For G.W. Long, Trevor Morris, Blayne McDaniel, Carson Dunlap and Brody Walker had a hit each and Cullis Kelly had a RBI.
Central-Phenix City 8, Dothan 2: In the loss to Central, the Wolves gave up seven runs in the second and couldn’t recover. Mark Padilla had two hits and Cater Fanning had a double among the five Dothan hits. Dyer had a RBI off a bases-loaded walk, one of his three walks in the game.
Central-Phenix City 3, G.W. Long 2: Brody Walker had two singles to lead G.W. Long in the loss.
Grant Horne had a RBI double and Carson Dunlap drove in the other Rebel run. Blayne McDaniel added a single.
Walker took the pitching loss despite, scattering six hits and striking out two over four innings. Tanner Johnston pitched three innings, giving up just two hits, while striking out one.
Ariton explodes for 26 hits, 22 runs in win over HA
Ariton’s offense erupted for 26 hits with four players earning four each to lead the way in a 22-2 rout of Houston Academy Saturday in a Hits for Heroes game at Northcutt Field.
Landon Thrash, Caden Collier, Landon Tyler and Phenix Griffin all had four hits for Ariton (1-2) with Collier driving in three runs and the other three driving in two runs each. Jackson Baker had three hits and drove in two, while Nash Evans, Paxton Steed and Jay Cook had two hits each with Evans pushing three runs across, Steed two and Cook one. Connor Thrash added a hit and RBI as nine players had at least one run score, one hit and one RBI in the game for the Purple Cats.