The Coffee County Central High School Baseball team banged out 28 runs and 24 hits in a pair of scrimmage wins on Saturday at Powers Field. The Red Raiders used a big 9th inning in a 14 to 1 defeat of Grundy County in a 10 inning scrimmage to open play on Saturday morning. Nathanial Tate was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and DeAndre Wakefield was 1 for 4 with 3 RBI.
Against Cumberland County, the Raiders took advantage of a pair of errors to score 5 runs in the 4th inning to shoot down the Jets by an identical 14 to 1 score. Zach Wise was 2 for 3 with an RBI as he also escaped serious injury when he was hit by a pitch in the face. Jacob Langham was 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored for Coffee County. Coach David Martin was pleased with how well his team played defensively including the excellence performance by his pitching staff.
The JV team also looked impressive on Saturday as they captured an 11 to 4 win over the Grundy County JV squad. Six different JV pitchers threw for Coffee County in the 6 inning win. Kael McCall had 2 hits for Coffee County and stole home in the game.
The Red Raiders open the regular season on Monday, March 14th when they play host to Shelbyville at Powers Field in a district contest. Thunder Radio will travel to Shelbyville on Tuesday, March 15th to bring you the 2nd game of that series.
