NEWTON TOWNSHIP - The 6 under visitor on the scoreboard was 'brutal.'
Maysville trailed 6-0 after one inning and 7-0 entering the home half of the second against New Lexington on Wednesday.
"New
Lex played their butts off, and they pounded the ball," he added.
"We've pitched well, but we need consistency, especially on offense."
Despite
watching Maysville pull within 7-6 after three innings, New Lex
extended the lead to 9-6. Aaron Foreman scored on a passed ball in the
fourth, and Trey Givens hit a RBI single in the fifth.
Gage
Morgan's RBI single in the sixth put New Lex back in front, 10-9.
However, missed opportunities ultimately cost New Lex.
"We've
struggled with runners in scoring position all year," New Lex coach
Todd Brown said. "We put too much pressure on ourselves. We're green,
and most of our guys haven't been in those situations. Maysville hit the
ball well and gave themselves a chance to come back."
Jared
Wycinski and Noah Hahn each had two-run singles to highlight the six-run
first for New Lex, and Foreman stole home in the second to put New Lex
up 7-0.
Foreman
fanned nine and allowed nine runs, five earned, on nine hits in 6 1/3
innings for New Lex, while Morgan went
4-for-4, and Brayden Metzger, Givens and Wycinski all had two hits.