ELKMONT DIAMONDS: TUESDAY'S DIAMONDS

After the drenching we got yesterday, its amazing that the baseball and softball teams were able to play. The girls traveled to Clements for a varsity and middle school combo. The boys hosted East Lawrence in a varsity/JV matchup.

Softball
*Varsity lost in a close one, 4-3.
*JV won decisively, 9-0. Emeril Hand was the winning pitcher with a no-hitter.

Baseball
*Varsity
Taking an extra inning, Red Devils edged out the East Lawrence Eagles in a pitchers, duel, March 28. The Red Devils were out early in the morning trying to get the field dried out after the storms Monday night.

After a lot of hard work, they were able to host the East Lawrence. In a pitchers' duel, the rally caps came out at the end of the game.

Elkmont was down 2-0 going into bottom of the seventh, bases loaded and 2 outs. East Lawrence pulled D. Hill of the mound who had had a fantastic game. Hunter Pitman hit the ball scoring 2 RBIs to tie the score. The Red Devils had a player on first who got caught in pickle and called out. However, Elkmont had already taken advantage and scored the second run before that third out, tying the score, 2-2.

In the bottom of eighth, Bryce Tyler was hit by a pitch, Brady hit to right field and moved Bryce over to third. The Eagles walked Jackson Cook intentionally to load bases with no outs.. Patrick Jobman came up to the plate and the pitcher balked.. walking the winning run in.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H
EAST LAWRENCE	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8
ELKMONT	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	4

Elkmont's Brett Parker and East Lawrence's Hill went back and forth for five innings. Hill had nine strikeouts and fifteen first pitch strikes. Parker had 3 strikes and 11 first pitch strikes.

He pitched five innings before Jackson Cook came in to relief him. Cook finished up the game for the win (pitching 3 innings) with two strikeouts and eight first pitch strikes for the win.