Highlands gets the one seed in the district. Todd Ramey goes deep in the bottom of the 5th. Briley Seiter and Joey Cochran both throw complete games..

I heard Bellevue hit the ball, but right at people and/or great plays were made by Highlands.

Birds hit the ball as hard or harder than the Bellevue. 1st & 3rd w/ no out in the 1st and JR Whitford hits a screamer right at the 2B while SR Allen was stealing for a DP. JR Ramey hits a hard smash at 3B to end the inning.

 

SR Cochran kept Bellevue at bay for 7 innings. Bellevue pushed 1 across in the 7th, but didn't threaten seriously before that. Birds committed only 1 error which kept Cochran's pitch count down and runs off the board. Don't think he walked a batter until the 7th.

 

In addition to going yard & hitting an opposite field double, JR Ramey played a solid 3B and got outs. JR Whitford was solid at SS on a few plays.

 

SR Hergott with a solid 2 out double to score SR Gesenhues to get the Birds on the scoreboard in the 2nd. JR Veneman with a triple to bring in Hergott. Veneman comes home after JR Murray was HBP and stole 2B when Bellevue threw through and SS cut the ball off. Murray scored to finish the scoring when Allen reached on an error and Bellevue threw the ball around a bit. Whitford flew out to CF to end inning.

 

Tigers with 4 hits & 2 errors. Birds with 8 hits & 1 error.

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The Highlands Bluebirds baseball team clinched the top seed in the 36th District Tournament for the second straight year.

Highlands (15-14) beat the visiting Bellevue Tigers, 6-1 in Fort Thomas on Thursday. The Bluebirds have won the previous two district championships.

Highlands scored four times in the bottom of the second and never looked back. The Bluebirds added two more runs in the fifth.

Joey Cochran pitched a complete game to pick up the win for Highlands. He struck out three, walked one and allowed five hits.

The Bluebirds recorded eight hits. Todd Ramey once again led the way going 2-for-3 with a home run, double, two runs batted in and a run scored. Teammates Brandon Hergott and D.J. Mills also had two hits. Hergott doubled and Alex Veneman had a triple.

The Bluebirds play at Cincinnati Anderson on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.

 

Fort Thomas Sports: Thursday Sports Briefs

Pics from the game.

 

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