Barbour on May 2nd
Philip-Barbour took the lead early and extended the lead more in the 5th inning as the Colts scored 5 runs in the inning to put the game out of reach for Tucker County. The Mt. Lions had a chance to get the score below 10 runs to extend the game past the 5th inning, but Tucker County only scored 1 run to fall in the contest 13-2. Justine Fike and Cameron Wamsley drove in 1 run each for Tucker County.
Christian Purnell and Justin Purnell collected 1 hit each for the Mt. Lions. Garrett Carrico took the loss for Tucker County and Conner Setchell earned the win for Philip-Barbour. Justin Fike who signed a letter of intent to play baseball at West Liberty earlier that day ended his Tucker County regular season with a homerun on his final at bat of the game. The homerun came was a shot to left centerfield and was Fike’s first homerun of the season.
Coach Josh Evans had this to say about Fike after the game, “It was fitting that Justin Fike’s last at bat on senior night was a deep shot to left-center field for a home run. It was his first of the season. We didn’t get the win but it was nice to see Fike homer at his last at bat on senior night. It’s one of those things that he would never forget”.
Tucker County(5-11) was scheduled to host Paw Paw in sectional play on Monday May 8th and then Tucker County will play at Pendleton County if they win Monday. If they lose on Monday they will travel to East Hardy or Moorefield tonight. For more info go to TuckerCountySports.Com.
