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Haysi's Jones Shuts Down Honaker 10-0 In BDD Diamond Win

by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter

         The final margin was unexpected.
         The fact that Ryan Jones shut down a good team was not.
        Jones fired a two-hit shutout and the Haysi Tigers took sole possession of first place in the Black Diamond District with a 10-0 rout of the Honaker Tigers Friday night at Harding Field.
        The game was called after six innings under the 10-run rule, a first for these two rivals.
      Jones doubled home the only run he would need in the first inning. He dominated at times, striking out 12, but he also struggled with his control.
        The senior righthander walked seven batters, including two of the first three men he faced. Jones walked at least one batter in each of the first five innings, as Honaker (5-5-1, 2-1 BDD) stranded 11 baserunners, including three in the fourth.
       “I got geared up to try and to keep the ball down,” Jones said. “Then my first seven or eight pitches were low.
        “I had a little control problem. I was trying to aim it. But when they loaded the bases (in the fourth), I just threw it.”
       Jones worked out of several jams. The biggest was in the fourth when Honaker filled the bases with no outs.
        Jones bounced back and retired the side with mostly fastballs, striking out the next two batters and getting the third to pop out to first.
        Haysi (8-4, 3-0) broke the game open after that, getting three runs in the fifth and doubling its lead with five more in the sixth.
         “That was the turning point in the game,” Haysi Coach Dewayne Stanley said. “You could feel the momentum swing after they left the bases loaded (in the fourth). You could see them go down and us go up.”
         Eight Haysi starters had at least one hit. Jones, Kevin Viers, Adam Hill and Justin Kiser each had two hits. Jones, Hill and Kiser each drove in two runs.
        “Just about everybody hit the ball well,” Stanley added. “This is a big game to win, especially to come up here and win the first one.”

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by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
        For Twin Valley, it was hard to tell which lasted longer, the streak or the game itself.
        Twin Valley went ten innings to earn its first win over Council in nine games with a 10-5 victory over the Cobras in BDD play Monday afternoon at Willie Sullivan Field.
         After being held without a hit the previous five innings, the Panthers put an end to the marathon contest with five runs in the 10th. A bases-loaded walk to Chris Viers forced J.J. Matney home with the go-ahead run, giving Twin Valley (5-5, 2-2 BDD) its first lead since the third inning.
          Jacob St. Clair added an RBI single and Cory Hicks singled home two runs to break open what had been a one-run game since Twin Valley took a 3-2 lead in the first.
         “It felt good to end our eight-game losing streak against Council,” said Twin Valley Coach Steve Hamro III, a Cobra assistant the past couple of seasons. “It feels great to come over here and get a win.
          “Dave (Rasnake) had his team well prepared to play us. His teams are always well-coached.”
          The Panthers forced extra innings when Hicks reached on a fielder’s choice as Viers beat a throw to the plate in the seventh. Hicks, who bats ninth, finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs as the 6-through-9 hitters led the way for Twin Valley.
           Number eight hitter Jory Rife was 0-for-1, but walked three times, put down two good sacrifice bunts and had two RBIs. St. Clair finished 2-for-5 and Viers was 1-for-3 with three walks and two runs scored.
          “Everybody contributed,” Hamro said. “We put the ball in play and the guys in the bottom of the order came through for us.”
           Matney and Ethan Prater each had two hits and scored two runs for the Panthers.

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