PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Elizabethtown beats Breckinridge, Nelson beats Meade (03/13)

Sophomore Zeke Pinkham hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, helping the host Elizabethtown Panthers stave off a late rally by Breckinridge County in a 9-6 victory Tuesday.

Pinkham homered in the sixth, which gave Elizabethtown (1-0) a 9-0 lead. The Panthers would need every bit of that cushion as the Fighting Tigers (0-1) scored six runs in the seventh.

Senior Garrett Morgan doubled, tripled and scored twice for the Panthers, who had five extra-base hits. Freshman Hunter Sullivan singled and tripled, while senior Cannon Pender had a double.

Pender (1-0) got the win as he struck out four and walked one without allowing a hit in five innings.

ELIZABETHTOWN9, BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY 6

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Breckinridge Co.000   000    6    6  2  3

Elizabethtown     220   212     x    910  4

Cody Pile, Blake Tivitt (6), Casey Dowell (6) and Ben Allen. Cannon Pender, Zach McKinney (6), Jayden King (7), Austin Freyberger (7) and Zeke Pinkham. WP: Pender (1-0). LP: Pile. S: Freyberger. 2B: Pender (E), Garrett Morgan (E). 3B: Morgan (E), Hunter Sullivan (E). HR: Pinkham (E).

UP NEXT: Elizabethtown plays at LaRue County at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

NELSONCOUNTY 7, MEADE COUNTY 2. The visiting Green Wave (1-2) stranded eight runners on base, made six errors and struck out seven times as the Cardinals rolled.

Freshman Kase Mattingly went 2-for-3 with a double, while senior Zach Kullman had two singles. Sophomore Logan Hicks doubled.

Sophomore Kurt Hall (0-2) allowed five hits, three earned runs and one walk in four innings. He struck out six.

NELSONCOUNTY 7, MEADE COUNTY 2

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Meade County    000   002    0    2  6  6

Nelson County   103   201     x    7  6  0

Kurt Hall, Logan Hicks and Kase Mattingly. Unknown and Unknown. WP: Not available. LP: Hall (0-2). 2B: Mattingly (MC), Hicks (MC). 3B: Unknown (NC).

UP NEXT: Meade County plays at Shelbyville Collins at 6 p.m. Friday.