
Hot Bats lead Bat Cats to DH Sweep at Lindsey Wilson
COLUMBIA, Ky. – The Bethel Wildcats and the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders squared off in a Mid-South Conference weekend series in Columbia which got underway Saturday.
Bethel's bats were hot from the start and that led to a sweep of the twin bill. The Cats had 36 hits on the day.
The Cats took game one 12-4 in seven innings and then won the nightcap 16-3 in eight innings.
In game one Bethel scored four runs on five hits in the first. Juan Diego and Noah Hawkins had RBI singles. Adriel Vega drove in two runs with a double. The Cats added two runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth to lead 9-1. Bethel went on to win 12-4. Juan Diego and Jared Hall had five hits each in the game. Bethel outhit the Blue Raiders 19- 9. LWC committed six errors in the game. Tyler Proctor won his seventh game of the year.
Bethel Game One Offensive Highlights:
2B: Juan Diego Ramos (2)
3B: Noah Hawkins
RBI: Jared Hall, Ivan Vega, Juan Diego Ramos (5), Adriel Vega (3), Noah Hawkins
Sac: Noah Foster
Game two saw Bethel jump out to another early lead. The Cats scored in six of the seven innings to win 16-3. The Wildcats outhit LWC 17- 8. The Blue Raiders committed three errors in the game. Jared Hall had three hits, giving him eight in the two games. Ramos had seven hits on the day. Luke Boswell tossed six strong innings and picked up his sixth win on the season.
Bethel Game Two Offensive Highlights:
2B: Juan Diego Ramos, Noah Foster, Zack Griffith, CJ Thomas, Bryan Catala
RBI: Jared Hall (2), Ivan Vega (2), Juan Diego Ramos, Noah Foster (4), Adriel Vega, Zayden McCaslin, Zack Griffith, Rivers Moffatt
Sac: Jared Hall, Ivan Vega, Bryan Catala (2)
The Wildcats are 25-8 overall and 6-5 in the MSC.
The Blue Raiders are 13-21and 1-10.
Bethel has won seven in a row between the two programs and has an 11-6 lead in the series. Bethel has won ten of the last twelve between the two.
The squads play a single game on Sunday beginning at noon.
Live stats:
https://lindseyathletics.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
Watch:
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/lwc/