Mavericks complete district sweep of Cumberland Gap
Anderson County baseball improved to 16-6 after de- feating Cumberland Gap last week. Alex Bond, seen here during the Mavericks’ Autism Awareness game, tossed a complete game against the Cumberland Gap Panthers. He recorded 13 strikeouts. (photo:Ricky Williams )
On Thursday, Anderson County completed a two-game District 4-AAA sweep against Cumberland Gap with a 13-3 victory at home over the Panthers.
In that contest, the Mavericks (16-6 overall, 5-1 in the district) came up with six doubles against Cumberland Gap pitching.
Aydin Bond, Morgan Clark, Jeremiah Owens, Trent Strickland, Will Ridenour and Trey Rowe all had extra-base hits in the contest.
Ridenour and Clark each had two hits and combined to drive in two runs. Clark scored a game-high three runs for the Mavericks, while Bond had three RBIs and Rowe added two.
On the mound in Thursday’s game, Luke Lankford started and picked up the win as he pitched 4.1 innings. He yielded five hits, three runs (none earned) and three walks. He struck out eight Panthers.
He was relieved by Ridenour, who threw 1.2 innings of scoreless relief and recorded three strikeouts in the game that was rained out twice last week.
The series opened with a 10-0 victory at Cumberland Gap on Monday, April 8, behind a no-hitter by Alex Bond. He tossed a five-inning complete game, and recorded 13 of 15 outs via the strikeout. He hit one batter in the contest.
Tyson Bradley went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and one RBI.
Reece Wilkerson had a double and scored twice, and also drove in a run.
Wilson had two hits and drove in a run.