Fort Gay, W. Va. — After losing to Tug Valley twice in the regular season the Tolsia ( 15-9-1 ) baseball team came up big when it counted with a 15-4 mercy shortened victory Wednesday night in a Region 4 Section 2 elimination game.
Jacob Mollette hit a three run homer to end the game and Grant Blackburn hit a two run homer in the first inning to get the Rebels rolling. Tolsia has had five different players go deep this season.
Kyler Speer went four innings to get the win and Jared Switzer struck out two Panthers on six pitches in the top of the fifth before Mollette ended the game in the bottom of the fifth.
Mollette finished with two hits, two runs and four RBIs, Blackburn finished with two runs and three RBIs, Blake Conn had two runs, one hit and two RBIs, Trey Smith had two hits and two runs, Speer two runs, one hit and one RBI, Brandon Mollett two RBIs and scored once, Austin Bailey one run, one hit and one RBI, Ray Perkins one run and one RBI, Ross Lycans and Caleb Meredith scored a run each.
Van 6 Tolsia 4 ( Monday Postseason )
The Rebels had seven errors and only two hits in their 2017 postseason debut at home. Kyler Speer had a hit and scored twice, Jared Switzer had a RBI triple and Jacob Mollette drove in one. Tolsia led 4-2 before giving up four runs in the fifth and six innings.
Tolsia 14 Ambassador Christian 9 ( Thursday )
Trey Smith had two hits and two RBIs including the first ever Home Run by a Tolsia player in the two years that the new field has been played on.
Jacob Mollette had two hits, three RBIs, and scored twice, Brandon Mollett had one hit, scored once and three RBIs, Kyler Speer had a Double, two RBIs and scored once, Grant Blackburn had a Double and scored twice, Blake Conn had a hit and scored three times, Austin Bailey had a hit and one RBI, Billy Perry scored twice, Ray Perkins and Peyton Watts scored once each. Speer was the winning pitcher.
Tolsia will host Sherman tonight at 6:00 in another elimination game.
Tolsia Head Coach Eric Crum
COACH’S COMMENT
“… Big game for us to bounce back from the Van loss the other night and to win Section games in back to back seasons when it was forever since we had won one. Kids showed something tonight that they hadn’t showed all year and that was to put away a team when you can.” The back to back bunts in the nine run third inning was the key for us tonight. We really put them back on their heels from then on out.”
