Coffee Middle’s escaped bases loaded jams in the 4th and 5th innings and pushed across 3 insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat visiting Stewarts Creek 6-2 Wednesday – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio in the Peoples Bank & Trust Hometown Sports Series.
The Raiders led wire to wire – starting with a 2-run bottom of the first when Jaxon Pruitt doubled home Mason Floyd and Kanon Creek doubled home Pruitt. The Raiders outhit the Falcons 9-6.
Pruitt earned the win, striking out 8 over 4 innings of 3-hit ball. He walked 2 and allowed 1 earned.
Ethan Arnold was masterful in relief, scattering 3 hits over 3 innings and striking out 1 while not allowing a run. He escaped a bases loaded jam in the 5th.
The win makes the Raiders 3-1 on the season.
