BY BOO NEWSOME
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN
Martin County split a pair of games in the final week of regular season play.
The Cardinals lost to West Carter 8-7 on the road May 10 in a game that could have gone either way. They bounced back Thursday and defeated Morgan County 6-5 at home on “senior night.”
Below is a recap of the games.
Cardinals hang on for win
Martin County defeated Morgan County in a close 6-5 game Thursday at home to close the regular season.
Coaching staff recognized seniors Garrett Alley, Evan Crum, Dennison Davis, Dawson Mills, Chris Phillips and Greyden Proctor and gave them gifts before the game.
The Cardinals got their bats going early and scored three runs in their first at-bat to go up 3-0.
Morgan County put five runs on the board in the third to take a 5-3 lead.
Martin County scored two in the bottom of the fourth to knot the score 5-5.
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Dawson Mills singled and Damian Cheek drew a walk to put runners on first and second. Proctor came up big with a line drive single to center field to bring Mills home and take the lead 6-5.
The Cardinal defense hung on and retired the Cougars in the seventh for the win.
Proctor started on the hill for the Cardinals. The pitcher went seven innings, giving up five runs on nine hits, striking out three and walking one for the win.
The Cardinals tallied 11 hits. Evan Crum went 3-for-4 with three singles. Proctor went 2-for-4, and Cheek went 1-for-3 with a double. Davis, Ryan Stephens, Stacy, Horn and D. Mills all tallied singles.
The Cardinals end the season 10-19 while securing the No. 3 seed in the 57th District Tournament.
They were set to square off against the No. 2 seed Johnson Central on Monday (May 15) at Paintsville.
Cardinals suffer late-game loss
OLIVE HILL — With the score knotted 7-7 In the bottom of the seventh, West Carter’s Tabor Tackett hit a walk-off single to bring home the 8-7 winning run despite a valiant effort by Martin County in a game May 10 at West Carter.
The Cardinals put up three runs in their first at-bat to take a 3-0 lead. West Carter battled back to score twice in their first at-bat.
Both teams were quiet in the second inning, but West Carter rallied in the third for four runs to go up 6-3.
The Cardinals picked up one run in the fourth to close the deficit to 6-4.
The Comets responded in the bottom of the fifth to extend their lead to 7-4 heading.
Martin County put up a valiant fight in the seventh, scoring three runs to tie the score 7-7.
The Comets started the inning when a batter got plunked by a pitch to reach first. The next Comets batter singled to move runners to first and second. The Cardinals committed an error to load up the bases with just one out. That’s when Tabor hit his game-winning single.
Chase Stacy started in the circle for the Cardinals. The righty allowed nine hits and eight runs over six and a third innings, striking out seven.
Silas Clark came away with the win for West Carter.
The Cardinals tallied 16 hits. Evan Crum went 4-for-5, all singles. Crum also scored twice and collected two RBIs. Aidan Horn tallied three hits in four at-bats. Horn started the offense with a double on a 1-1 count, scoring two. Dawson Mills went 2-for-5, Damian Cheek 2-for-3 and Ryan Stephens 2-for-4. Alley, Stacy and Davis all knocked singles.
