Playing as the Pumas, the Grayson County baseball team split a pair of summer make-up games Monday evening at Breckinridge County.

The unseasonably wet weather has continued to play havoc with baseball teams, and the summer league has fallen far behind in its schedule. In the first game, freshman Ty Davis pitched four innings of one-hit relief as the Pumas beat Meade County 7-1.

In the night-cap, the Pumas could not solve the pitching of John Hardin’s Cody Creamer and Adam Pennington as they were shut-out 6-0.

MEADE COUNTY

Sophomore Cameron Bass informed the coaching staff a minute or two before he was to take the mound that he had a sore shoulder. He told the staff he thought he could go, but it was obvious he would not last long, so after getting out of the first inning allowing just one run, head coach Danny Clark brought in freshman Ty Davis to pitch the second inning.

Davis proceeded to pitch four innings of scoreless relief, allowing just a single hit, a third-inning double, walking two and striking out a pair.

At the plate, the Pumas broke open a 1-1 tie with a four-run third inning, then added two more in the fifth despite having only three hits in the game. Senior Tyler Saltsman drove in four of those runs with a pair of sacrifice flies and a two-run single in the four-run third.

The Pumas scored first in the top of the first inning. Brady Clemons walked leading off, then stole both second and third base. With one out, Saltsman brought Clemons home with a fly ball deep to right to make it 1-0.

Bass gave up Meade’s only run in the bottom of the inning. Shortstop Justin Amburgey singled, stole second and was sacrificed to third by first-baseman Scott King. Third-baseman Daniel DeRossett followed with a sharp single to right to plate Amburgey to make it 1-1.

The Pumas put the game away in the third with their four-run outburst. Designated-hitter Cody Hensel led off with a ground ball up the middle that went for an infield single. Catcher Carter Cannon tried to sacrifice Hensel to second, but Meade pitcher Andrew Oliver issued him a walk instead.

With Clemons at the plate, Hensel and Cannon worked a double steal, and when the throw at third base went into the outfield, Hensel came in to score. After Clemons walked, Davis laid down a sacrifice attempt. De Rossett could not come up with the ball cleanly and the bases were loaded on the error.

Saltsman followed with a single up the middle to plate both Cannon and Clemons to make it 4-1. Jakob Clemons grounded out for the first out of the innings, but both runners were able to move up a base. That turned out to be important, as Kenny Hewes followed by grounding out to second but driving home Davis with the fourth run of the inning.

The Pumas added some insurance with two runs in their final at bat. Brady Clemons was safe on a throwing error, then stole second base. Davis also reached on a throwing error as Clemons moved into third.

Saltsman followed with a line drive to deep right that plated Clemons to make it 6-1. Jakob Clemons followed with a looping fly into right that fell in for a hit. Meade right-fielder Ryan Bruner made a diving attempt at a catch but failed to get it and the ball rolled to the fence. Davis was able to motor around the bases and score as Clemons pulled in at third with the RBI triple.

Davis got some defensive help in the bottom of the inning as he closed out the Waves. Bruner was safe on an error leading off, then took off on a hit-and-run play as Amburgey ripped a pitch toward the hole at short. However, Brady Clemons was able to make a diving stab of the liner for the first out. Clemons scrambled back to his feet and threw back to first to easily double up Bruner for the second out. Davis then struck out King looking to end the game.

JOHN HARDIN

Saltsman and Jakob Clemons rapped out back-to-back, two-out singles in the first inning against Creamer, who then struck out Puma starter and loser Kenny Hewes for the final out and the Pumas never threatened again.

In the fourth, Creamer’s final inning, the Pumas put a runner at second with two outs, but the right-handed Creamer struck out Brett Lindsey to end that threat.

The Bulldogs brought in left-hander Adam Pennington to close things out in the fifth and he worked a 1-2-3 inning to end the game.

Hewes did not allow a hit until the fifth inning, but still trailed 3-0 as the Bulldogs came up for the last time. Hewes hurt his own cause, though, by walking nine batters in his five innings of work. He allowed only two hits, both of them in the fifth when the Bulldogs put the game out of reach with three runs. Hewes also struck out seven batters.

John Hardin scored the only run it would need in the first. Paul Pickerell walked, stole second and third, then scored on a one-out sacrifice fly by Brandon Best.

The Bulldogs scored another run in the second without a hit. Creamer walked leading off and was replaced by a courtesy runner. Hewes was called for a balk, sending the runner to second. Hewes then uncorked a pair of wild pitches that allowed the run to score.

The Dogs made it 3-0 in the third. Tyler Welch was safe on an error, then stole second base. On a pick-off attempt at second, Davis allowed the throw to get away and Welch moved to third on the error. One out later, Hewes had Pennington struck out on a ball in the dirt, but Cannon’s throw to first was weak and in the dirt and Welch was able to score on the error.

In the fifth, Best drove in the fourth run with a sacrifice fly before Joe Williams doubled in the final two runs to make it 6-0.