By Chris Fuller
Kentucky Scouting Director

On a perfect night around the state for baseball, a lot of teams wrote their tickets to their Regional championship games and are one victory away from a trip to the State Tournament in Lexington next week.  Here are your scores and highlights from all the Regional semi-final action last evening.

1^st Region

Paducah Tilghman 2  Murray 1
Jacob Underhill threw a complete game 2-hitter in the low-scoring contest as each team had only 2 hits in the game.

Lone Oak 6  Ballard Memorial 1
Colby Griggs went 3-4 with 2 RBI, and Bryce Wright went 2-4 with a triple and 3 RBI to lead Lone Oak to the win.  Cole Womack threw a complete game 4-hitter to pick up the win.

2nd Region

Christian County 16  Caldwell County 6
Dixon Craft went 3-4 with a double and 4 RBI, and Nile Shemwell went 2-3 with a HR and 2 RBI as Christian County cruised to the win.

Henderson County 11  Trigg County 1

3^rd Region

Apollo 13  Ohio County 0

Meade County 6  Daviess County 4
Meade Co LHP Keith Carter went the distance on the mound to lead Meade County to the win.

4^th Region

Logan County 2  Glasgow 0
Caleb Bruner fired a complete game 2-hit shutout with 8 K’s and also went 2-3 at the plate to lead Logan County to the 4^th region championship game.

Russell County 3  Greenwood 0
Alex Turner went 2-3 with a RBI as Russell County broke open a scoreless game with 3 runs in the 6^th inning.  Taylor Grider allowed just 3 hits in 6 1/3 innings, and Tyler Robertson came in to slam the door, striking out the final 2 hitters to preserve the win.

5^th Region

Central Hardin 8  Bethlehem 4
Zach Ditto went 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI, and Troy Riggs went 2-4 with 2 RBI to lead Central Hardin to the win.  Josh Krupinski allowed 3 ER in 6 innings of work, and Drew Harrington slammed the door by striking out the side in the 7^th.

Nelson County 7  North Hardin 0
Jared Proctor went 3-5 with a double and RBI, and Hunter Smith went 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI to lead the Nelson County offensive attack.  Alex Briney threw the complete game 4-hit shutout, racking up 8 K’s along the way.

6^th Region

Butler 11  Jeffersontown 4
Butler scored 6 runs in the 2^nd inning and never looked back.  Rashawn Ferrell went 2-2 with 2 RBI, Bryce Carden drove in 3 runs, and Jerred Hawkins, Bradley FerriellLazaro Sosa, and Kyle Lewis all added 2 hits each in the win.  Carden struck out 6 in going the distance for the win.

PRP 5  Bullitt East 1
Joseph Hatcher and Austin Beckman each had 2 hits, and Kyle Olliges fired a complete game with 9 K’s to lead PRP to the win.  Hunter Wood was 3-3 with 2 doubles in the Bullitt East loss.

8^th Region

Collins 5  Simon Kenton 2
Collins rallied for 4 runs in the top of the 7^th, the big blow coming on David Decker’s bases loaded double.  Zac Wiley picked up the win in relief, tossing 3 scoreless innings.  Austin Perry had 3 hits, and Buddy Johnson went 2-4 with a RBI in the win.

Spencer County 6  North Oldham 2

10th Region

Harrison County 8  Scott 1
Brandon Kendall recorded the win throwing a complete game in the process.

Campbell County 7  Bourbon County 4
Tyler Walsh doubled and tripled, and Rob Franzen picked up the win for Campbell County.

11^th Region

Tates Creek 13  Madison Southern 2 (5 innings)
Blake Rose went 3-4 with 4 RBI, and Javon Shelby went 2-3 with a double and 3 runs scored to lead the 15-hit Tates Creek attack. 

Scott County 3  Woodford County 2
Trailing 2-0, Scott County rallied for 3 runs in the top of the 7^th to knock off the defending state champs.  Chase Martin and Matt Gregory each had RBI singles in the 7^th inning rally.  Lukas Mudd threw a complete game 3-hitter for the win.  Scott Co won despite Logan Parrett’s 14 strikeout performance for Woodford County.

12^th Region

Mercer County 9  Wayne County 0
John Ingram went 2-3 with a double, triple, and 4 RBI, and Jackson Stoeckinger fired a complete game 3-hitter with 6 strikeouts to lead Mercer County to the 12^th region championship game.

Southwestern 7  West Jessamine 4

13^th Region

Harlan County 3  South Laurel 1
Tyler Boggs fired a complete game as Harlan County upset the favorite to advance out of the 13^th Region.

North Laurel 10  Middlesboro 1
Logan Mallory racked up 11 K’s in the North Laurel rout.

14^th Region

Letcher County Central 1  Estill County 0
Max Hall fired a complete game, 3-hit shutout, and Stephen Fox drove in the lone run of the game with a single to lead LCC to the victory.

Powell County 15  Knott County Central 1

15^th Region

Belfry 6  Pikeville 5
Trailing 5-2, Belfry erupted for 4 runs in the 6^th and threw out a Pikeville runner at the plate attempting to score on a SAC fly in the 7^th to end the game.

Prestonburg 3  Lawrence County 2
Trey Stapleton went the distance on the mound for Prestonburg to pick up the win.

16^th Region

Greenup County 11  Bath County 1
Greenup County took advantage of 7 Bath County errors in the game.  Seth Boyle and Zach Hutchinson each drove in 2 runs, and Boyle racked up 11 K’s in the complete game win.

Ashland Blazer 1  Rowan County 0
Cade O’Bryan hit a solo home run in the 6^th inning to propel Ashland Blazer to it’s 2^nd consecutive 1-0 win.