The Hobbton Wildcats shut out the Southern Wayne Saints 24-0 in the first round of the Jimmy Raynor tournament Monday night. The Wildcats played the West Columbus Vikings on Tuesday night in round two.
Braxton McLamb led off with a walk. He then stole two bases and wound up in scoring position at third. He, later, scored the first run of the night. The Wildcats dominated from that point on.
Statistically, Lathan Warren scored three runs and had two RBIs. Will Blackman had two hits, scoring two runs and three RBIs and a double. Nathan Neal had two runs off three hits with two RBIs. He pitched the game, giving up one hit with 14 strike outs, also. Ayden Lawson had one hit with one RBI. Javier Escalera had one hit with one RBI. Braxton McLamb one hit and scored two runs with two RBIs. Caden Martin had one hit, a double, and scored two runs with one RBI.
Thomas Tart had one hit, a triple, scoring two runs and two RBIs. Jackie Devone scored three runs. Kasey Lee had two hits and scored four runs, getting two doubles. Ben Neal had two runs off two hits with one RBI. Kade Corbett had one hit scoring two runs with two RBIs.
In the early game between Pender and West Columbus, the game went down to the bottom of the seventh inning where West Columbus mounted a comeback from at 3-2 deficit to take a 4-3 win.
West Columbus got on the scoreboard in the third inning taking a 1-0 lead. Pender came back in the fourth to go 3-1. In the bottom half of the fourth, West Columbus picked up a run for the 3-2 game which held until the bottom of the seventh when the Vikings picked two runs on a base hit for the win.