Deandre Wakefield
Three unearned runs in the first 2 innings spelled doom for the Red Raiders as Coffee County’s baseball team opened district tournament play on Thursday in Columbia falling 3 to 1 to the Lions.
Columbia scored twice in the 1st inning and once more in the 2nd inning against Red Raider starting pitcher Kohl Young who only gave up 5 hits through 4 innings of play. Wyatt Day came on in relief in the 5th inning with the bases loaded and no outs. Day got a pair of strikeouts and a beautiful diving catch by Deandre Wakefield to get out of the jam without allowing a run to score.
Coffee County loaded the bases in the 4th inning with no one out but could not get a run in as a pair of strikeouts and a fly out to shallow centerfield ended the Raiders scoring threat. Coffee County tallied their lone run in the 5th inning as Zach Wise led off with a double and moved to 3rd base on a single by Day. Noah Anderson brought Wise home on a sacrifice bunt only to see a pair of strikeouts once again end the Raider threat.
Day and Wakefield each finished the game with a pair of hits as both went 2 for 4. With his 2 hits and his run saving catch, Wakefield was named the Ascend Federal Credit Union player of the game.
The Red Raiders will fall to the loser’s bracket with the loss as they will be back in action on Saturday. Coffee County will take on the loser of Friday’s game between Lincoln County and Shelbyville at 2:30
