The DeKalb West School Bulldogs baseball team kept up their winning ways last week with a couple of wins against Algood. The first game saw DeKalb command a 15-1 victory, while the second claimed a 4-2 win.
In the first game, DWS scored three runs at the bottom of the first. Cooper Odom and Anthony Moore each got on with a walk, and later Porter Hancock homered on a fly to center.
The Bulldogs would do even better in the second, adding 11 runs to the board. Andrew Cathey singled on a grounder to center, followed by a walk by Odom. Moore would take a base with a HBP, then Cathey scored on a wild pitch as Preston Taylor was at bat. Taylor would also get a walk, then Odom would score on another wild pitch. Hancock stepped up to the plate again and once more homered on a line drive to center.
The Bulldogs weren’t through yet. Reed Midgett would walk, then Elliot Barnes singled on a fly to right. Donnell would then single on a line drive to left, loading the bases. Anderson Fortner then singled on a line drive to center, sending Midgett home, then Cathey reached on a fly and an error by second as Barnes scored. Odom hit a grounder and reached on an error by first, as Donnell touched the plate, then Moore singled on a grounder to the pitcher as Odom scored. Taylor was back at the plate and hit a double on a line drive to left, sending Moore home. Algood would get off the field, but DWS held a 14-0 lead.
Algood managed just one run in the game, scored on an error by the catcher in the third inning, but DWS would cap off the game at the bottom of the fourth with a run by Maddux Pyburn. The game would go to the top of the fifth, but the Bulldogs would claim the 15-1 victory.
Preston Taylor earned the win from the mound, giving up one run over three and a third innings, striking out nine and walking five. Collin Donnell ended the game with the save.
In the second game, the Bulldogs took the early lead in the second inning, and held on in a much closer game.
At the top of the second, Hancock got a walk, and would advance to third as Midgett was at bat. Later, Barnes singled on a grounder to center as Hancock scored. Donnell would take an HBP, then Fortner doubled on a grounder to left as Gavin Frazier, running for Barnes, scored. Donnell would be caught advancing to home. Cathey was up next and doubled on a fly to right as Fortner touched the plate. The Bulldogs were up, 3-0.
DWS would score one more run at the top of the third after Moore singled on a ground ball to third. Taylor would then reach on a fly and an error at second, as Moore came home. The Bulldogs were up 4-0.
Algood would get on the board with two runs at the bottom of the third, but that would be as far as they would get. DWS claimed the 4-2 win.
Barnes earned the win for the Bulldogs, allowing one hit and two runs, over four and two-thirds innings, striking out nine and walking three. Reed Midgett collected the save.
The Bulldogs are 8-1 on the season so far.
