Coal Creek rolls into break with 6-game win streak
The Coal Creek 18U baseball team will take a two-week hiatus before returning to the diamond for its postseason tournament.
The team enters the break on a six-game winning streak.
Coal Creek, along with other summer baseball squads, is observing the TSSAA-mandated dead period, which began Monday. Teams may resume activities on July 7.
Coal Creek (6-3) went into the break on a high note, sweeping the Graveston Freebirds in a Thursday night doubleheader at Anderson County High School.
The Corryton-based Freebirds fell 7-1 in the opener and 18-8 in the nightcap.
In Game 1, Coal Creek scored seven runs despite notching just one hit. Blake Lowe went 1-for-2 with a single, a run, an RBI and a stolen base. The team drew 11 walks and capitalized on two Freebird errors.
Daniel Unthank walked three times, scored a run and stole two bases. Jeremiah Owens added an RBI with a sacrifice fly. Lee Goins walked twice and drove in a run, while Jack Wilson stole three bases as a courtesy runner.
On the mound, Unthank and Will Goerhing combined to allow just two hits. Unthank pitched three innings, surrendering one run and one hit while striking out five.
Goerhing tossed the final two innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.
In Game 2, Coal Creek exploded for 12 runs in the bottom of the first inning. The team added one in the second and five more in the fourth, collecting 11 hits in the contest.
Third baseman Aden Wilson led the offense, going 2-for-4 with a double, five RBIs and a run scored. Jack Wilson finished 1-for-2 with two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored.
Cooper Smith added two hits, two RBIs and a run. Parker Vance had two hits and scored three runs.
Tucker Malicote went 1-for-1, walked three times, drove in a run and scored three.
