Jackets get another 3-game sweep

The Yellow Jacket baseball team gets a week off of region play this week but on the schedule are three worthy opponents. Yesterday (Tuesday) the Yellow Jackets hosted Class AAAA Wayne County (19-3), Wednesday they travel to Cochran to play Class A/1 Bleckley County (13-7) and Friday they’ll go to Vidalia to play the always tough Indians (8-10).
Last week Jeff Davis (19-2) got its 4th straight sweep of a region opponent, defeating Bacon County 6-1, 9-0, 7-1. The Jacket pitching staff continued to shine as Eli Saunders pitched a 2-hitter in the opener, Jonathan Bohannon threw a 3-hit shutout through 6 innings in the second game, and Andrew White went 4 innings on the mound in the finale, giving up no runs on 1 hit.
In the 2nd game, Colby Beach pitched for the first time in weeks due to a sore arm as he threw the final inning, retiring all three batters he faced. In the finale, sophomore Zack Hulett pitched 2 innings in relief, shutting out the Raiders on 3 hits, and Treyton Webster saw his first action on the mound this season, getting off to a shaky start and getting out of a bases loaded, no-outs jam with only 1 run scored.
Tuesday’s opener was close until the 6th when the Jackets scored 3 runs to open up a 6-1 lead. In the 3rd, JD used a 2-out, 2-run error to take a 2-0 lead, Brayden Lolley drove in a run in the 4th and in the 6th, Dylan Carelock, Lolley and Jude Worthington drove in runs.
Carelock had the hot bat, going 3-for-3 with 2 singles, a double and an RBI. Worthington had a double and an RBI, Saunders doubled, Bohannon singled and Lolley drove in 2 runs,
Saunders’ 2-hitter came with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. He improved to 7-0 with the win.
Thursday in Hazlehurst, the Jackets jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening inning as Malachi Smith scored from 1st on a Webster single and an error, Carelock ripped a 2-run single, and a wild pitch plated another run.
JD added 4 more runs in the 3rd as Karter Galbreath had a 2-run double, Worthington drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Smith drove in a run.
The Jackets got their final run in the 5th as Webster doubled, advanced to 3rd on a Bohannon single and scored on a Beach single.
Bohannon went 6 innings on the mound, giving up 3 hits, walking none and fanning 4. Beach threw the final inning, retiring all 3 batters he faced, 2 on strikeouts.
In Thursday’s final game, Jeff Davis got all the runs it needed in the second with 4 runs. Bohannon singled to start the inning, Beach and Carelock walked to load the bases and Karter Galbreath singled to drive in 2 runs. Jude Worthington grounded out to send in a run and Smith singled in the 4th run.
A misplayed fly to right gave Beach a lead-off triple in the 4th and a wild pitch made it 5-0.
The Jackets got a pair of insurance runs in the top of the 7th. Worthington got a 1-out single and went to 3rd on a 2-base wild pitch. Smith then singled to score Worthington, went to second as Saunders walked, took 3rd on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch.
Smith led the batting with 2 singles and 2 RBI. Galbreath had a single and 2 RBI, Worthington had a single and an RBI, and Bohannon singled.
White pitched 4 innings, blanking Bacon on 1 hit, a walk and 5 strikeouts. Hulett threw 2 innings, blanking the Raiders on 2 hits, no walks and 2 Ks, and Webster pitched an inning giving up 1 run on no hits, 2 walks and a strikeout.
A pair of walks by Webster and a fielder’s choice loaded the bases with no outs. But the next batter hit a grounder up the middle, second baseman Lolley fielded the ball, stepped on 2nd and threw to 1st for a double play. Webster then got the final out with a swinging strikeout on a 3-2 count.
Score by innings:
JDHS 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -6
BCHS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1

BCHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0
JDHS 4 0 4 0 1 0 x -9

JDHS 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 -7
BCHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1