Tuesday night was a big night for Louisa County Baseball, both JV and Varsity. Brothers, Ethan and Tristan Snyder both threw no-hitters for their respective teams against the Monticello Mustangs. The Varsity Lions beat the Mustangs 5-0 while JV beat the Mustangs 12-0. Senior, Dylan Booth got the call for Monticello.

Austin Nicholas led off the top of the first for the Lions with a walk. Matt West followed with a home run to left field to give Louisa an early 2-0 lead. “Hit the ball,” said West. “I had to get on base and advance Austin from second.” Lliam Grubbs recorded the first out on a groundout to the shortstop. Junior, Jack McDonald then drove a single to right field, but was stranded after back-to-back strikeouts ended the top half of the first. Tyler Walker led off for the Mustangs in the bottom of the first with a groundout to the second baseman. Snyder recorded his first strikeout of the game after Kevin Jarrell went down swinging. Matthew Allen recorded the final out of the first inning after grounding out to the first baseman.

Garrett Duerson led off the top of the second for the Lions with a walk and a stolen base. Duerson was stranded in scoring position after two pop outs and a strikeout ended the inning. The Mustangs recorded their first base runner in the bottom of the second after Snyder gave up a walk to Booth. Steve Morgan followed with a double play ball hit back to Snyder, clearing the bases. Snyder recorded the third out on a strikeout to sophomore, Grayson Bush.

West led off for the Lions in the top of the third with a hard ground ball hit back to the pitcher for the first out. Grubbs followed with a walk and a stolen base. McDonald flew out on a hard hit ball to the centerfielder for the second out of the inning. Back-to-back walks to Snyder and Tyler Earley loaded the bases, bringing Duerson to the plate. Booth then walked Duerson to bring another run in for the Lions. C.J. Houchens came in to pitch for the Mustangs. Junior, Owen Agee then nailed a double to bring in Snyder and Earley, giving the Lions a 5-0 lead over Monticello. Snyder faced the minimum number of batters in the bottom of the third, recording three swinging strikeouts.

Booth recorded his first 1-2-3 inning in the top of the fourth. Nicholas led off the inning with a groundout to the shortstop. Booth recorded his fifth strikeout on a called strike three to West. Grubbs lined out to the left fielder to end the inning. Walker led off for the Mustangs in the bottom of the fourth with a walk. Jarrell grounded into a fielder’s choice, reaching first on the play. Allen followed with a groundout to the second baseman for the second out. Snyder recorded his sixth strikeout for the third out of the inning.

McDonald was hit by the first pitch in the top of the fifth. Snyder popped out to the first baseman for the first out and courtesy runner, J.B Lamb, was caught stealing for the second out. Earley followed with a walk, but was stranded after Duerson grounded out to the second baseman to end the top half of the fifth. Snyder gave up a leadoff walk to Morgan to give the Mustangs their fourth base runner of the game. The Lions turned their second double play of the game on a 6-4-3 ground ball. Snyder recorded the third out on a swinging strikeout to Desmond Kidd-Revis.

Owen Agee recorded the first out in the top of the sixth inning on a bunt attempt to the pitcher. Pinch hitter, Kyron Butler, drove a ball to the center fielder for the second out. Nicholas followed with a hard ground ball to the second baseman for the third out of the inning. Sid Carver led off the bottom of the sixth, reaching first after being hit by the pitch. The Lions once again turned a double play after junior, Dylan Zimmerman, nailed a hard ground ball to the shortstop.

Houchens recorded two quick outs to begin the top of the seventh after pop outs from West and Grubbs. McDonald was then hit by the pitch for the second time of the night, but was stranded after Snyder grounded out to the shortstop for the third out.

Snyder needed just three quick outs in the bottom of the seventh to secure the no-hitter, and that is exactly what he did. Jarrell led off with a ground ball hit back to Snyder for the first out. Allen popped out to the second baseman for the second out leaving Snyder with one more out to secure his second no-hitter of the season. The Lions won the game after Booth struck out looking. The Lions now improve to 15-4 on the season.

Snyder finished the game with eight strikeouts, three walks, and no errors in the field. “This game meant more of a boost as we go into regionals,” said Snyder. “We didn’t come out against Powhatan, but it’s a good thing we came out tonight.”

The Lions will face Orange County on Thursday, looking for another win going into the postseason next week. “It’s good to see that we are playing defense,” said Coach Kevin Fisher. “It would be nice to see our bats wake up a little more. But I’m very pleased with how we came out tonight.” Let’s go Lions!
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