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Final!

Congrats to the boys from Johnson Co.

Justin Blanton goes the distance for JC allowing only 4 hits (two being infield hits). All 4 Allen Central runs were unearned as Central makes 4 errors also. Freshman Chase Richardson also hits a 3 run blast to left.

Johnson Central continues to get excellent pitching out of Fyffe, Blanton, Plummer , Richardson, and Conley. Errors still continue to create major problems for the Eagles as they have sqandered away the lead in at least 12 games in the late innings. They were able to hang on tonight however.

Blanton has now only allowed 1 earned run in his last 19 innings of work. Other than a 6 run inning against Paintsville early in the season, Blanton has only allowed 5 earned runs the whole season. ERA now stands at 1.94. Minus the one bad inning, his season ERA would stand at 0.88 in 40 innings of work.

What are the excuses now A.C. fans?

close game...good job JC

PLAYBOY5 Wrote:What are the excuses now A.C. fans?

Nothing from Strikeoutking and pacman?

^This is funny. Johnson Central had a heck of an outing from Blanton. AC also had good pitching. Errors cost both teams -- prolly AC a little more than JC -- in being that an error led to the 3 run HR. AC didn't hit the ball as good as they have been, but they still hit it pretty good, and had theirselves in a situation to win the game in the end. That's all you can ask for in baseball -- put your team in a situation to win at the end. Also, AC did play without their starting catcher who has been batting over .500, and that could have made a small impact on the game -- especially in the last inning when his bat would have been in the lineup with runners on. It was an exciting game however, and a good one to watch.

Pacman Wrote:^This is funny. Johnson Central had a heck of an outing from Blanton. AC also had good pitching. Errors cost both teams -- prolly AC a little more than JC -- in being that an error led to the 3 run HR. AC didn't hit the ball as good as they have been, but they still hit it pretty good, and had theirselves in a situation to win the game in the end. That's all you can ask for in baseball -- put your team in a situation to win at the end. Also, AC did play without their starting catcher who has been batting over .500, and that could have made a small impact on the game -- especially in the last inning when his bat would have been in the lineup with runners on. It was an exciting game however, and a good one to watch.

When did they hit the ball pretty good? 2 legit singles and 2 infield singles in the 7th. What happened to all of those other .500+ hitters? Not trying to be smart at all but it becomes a little more difficult when you play outside the 58th district to put up those gaudy numbers.

I think the errors cost JC just a tad more, seeing that all 4 AC runs were scored off 4 JC errors.

Turner did pitch well, as did Little, and he could indeed be a very good pitcher given proper mechanical instruction.

Anyways nice game AC, and good luck the rest of the season. Some nice folks down there. Your right, it was a fun game to watch.

rooster Wrote:When did they hit the ball pretty good? 2 legit singles and 2 infield singles in the 7th. What happened to all of those other .500+ hitters? Not trying to be smart at all but it becomes a little more difficult when you play outside the 58th district to put up those gaudy numbers.

I think the errors cost JC just a tad more, seeing that all 4 AC runs were scored off 4 JC errors.

Turner did pitch well, as did Little, and he could indeed be a very good pitcher given proper mechanical instruction.

Anyways nice game AC, and good luck the rest of the season. Some nice folks down there. Your right, it was a fun game to watch.

AC hit the ball pretty good quite a few times that were right at JC Defenders. Just because they don't fall for a hit doesn't mean it wasn't hit well. Blanton also did a good job keeping many batters off stride. One of the .500 hitters was on the bench. The others have been hitting well all season, even against good competition -- including Leslie County.

The errors on both sides cost them a great deal, but the biggest was probably the pass ball on the strike 3 by AC's backup catcher. That would have been the end of the inning. Instead, the next guy comes up and hits a 3 run shot. How is any errors bigger than that one? That HR is a one run homer instead of a 3 run shot if hit in the next inning. The pitcher also doesn't have to throw fastballs right down the middle with no runners on, so there is an even greater possibility the HR would not have been hit and therefore erasing 3 runs. Each JC error only amounted to one run each -- and even then it took good, and risky baserunning on AC's part just to get those runs in.

And, by the way, AC has played much more competition outside of the 58th including JJ Kelly, Ironton, Leslie County, Paintsville twice, Letcher Central, Cumberland, Lawrence County, Wolfe County and many other tough teams still exist on their schedule to be played. And the funny thing is these players are still hitting about .400 or better and putting up runs even against all these teams.

Turner and Little did pitch well. Both have good mechanics and could use just a little tweaking, but so could the pitcher from JC -- who pitched a very good game.

Thanks for the comments about some nice people this way. It is always a pleasure to come to JC and play with the hospitality there -- the only exception being a Sun Delay; but that's just part of the game there.

^And by the way, AC's backup catcher played a great game with the exception of that one pass ball. JC stole a few bases on him, but the calls were close and could have went either way. He also accounted for 2 of the hits and nearly had another in the 7th.

I know one thing for sure....JOHNSON CENTRAL WON..and you can't argue that stat my friends!

^ NO ONE is arguing that stat. We were just discussing the outcome of the errors, and how they played a factor in the game if you read it correctly. Congrats to the Eagles on a big win! Good luck the rest of the season.

Yes, AC's runs were unearned, but of the 5 JC runs, only 1, maybe 2, were earned. Both teams struggled in this game on defense. JC hit the ball hard and forced AC to make plays. JC errors were just mental, IMO. Blanton pitched a heck of a game. He kept the AC hitters off balance for the most part. Both teams hurt themselves with errors. If it weren't for that, I think this game could've had a different outcome. Nonetheless...Congrats JC on a good game. AC...poor defense will come back to hurt you against region contenders. Good Luck to both teams the rest of the way.

I dont know why you guys are so torn up about this game. JC won, and AC lost. End of discussion. Both are great teams and will make a run for the title at the end. I do think Allen Central however has the better talent and would win if they meet again

Disco Stu Wrote:I dont know why you guys are so torn up about this game. JC won, and AC lost. End of discussion. Both are great teams and will make a run for the title at the end. I do think Allen Central however has the better talent and would win if they meet again

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