MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (D9Sports) — Harlan County (Ky.) scored three times in the top of the seventh after two outs to beat Moniteau, 7-5, in baseball action at the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
(Photo of Moniteau’s Jake Jewart. Photo by Mike Schnelle. Check out more of Schnelle’s work here)
The Warriors (1-2) were one out away from picking up their second straight win when Jake Jewart issued a two-out walk followed by back-to-back singles that tied the game at five. Cameron Nease then tripled home the go-ahead runs.
Moniteau had grabbed a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth with some two-out lightning of its own.
Jared Lominski tripled to center with two outs and scored on a Jewart base hit to center.
Jewart was 2-for-2 with a run scored and two RBIs to lead the Warriors’ offense. Wyatt Geibel also had a triple.
Lake Pry started and allowed four runs, three earned, in five innings of work. He gave up five hits and two walks while also hitting a batter and striking out five. Jewart took the loss going two innings allowing three runs, all earned, on four hits and a walk while striking out four.
