Metcalfe County became the first team to score on the Logan County Cougars in the 2013 postseason Memorial Day in the 4th Region Tournament at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green. The Hornets’ two runs weren’t enough as the Cougars won 4-2.
The Cougars had won both of their district tournament games 7-0. In those two games, sophomores Caleb Bruner and Hunter Britt pitched 13 scoreless innings. Russellville’s Jacob Procter and Zach Denney and Franklin-Simpson’s Dylan Jones threw 13 innings of shutout baseball innings themselves, but the Cougars scored seven runs in an inning twice.
This time senior Blake Gettings blanked Coach Brian Garrett’s Hornets in six frames but allowed the two scores in the fourth inning.
The Cougars, as had been their pattern all along, plated all four of their tallies in one inning. That came in the third. Thomas Miller and Joe Holliday started it by reaching base on consecutive Metcalfe errors. Gage Hales then singled in both runners. Dustin Cartas followed with his specialty, an RBI double. Matt Harper walked and moved up on Cody Hunt’s single. Courtesy runner Luke Woodall scored on the throw. Ryan Basham was hit by a pitch, but no more Cougars came home.
In the fourth inning, the Hornets’ Holden White singled. Kyle Bryant followed with an RBI double, plating the first postseason run the Cougars had allowed. Then Jalen Clemmons’ two-out single drove in Bryant. Cougar coach Ethan Meguiar stuck with Gettings, and he rewarded his coach by getting Marcus Alderson to ground out to first and then shutting the 16h District runners-up down the final two innings.
Gettings gave up two runs on five hits and five strikeouts. He didn’t walk a single batter. Jalen Clemmons and Billie Clemons each pitched three innings for Metcalfe. Jalen threw one-hit, scoreless ball, but the Cougars got to Billie for the two runs on four hits.
Hales picked up three of Logan’s five hits. The other two were by Cartas and Hunt. Cartas and Harper drew the only two walks of the game.
The Hornets finished their season with a 10-20 record. The Cougars improved to 24-10 and moved on to the semifinals.