Mavs get back-to-back wins at home
Aydin Bond spent time on the mound at Northview Senior Academy in Kodak last Thursday night. The Mavericks lost the game in the bottom of the seventh when Northview’s Riley Murrell singled and knocked in the winning run. (photo:Tony Cox )
On Thursday, Anderson County completed a two-game District 4-AAA sweep against Cumberland Gap with a 13-3 victory at home over the Panthers.
In that contest, the Mavericks (16-6 overall, 5-1 in the district) came up with six doubles against Cumberland Gap pitching.
Aydin Bond, Morgan Clark, Jeremiah Owens, Trent Strickland, Will Ridenour and Trey Rowe all had extra-base hits.
Ridenour and Clark each had two hits and combined to drive in two runs.
Clark scored a game-high three runs for the Mavericks, while Bond had three RBIs and Rowe added two.
On the mound in Thursday’s game, Luke Lankford started and picked up the win as he pitched 4.1 innings. He yielded five hits, three runs (none earned) and three walks. He struck out eight Panthers.
He was replaced by Ridenour, who threw 1.2 innings of scoreless relief and recorded three strikeouts in the game that was rained out twice last week.
The series opened with a 10-0 victory over Cumberland Gap on Monday, April 8, behind a no-hitter by Alex Bond. He tossed a five-inning complete game. He recorded 13 of 15 outs via the strikeout, and hit one batter.
Tyson Bradley went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and one RBI, while Reece Wilkerson had a double, scored twice and drove in a run.
Wilson had two hits and drove in a run.