Dragons Even Season Series With 7-A Woodstock

Yesterday, the PHS Dragons varsity baseball team hosted the Woodstock Wolverines in a non-region tilt at Dragons Field. Woodstock, is out of the 7-A classification and came into the ball game 8-2 & winners of 5 straight. Pickens, came into the game fresh off of a split with 5-A Paulding County last week. With a win here, the Dragons would split with the Wolverines.

 

Senior Travis Huffman got the call for the Dragons and he pitched very well during this game. T. Huffman K’d two during the top of the 1st to send us to the bottom of the frame. Not to be outdone, T. Huffman came up to lead off the bottom of the inning, & on the 1st pitch he saw, cranked it over the left field wall to put the Dragons up 1-0 going to the 2nd. The Dragons were able to work out of a jam in the top of the 2nd as T. Huffman K’d a batter to end the half inning. Brady Moore drove in Zack Moore on a sac fly RBI to give Pickens a 2-0 lead over the Wolverines going to the 3rd.

 

After Woodstock again could not get anything going in the top of the 3rd, the Dragons added to their lead in the bottom of the inning as Dominic Stephens crushed a 2-run home run over the fence to give Pickens a 4-0 lead going to the 4th. Both teams were not able to get anything going in the 4th as we headed to the 5th, Dragons still ahead of Woodstock, 4-1. In the top of the 5th, Woodstock got on the board to make it 4-1 Pickens. The Dragons were unable to answer in the bottom of the frame as they went 1-2-3 in order to send us to the 6th.

 

T. Huffman needed only 8 pitches to put an end to the Wolverine 6th inning. We would head to the 7th, Pickens still ahead of Woodstock, 4-1. T. Huffman finished his complete game with a 9 pitch 7th inning & a K to seal the Dragons win over the Wolverines, 4-1.

 

Pickens had 4 runs on 7 hits

Travis Huffman: 7IP, 7K, 3H, 1 unearned run & 2-3 1 HR, 1 single, 1 RBI, & 1 run scored

Joseph Gossett: 1-3 with a single & 1 run scored

Dominic Stephens: 1-3 with a HR, 2 RBI, & 1 run scored

Zack Moore: 1-2 with a double, 1 HBP, & 1 run scored

Wyatt Gooch: 1-2 with a single, & a walk

Dylan Huffman: 1-3 with a single

Brady Moore: 0-1 with a sacrifice, & 1 RBI

 

The varsity Dragons will be back in action this Saturday as they host both Murray County & Newton at Dragons Field. The first game for the Dragons on Saturday will be at 11 a.m. against Murray County. Murray & Newton will then play after that game concludes, then the final game of the afternoon will see the Dragons face Newton.