Tuesday playoffs: LA on to Game 3; Raiders, Red Devils advance

No. 2-seeded Andrew Jackson bounced back from a Game 1 loss Laurens Academy to force a deciding Game 3 in the SCISA Class 2A state baseball playoffs.

The Crusaders fell 7-5 in Game 2, following a 6-4 victory Monday in Game 1 in Bamberg.

LA committed four errors and two Andrew Jackson pitchers limited the Crusaders to three hits, but walked 12 batters while striking out 12.

The Crusaders led 4-2 after the third inning, but gave up five runs in the fourth, three of which were unearned thanks to a one-out LA error.

LA starting pitcher Braydon Burke went the distance, scattering six hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Of the Warriors seven runs, only three were earned.

Elias Littleton, Elijah Hornberger, Evan Asalone, George Sherer and Hodges Compton each drove in a run for the Crusaders (11-6).

The three-game playoff series is set to return to Bamberg for a deciding Game 3 Thursday with the winner advancing to the SCISA 2A semifinals.

 

Red Devil, Raider netters advance

The Clinton boys tennis team opened the combined Class 3A/2A/1A playoffs Tuesday with a 6-0 home victory over Broome.

Meanwhile, Laurens similarly began the Class 4A playoffs with a 6-0 home win over Southside, beating the Tigers for the third time this season.

Beyond a more competitive 6-4, 6-3 win by John Parker Field at No. 1 singles, LDHS dropped only two games in the match.

The fourth-seeded Red Devils are now set to host No.5-seeded Belton-Honea Path Thursday. The third-seeded Raiders will host Dreher at 5 p.m. Thursday in round two.

Here are results from Tuesday’s Clinton match:

CLINTON 6, BROOME 0
Singles: No. 1 Matthew King def. Mario Garcia 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 Edwin Orr def. Brody Lamb 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 Jacob King def. Cage Allison 6-0, 6-0; No. 4 Jake Meyerholtz def. Sam Fowler 6-0, 60; No. 5 Cooper Stinson def. Rhyder Sullivan 6-7, 6-3 (10-6).
Doubles: Malakye Brewer and Ethan Wargo def. Jonah Moore and Harrison Wilson 6-3, 2-6 (10-6).