Lakeside and Minden exchanged walk-off wins in a pair of one-run thrillers, but the Warriors took two of three from the Crimson Tide in a weekend baseball series.
Lakeside 9, Minden 8
Brock Case’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh drove in the winning run as the Lakeside Warriors edged past Minden’s Crimson Tide 9-8 Saturday.
Trailing by two runs, Minden scored five in the top of the seventh on four hits to take an 8-5 lead. The biggest blow in the inning was a single by Keegan Pope, his third hit of the game, that drove in two runs.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Lakeside struck back for the win after Drake Chreene grounded out, Jake Glass was struck by a pitch, Noah Redding singled to center field, and Case produced his game-winning single up the middle.
Pope, Jacob Jefferson, and Bray Winston each drove in two runs for Minden and Landyn Huddleston collected two hits for the Crimson Tide in five at bats.
Noah Redding and Gage Williams each collected two hits for Lakeside. Eli Campbell, Redding, Chreene, Williams, Jon Jon Dick, and Case each drove in one run. Williams had three stolen bases as Lakeside swipped a total of seven in the game.
Minden 5, Lakeside 4
Keegan Pope ended an extra-inning nail biter Friday with a game-winning RBI single in the eighth to lead the Minden Crimson Tide past Lakeside’s Warriors 5-4.
Minden started the scoring in the bottom of the first inning when Bryson Ranger doubled, followed by sacrifice flies from Landyn Huddleston and Jaxon Smith, each scoring one run.
Lakeside tied the game in the top of the fourth thanks to singles by Eli Campbell and Drake Chreene, and an error. A single by Rider Miller gave Minden a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth, but Gage Williams singled to center to pull Lakeside into a tie in the top of the seventh.
Huddleston earned the win in relief, allowing no hits and no runs in one inning of work. Brock Case took the loss for Lakeside.
Hudson Brown and Pope each collected two hits for Minden. Smith, Pope, Ranger, Huddleston, and Miller each collected an RBI.
Campbell, Jon Jon Dick, and Jake Glass each had two hits for Lakeside, and Dick added five stolen bases to his day’s work. Lakeside had ran wild eight stolen bases for the game.
Lakeside 6, Minden 3
Lakeside’s Warriors turned a 3-1 deficit into a 6-3 win over the Minden CrimsonTide, breaking loose for five runs in the the sixth inning to seal the deal.
Bray Winston led Minden Crimson Tide Varsity with two hits.
Lakeside opened the scoring in the third on a Gage Williams RBI single, but Minden captured a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth after Jaxon Smith singled up the middle, and Rider Miller grounded out, each scoring one run.
Eli Campbell earned the win for Lakeside, surrendering six hits and three runs (two earned) over seven innings. He had one strikeout and walked two. Smith took the loss for Minden, allowing just one earned run on five hits.
Williams led Lakeside with three hits in four at bats and Campbell had two RBI. Smith, Winston, and Miller each drove in one run for the Crimson Tide.
(Stats and info provided by GameChanger Media.)