Pendleton County finishes the regular season with a win at Bracken County today. Trent Turner hit a grand slam for the Wildcats and Alex Valentine picked up the win in relief. Pendleton County finishes the regular season with a 13-11 record.

This was a very exciting game as both teams were preparing for district play. Bracken Co. got off to a slow start but kept fighting back and tied the score at nine with 2 out in the bottom of the seventh when Andrew Cummins hit a double off of the right field fence with the bases loaded to score 2 runs. The runner from 1st base was thrown out at home to send the game to extra innings. Cummins also had a 2 run home run in the game. Eli Florer and Zach Williams also hit home runs for Bracken. Sophomore Travis Bishop entered the game in the third in relief and did a good job of keeping the Wildcat hitters off balance until the 8th when fatigue and a missed call at first led to 3 runs. Bracken Co. threaten again in the bottom of the 8th with 2 runners on but could not complete the comeback one more time.

I might agree on the missed call at 1st, but if it had not been for a missed called strike 3 in the bottom of the 7th the game would have never made it tot the 8th inning.

If there was a missed third strike in the 7th that hardly makes up for the base umpire(he standing between the mound and 2nd base) not looking at 1st base and then looking confused and start to make a safe call and then signal out. Then the umpire still looking like he did not what to do went to the home plate umpire who was watching the runner on third to bail him out. So I think you are way off base with this comparison. Arguments about changing strike zones can be made in almost every game, that is just part of high school baseball. All I was trying to say in my first post was that a young Bracken pitcher had a good game and that a tough break, that he had no control over, contributed to the outcome. This was a good high school baseball game that could have went either way.

If there was a missed third strike in the 7th that hardly makes up for the base umpire(he standing between the mound and 2nd base) not looking at 1st base and then looking confused and start to make a safe call and then signal out. Then the umpire still looking like he did not what to do went to the home plate umpire who was watching the runner on third to bail him out. So I think you are way off base with this comparison. Arguments about changing strike zones can be made in almost every game, that is just part of high school baseball. All I was trying to say in my first post was that a young Bracken pitcher had a good game and that a tough break, that he had no control over, contributed to the outcome. This was a good high school baseball game that could have went either way.

 

All I was saying is that if the homeplate umpire had called the 3rd strike nothing in the 8th inning would have happened. Biscuit did pitch very well and kept the Pendleton hitters off stride.

Ok, I'll agree but balls and strikes can be debated every game.