Lawrence County 4, Greenup County 0
Posted by Mike Fields on June 12, 2008
- Lawrence County freshman righthander Chandler Shepherd threw a complete-game four-hitter to beat Greenup County. Shepherd, improving his record to 10-1, had 8 strikeouts and walked two as he dealt the Musketeers only their second shutout of the season. Greenup County senior lefty Tyler Hieneman, gave up only four hits in losing for the first time in 10 decisions this spring. He had 7 strikeouts.
- Trailing 4-0, Greenup County is down to its last three outs as we go to the top of the seventh.
- We’re going to the top of the sixth and Lawrence County leads 4-0. Greenup County has only two hits off Chandler Shepherd, and the Musketeers’ defense has made three costly errors.
- Lawrence County 4, Greenup County 0: The Bulldogs continue to add to their lead. Nick Hackney singled with two outs in the fourth, went to second on an error, and scored on another throwing error when he was stealing third.
- Lawrence County 3, Greenup County 0: Tim Hayes and Jordan Miller each drove in a run as the Bulldogs added to their lead in the bottom of the third. Lawrence County pitcher Chandler Shepherd is cruising along. He’s blanked the Musketeers on one hit through four innings and has five strikeouts.
- Lawrence County 1, Greenup County 0: The Bulldogs have taken the lead in the bottom of the second. Dustin Kingsmore singled, and came home on Brad Laney’s two-out triple to center.
- Greenup County had runners at first and third with no outs in the top of the second, but came up empty. Chandler Shepherd struck out the next two batters, and pinch runner Dakota Greenslate was thrown out at the plate when trying to score when the other runner purposely got in a rundown.
- Good crowd on hand, especially considering the early hour. Lots of fans made the trek from eastern Kentucky to catch this opener.
- Greenup County pitcher Tyler Hieneman matches Shepherd with a 1-2-3 first inning, including a pair of strikeouts.
- Strong start for Lawrence County’s Chandler Shepherd. He struck out the first two batters, and got the third on a groundout to third.
