BA: Mounties Double Dip Cloverdale

The Paper file photo Southmont High School sophomore pitcher Tanner Hill earned his first win this season in the Mounties’ Saturday doubleheader sweep.

Baseball Saturday At Southmont Game 1 Southmont 17, Cloverdale 7 (5 innings) Cloverdale 050 02 – 7 8 4 Southmont 000 (16)1 – 17 9 0 WP: Tanner Hill S (1-0). LP: Cummings C. Cloverdale runs scored: Rosetti 2, Florey, Dale, Price, Seacrest, Chambers Southmont runs scored: Colt Hill 2, Kyle McMurry 2, Jared Earle 2, Logan Petry 2, Cody Jacquez 2, Scott Paris 2, Derek Linn 2, Jordon Hockersmith 2, Tanner Hill Cloverdale RBI: Cummings 3, Seacrest, Dale, Rosetti Southmont RBI: Colt Hill 2, Jared Earle 2, Cody Jacquez 2, Jordon Hockersmith 2, Tanner Hill, Scott Paris Kyle McMurry Cloverdale hits: Cummings 2, Martin 2, Rosetti 2, Florey, Price Southmont hits: Jared Earle 3, Colt Hill, Kyle McMurry , Cody Jacquez, Scott Paris, Jordon Hockersmith, Tanner Hill 3B: Colt Hill S 2B: Cummings C; Price C; Jared Earle S; Tanner Hill S Stolen bases: Cloverdale 0, Southmont 9 (Jared Earle 3, Logan Petry 2, Tanner Hill 2, Cody Jacquez, Jordon Hockersmith) LOB: Cloverdale 7, Southmont 9 Record: Southmont 4-2 Game 2 Southmont 5, Cloverdale 1 Cloverdale 000 01 00 – 1 5 7 Southmont 400 01 0X – 5 4 1 WP: Scott Harris S. LP: Florey C. Cloverdale run scored: Seacrest Southmont runs scored: Colt Hill, Jared Earle, Logan Petry, Kyle McMurry, Jordon Hockersmith Cloverdale RBI: Tomlinson Southmont RBI: Jared Earle Cloverdale hits: Cummings 2, Tomlinson, Martin, Seacrest Southmont hits: Jared Earle, Logan Petry, Brayden McKinney, Jordon Hockersmith 2B: Martin C Stolen bases: Cloverdale 3 (Martin 2, Seacrest), Southmont 2 (Colt Hill, Jordon Hockersmith) LOB: Cloverdale 8, Southmont 2 Record: Southmont 5-2

THE
PAPER

NEW
MARKET – Southmont High School baseball coach Adam Acton finally watched the
Mounties’ offense connect.

They just needed to return to their home
confines for their offense to start up again.

Southmont recorded 13 hits
in two games and swept a doubleheader against visiting Cloverdale, cruising to a
17-7 five-inning win in game one and earning a 5-1 victory in game two.

After recording only two hits in Thursday’s Sagamore Athletic Conference
win, Southmont (5-2) nearly quintupled that total in Saturday’s first
game.

Trailing 5-0 after three innings, the Mounties’ offense found their
rhythm – and erupted for a season-high 16 runs in the fourth inning. It’s the
most runs Southmont has scored in an inning this season and was two more than
they had scored in their previous two games.

Southmont batted around the
order three times and eight players – junior Colt Hill, Kyle McMurry, Jared
Earle, Cody Jacquez, Scott Paris, Derek Linn, Jordon Hockersmith and sophomores
Logan Petry – scored two runs apiece.

Earle had three hits, including a
double, and had two RBI. Colt Hill, Jacquez and Hockersmith each had two RBI.

Senior Tyler Price and Tanner Hill each hit doubles.

Tanner Hill
(1-0) pitched and earned his first victory.

Southmont kept up its hot
offense in the second game, scoring four runs in the first inning en route to
the win. Earle had a single and an RBI.

Scott Harris earned the win for
the Mounties.

“We finally got more than just a couple hits in a game,”
Acton said. “Hopefully it’s a confidence builder for next week and we can take
what we’ve done here. We’ve been down in a lot of ballgames and come back. We’ve
lost a couple . . . I’m proud about the team not quitting and not giving up. We
did it again down 5-0. Scoring 16 runs in an inning is rather
unusual.”

Southmont next plays in a home game at 6 p.m. Tuesday against
conference rival Western Boone.