By JIM WALKER
HURRICANE, W.Va. – There are those who say the Hurricane Redskins are a very good team. The Ironton Fighting Tigers are one of those.
The Class 3-A Redskins had 12 hits and limited Ironton to just 3 hits in a 15-5 win Friday night.
Hurricane took a 3-0 lead in the first only for Ironton to rally to take a 4-3 lead early in the second.
Singles Brady Moatz, Jacob Sloan, Tanner Moore and Peyton Aldridge all walked to force a run. Jon Wylie singled for a run and Cole Freeman and Connor Kleinman each failed for RBIs.
The Redskins (10-2) regained the lead late in the inning with 6 runs including a 3-run homer from Luka Moore.
Hurricane one race late in third and 4 more in fourth.
Ironton (2-4) scratched a run in the fifth when Moatz was hit by a pitch, Sloan walked and Moore hit an error to score Moatz.
But Hurricane recovered the run late in the inning to end the game.
Wylie was 2-2 with an RBI and Moatz 1-2 to account for Ironton’s 3 hits.
Ironton visits Portsmouth on Monday.
Ironton 040 01 = 5 3 2
Hurricane 361 41 = 15 12 1
Nate Bias, Connor Kleinman (3), Tommy Sheridan (5) and Cole Freeman, Hunter Freeman (2). Dylan Bell, Payton Ocheltree (3) and Caden Johnson, Tyson Skinner (5). W-Bell (IP-2.2, H-2, R-4, ER-4, K-1, BB-5). Ocheltree (IP-2.1, H-1, R-1, ER-0, K-2, BB-1). Bias L (IP-2.0, H-7, R-9, ER-2, K-3, BB-1, WP-2). Kleinman (IP-2.0, H-4, R-5, ER-5, K-0, BB-4, HBP-1, WP-1). Sheridan (IP-1.0, H-1, R-1, ER_1, K-0, BB-2). Hitting-Ironton: Brady Moatz 1-2, Jon Wylie 2-2 RBI, Peyton Aldridge RBI, Connor Kleinman RBI; HH: Ethan Spolarich 1-2 RBI, Payton Ocheltree 1-2 RBI, Brogan Brown 1-3, Darrian Witty 1-2 RBI, Luka Moore 3-3 HR 4-RBI, Braden Sloan 3-4 2-2B 2-RBI , Caden Johnson 1-3 RBI, Quarter Phillips 1-2 2B RBI.
