Lance Burnett struck out 10 and gave up just three hits in six innings Thursday as Carroll County’s baseball team celebrated Senior Day with a 6-2 Three Rivers District victory over Radford in Hillsville.
Burnett allowed just two runs and two walks and Cody Reece shut down the side in the seventh inning to secure the victory for the Cavaliers. Britt Berrier delivered two hits, drove in a run and scored another in the win for Carroll (12-4, 6-4 Three Rivers District).
Trailing 1-0 after two innings, the Cavaliers took the lead for good with a two-run third inning. Berrier reached on an error and later scored on an Avery Hart single to tie the game. Jack Meredith drew a bases-loaded walk to score Hart and putting Carroll in front 2-1.
Carroll added four runs in the fifth inning. Maddox Lyons and Burnett both singled and both later scored on passed balls. Mason Crockett added an RBI single and Berrier made it 6-2 with a run-scoring double.
Slade Quesenberry, Hart, Lyons, Cole Ward, Gage Nicholson, James Helmick and Mason Crockett each had a hit for Carroll in the victory.
Radford 100 001 0 - 2 3 3
Carroll 002 040 0 - 6 9 0
Ray, Flinchum (5) and Farmer (R); Burnett, Reece (7) and Berrier (CC). WP - Burnett. LP - Ray. 2B - Berrier (CC).
Patrick Co. 9, Carroll Co. 3
Tucker Swails and Calvin Lancaster both homered as Patrick County defeated Carroll County 9-3 in a Three Rivers District contest May 7 in Hillsville.
Swails, a Virginia Tech signee, hit a three-run dinger to get the defending Class 2 state champs started in the first inning. Lancaster went deep to left for a two-run shot in the seventh inning. Patrick starting pitcher Broc Taylor made life tough for Carroll hitters, striking out 11 while giving up five hits and three runs in six innings of work.
Cody Reece, Maddox Lyons and Lance Burnett all tagged singles in the first inning for Carroll and Avery Hart drove in two with a base hit during the frame. The Cavaliers were limited to just two hits after the first inning, however.
Hart went 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead Carroll.
Patrick 502 000 2 - 9 12 0
Carroll 300 000 0 - 3 6 2
Taylor, Callahan (7) and Martinez (PC); Phillips, Nicholson (1), Ward (5), Lyons (6) and Berrier (CC). WP - Taylor. LP - Phillips. 2B - Taylor, Fain (PC); Hart (CC). HR - Swails, Lancaster (PC).
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