Lane Spry of the Coffee County CHS 17U baseball team slides into a tag at the plate against Marion County on Monday night at Powers Field
The Coffee County CHS 17U baseball team welcomed Marion County to Powers Field on Monday night. In a game scheduled for 7 full innings, it was 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th that lifted the Red Raiders to the 10 to 5 win. The 15U Raiders traveled to Shelbyville and tangled with the Eagles in a 9 inning contest. The 15U Raiders banged out 18 hits as they captured a 20 to 12 win.
Marion County opened the scoring in the 17U game as they pushed across 3 runs in the top of the 2nd inning. Coffee County rallied for 2 runs in the bottom of the 2nd and 2 more in the bottom of the 3rd inning to build a 4 to 3 lead. The Raiders tacked on another run in the 4th and carried a 5 to 3 lead into the 7th. Marion County added 2 runs with 2 outs in the top of the 7th to tie the game before Coffee County used 2 errors to break the tie and then pounded out a pair of doubles and an inside-the-park home run to end the scoring.
Ryan Stephens had a single, a triple and that home run as he drove home 4 runs. Owen Neel had a single and a double while scoring twice and knocking in a run. Griffin Meeker had a single, reached on an error twice, stole 2 bases and scored twice.
In Shelbyville, John McKelvey, Jacob Sherrill and Braxton White combined on the mound to give the Raiders the win. Wyatt Nugent, Nic Watkins, White and McKelvey each had 3 hits for Coffee County in the win.
The Coffee County Co 17U team travels to Jasper on Tuesday night for another 7 inning game against Marion County. First pitch is set for 5 PM. The Red Raider 15U team is at home on Tuesday as they play host to Tullahoma. First pitch is set for 5 PM.
