The Lions showed tremendous effort in their third game against the Franklin County Eagles. Unfortunately for the Lions, late-inning walks have dominated the pitching rotation for the past few games. The Lions outhit the Eagles on Wednesday but failed to get their first win of the tournament. Jacob Moureau got the call for the Eagles while Ethan Snyder took the mound for his second start of the tournament.
Louisa’s offense came out strong in the top of the first with back-to-back singles. With bases loaded, Logan Fifer nailed an RBI single towards the left side to score Travis Pleasants. The bases were left stranded. Snyder gave up a leadoff walk in the bottom of the second to Dawson Cooper. After stealing two bases, Cooper was in scoring position and was brought in to tie the game by an RBI single from Cameron Mullins.
Junior, Braiden Byers knocked his first hit of the season on a line drive single to the left fielder in the top of the second. Byers was put into scoring position, but the Lions failed to bring him home. A walk in the bottom of the third would prove costly for the Lions, bringing in the go-ahead run for the Eagles.
Jack McDonald collected his second hit of the night in the top of the third inning. Fifer’s hot bat came in clutch again driving in two runs to put the Lions ahead 3-2. Snyder gave up a walk and a hit by pitch in the bottom of the third to start the inning. Mullins drove a deep fly ball over the left field fence to put the Eagles up 5-3.
The Lions scored their fourth run in the top of the sixth inning after an RBI single from McDonald, his third hit of the night. Owen Agee came into pitch for the Lions, giving up three singles and two walks in his third inning of pitching in the game. The Eagles scored five runs putting them ahead 10-4.
The Lions weren’t able to bounce back in the top of the seventh inning and fell to the Eagles 10-4. Louisa outhit Franklin, but seven walks killed the pitching rotation. McDonald had an impressive night at the plate going 3-4 with three singles. Fifer also went 2-3 with three RBI’s. Snyder finished the game with five strikeouts and three hits.
The Lions are back in action against Myrtle Beach High School on Thursday for their last game of the tournament. Let’s Go Lions!
