GRC wins the 40th district. Best of luck to both teams in the regional tourney.

District champs!

 

 

 

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By Keith Taylor Sun Sports Editor 9:14 p.m. EDT, May 23, 2012

 

 

George Rogers Clark baseball coach Matt Ginter was all smiles after the Cardinals defeated Bourbon County 5-3 to win the 40th District Tournament Wednesday afternoon at Cardinal Field. Both teams will advance to next week's 10th Region Tournament at Montgomery County High School.

 

Clark's Brent Stoneking provided the heroics with a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning, breaking a 3-3 deadlock and sending the Cards into the regional tourney as a district winner.

 

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Did Chase Mullins pitch for Bourbon County?

Did Chase Mullins pitch for Bourbon County?

 

Yes.

 

 

 

Clark base runner Malik Warner slides safely into home plate following a passed ball underneath flying Bourbon¿County pitcher Chase Mullins in the second inning of the Cardinals¿ 5-3 triumph over the Colonels Wednesday night. (Keith Taylor/[email protected] / May 24, 2012)

 

 

 

Brent Stoneking knew what to expect from Bourbon¿County ace Chase Mullins.

 

Ahead in the count at 2-0, Stoneking waited patiently for a pitch down the middle and pulled the trigger. The result was a two-run home run with two outs in the seventh inning that broke a 3-3 deadlock and sent George Rogers Clark to an exciting 5-3 victory over the Colonels in the finals of the 40th District Tournament Wednesday night at Cardinal Field.

 

“I went in there with confidence, knowing I had to do something for the team and do whatever we could do to pull out this win,” Stoneking said afterward. “It means a lot, especially for the coaches. I knew (Mullins) was going to come to me, so I was thinking fastball the whole way.”

 

Mullins, a University of Kentucky signee, fanned 12 batters and issued eight walks. The Cards scored two runs in the second inning on a pair of passed balls by the senior left-hander and built a 3-0 lead after the first two innings before Mullins used his bat to even things up again in the third frame.

 

Clark pitchers Hunter Osborne, McQuerry and Stoneking limited the Colonels to five hits and combined for nine strikeouts. Three of the Colonels’ five hits came off Osborne in the third frame.

 

“We had one inning where we had offense,” Bourbon County coach Nelson Faris said. “In the other six (innings), we didn’t hit, didn’t execute, they did and won the game. Stoneking came up, put a good swing on the ball, got it solid and it went.

 

“As hard as Chase throws, you get it solid, it will go. We’re swinging at the same fences and we had kids up there who just didn’t hit.”

 

40th District Tournament: Stoneking's blast carries Cards to title - centralkynews.com