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(Photo courtesy of Teays Valley Athletic Department)
A scoreless game tilted in the Bloom Carroll column with a six-run fourth inning, as the Bulldogs went on to a 9-0 win over Hillsboro in the Division 2 Regional Baseball Championship at Teays Valley High School, Saturday.
The Bulldogs blew the game open in the fourth inning on a walk followed by a Joel Winters single, which put Bloom Carroll runners on 1st and 2nd. Beau Wisegarver singled with a line shot off the pitchers mound that went into centerfield, giving Bloom Carroll a 1-0 lead.
C.J. Carmichael’s two-run double to made it 3-0. An infielder error at first, allowed two BC runners to score making it 5-0.
Ryan Scott’s day on the mound was done after going 3.2 innings. Brad Miller came on in relief for the Indians, but the Bulldogs were not finished. A ground-out fielders choice scored another run. Bloom Carroll scored 6 runs in the fourth inning with three hits and one Hillsboro error. Bulldogs lead Hillsboro 6-0 after four innings.
BC added three more in the fifth inning with a hit batsmen and a walk, followed by a passed ball that put runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out for the Bulldogs. Beau Wisecarver hit into a fielders choice that scored BC’s 7th run. Zach Humphries relieved Miller on the mound with runners on the corners and one out in bottom of fifth.
A Hillsboro error on a pickoff throw to 1st base, made it 8-0. Another BC batter was hit by pitch. (3 hit batsmen in the inning) then a single scored a runner from third for 9-0 lead.
Hillsboro concludes season at (24-7) and regional runner-up. Bloom Carroll improves to (27-5) and headed to State Final 4 in Akron.
In other baseball regional finals, Lucasville Valley wins the D-4 crown with a 5-2 win over Berlin Hiland at Lancaster, while earlier in the day, Minford fell to Barnesville 10-7 in the D-3 title game, thanks to a six-run fourth inning for Barnesville.
In State Softball Semifinal action, Wheelersburg lost to Sherwood Fairview, 10-8.
