Zach Wise holds up his HR ball from Wednesday night at Shelbyville(Photo provided)
A 3 run home run in the top of the 6th inning and a strong 6 inning pitching performance from Bradley King combined to lift the Coffee County baseball team to a 6 to 3 win over Shelbyville on Wednesday night. Wise, who was 2 for 3 on the night, lifted a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall to score King and Jacob Langham and give the Raiders all the offense they would need to secure a season split with Shelbyville. After committing too many errors in Tuesday night’s loss to the Eagles, the Red Raider defense was sparkling on Wednesday night. Starting pitcher Wyatt Day struggled in the first inning as he gave up 1 run, but managed to escape a bases-loaded jam with a strikeout. King came on in the second inning and surrendered 5 hits in his 6 innings of work to earn the win.
Bradley King of CHS baseball
Gavin Husted was 2 for 2 on the night with a walk, a double, an RBI and a run scored. Day finished 2 for 4 at the plate and Noah Anderson laced a double for the Red Raiders who evened their season and district record at 1 and 1. The win is the first win for new Raider head coach David Martin at Coffee County and his first as a high school head coach. The Raiders will return to the diamond on Saturday when they travel to Murfreesboro to take on Riverdale.
