FROM TIM GAYLE
SPORTS WRITER – SPECIAL TO THE EAN
Prattville 9, Vestavia Hills 3
HOOVER — Drew Brown went 2 for 2 and scored three times and Ryley DuBose went 2 for 3, scored twice and drove in three runs to lead the Lions to a 9-3 win over Vestavia Hills in the opening round of the Hoover Walk-Ons Buccaneer Classic at the Hoover Met on Wednesday.
Pierce Hanna, who went 2 for 3 with three RBIs, staked the Rebels to a 3-0 lead in the first inning before the Lions scored nine unanswered runs.
Prattville (17-3) tied the game in the bottom of the fifth as Brown hit a leadoff triple and scored on a groundout by DuBose.
The Lions scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff triple by Braxton Piper, followed by an RBI double by Avery Hall for the go-ahead run and later on a bases-loaded two-run single by DuBose to make it 6-3. Another bases-loaded, two-run single by Campbell Seamon put the Lions up 8-3 and Andy Hall drove in another run on a fielder’s choice.
Piper went 2 for 3 with a triple, a run scored and an RBI and Seamon went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a pair of RBIs.
Drew Jolley picked up the win, sprinkling nine hits over six innings while walking three and striking out sixth. Calin Tate threw a scoreless seventh to finish the game.
Aiden Black pitched the first five innings for Vestavia Hills, allowing three runs on six hits. Ethan McGriff took the loss in relief, allowing four runs and six hits in one-third of an inning.
Prattville 7, Stanhope Elmore 2
PRATTVILLE — The Lions jumped out to an early lead, scoring a run in the first and three more in the third, to defeat the Mustangs 7-2 on Saturday at Roger Lambert Field.
Travis Stauter went 2 for 4, scored a run and drove in three to give the Lions the lead. Campbell Seamon went 2 for 4 and drove in a run and Drew Jolley went 2 for 3 and drove in a run.
Slade Wood picked up the win, allowing four hits and a run in five innings of work while striking out four and walking one. Jolley pitched the final two innings, giving up one run on one hit while striking out one.
Stanhope Elmore managed just five hits, led by Evan Duncan, who went 2 for 3.
Prattville (16-3) returns to action on Wednesday in the Hoover Walk-Os Buccaneer Classic at the Hoover Met.
