Henderson County 10 - North Oldham 0 / Five Innings (Round 1

**Stardust** · 06-05-2012, 01:08 PM

Final

**Stardust** · 06-05-2012, 01:11 PM

Avery Pitt has 5 RBI as Henderson County romps 10-0 over North Oldham in state baseball tournament

**Stardust** · 06-05-2012, 01:12 PM

The Colonels made it a mercy-rule romp with 5 runs in the bottom of the fifth. Avery Pitt’s 3-run double was the big blow in the inning. Sam Higgs got the pitching win for Henderson County. He gave up 2 hits and had 5 strikeouts in five innings.

**Stardust** · 06-05-2012, 02:13 PM

Henderson County forgot to pack its batting helmets for the state tournament, but the Colonels’ had everything else necessary on their checklist — hitting, pitching and defense — as they mercy-ruled North Oldham 10-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.
Junior right-hander Sam Higgs did the job on the mound, going 5 innings, giving up 2 hits and striking out 5 for his eighth win of the season.
“Higgs was outstanding,” Coach Nathan Isenberg said. “And it was nice to get him out of there in five. Now he’s eligible for Thursday, Friday or Saturday.”
Avery Pitt, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound senior, swung the big bat and had 5 RBI. He crushed a two-run double in the fourth and a three-run double in the fifth to the same left-center gap.
Kaleb Duckworth had a hit and two RBI as part of Henderson County’s 9-hit attack.
North Oldham, which finished the season 15-17, got singles from John Kohler and Vince Lewis.

**GetChili** · 06-06-2012, 11:06 AM

Henderson cruised in this one.

**Stardust** · 06-06-2012, 11:12 AM

Henderson County 10, North Oldham 0: Henderson County forgot to pack its batting helmets for the trip to Lexington, but it brought everything else necessary — pitching, hitting and defense — to the state tournament.
Led by the strong pitching of Sam Higgs and the power hitting of Avery Pitt, the Colonels crushed North Oldham 10-0 in Tuesday's opening first-round game.
"Hard to play much better than that," Henderson County Coach Nathan Isenberg said.
As for the missing helmets, Isenberg had no explanation other than they should've been on the checklist. "It's never perfect. That's high school baseball," he said.
The Colonels borrowed helmets from North Oldham in the first inning. Calloway County, which played after Henderson County, offered its helmets, too. The Colonels used Lexington Legends' headgear most of the day.
Higgs, a junior right-hander, gave up two hits, struck out five and walked one in the five-inning mercy-rule game.
"Higgs was outstanding," Isenberg said. "And it was nice to get him out of there after five. Now he's eligible (to pitch again) Thursday, Friday or Saturday."
Pitt provided pop at the plate with five RBI. The 6-foot-4, 260-pound senior had a two-run double in the fourth inning, and he smashed a three-run double in the fifth.
Pitt said the Colonels don't want to find their missing helmets, not after having good luck with the borrowed ones.
"In baseball, you've gotta be superstitious," he said.

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**Stardust** · 06-06-2012, 11:36 AM

LEXINGTON, KY. — The Henderson County High School baseball team forgot to bring its batting helmets for Tuesday’s first-round state tournament game.Unfortunately for North Oldham, the Colonels didn’t leave their bats behind.
Avery Pitt went 2 for 3 with two doubles and five RBIs as Henderson County pounded out nine hits to beat North Oldham 10-0 in the Kentucky National Insurance/KHSAA State Tournament at Whitaker Bank Park. The game ended in the fifth inning because of the 10-run mercy rule.
The Colonels had to borrow helmets from North Oldham for the first inning and later used helmets from fellow tournament participant Calloway County and from the Lexington Legends minor league team that plays at Whitaker Bank Park.
“I thought our guys were really prepared because they have been over the last several days,” Henderson County coach Nathan Isenberg said with a laugh. “It’s never perfect. That’s high school baseball.”
After the offensive outburst, Pitt said he’d prefer to use other teams’ helmets for the rest of the tournament.
“You know, with baseball you have to be superstitious,” he said.
Henderson County (27-13-1) will face Tuesday night’s Pleasure Ridge Park-Newport Central Catholic winner in Thursday’s 6 p.m. quarterfinal.
North Oldham, the surprise winner of the Eighth Region Tournament, managed just two hits and finished 15-17.
“I felt like we’re better than our record, but you are what your record shows,” Mustangs coach Erik Phelps said. “We put it together for a week in the Eighth Region Tournament, and I’ll take that. I’ll take getting beat like this for us to make the state tournament.”
The Colonels scored the only runs they’d need in the second inning, getting two-out RBI singles from Colton Jones and Kaleb Duckworth. Justin Cessna tripled and scored in the third for a 3-0 lead.
Pitt took over from there. He nailed a two-run double for a 5-0 lead in the fourth, and his three-run double made it 9-0 in the fifth. He scored the game-clinching run on Ryan Ward’s single.
At 6 feet 4 and 260 pounds, Pitt is not your typical No. 2 hitter.
“The biggest two-hole hitter I’ve ever seen in my life,” Phelps said. “Definitely out of character, but he hammered the ball.”
Isenberg said he bats Pitt second so he’ll see more fastballs.
“Back home a lot of people pitch around him because they know what he can do,” he said. “We hope some people don’t know us too well and maybe we can sneak up and catch them by surprise.”
Sam Higgs (8-4) pitched the shutout, walking one and striking out five. Vince Lewis (3-4) took the loss, allowing seven runs and seven hits and walking six.
“The theme of the day was that (Henderson County) outexecuted us,” Phelps said. “We couldn’t throw a first-pitch strike or anything off speed for a strike. We had to give them fastballs in fastball counts, and they put the ball in play.”http://saxo.highschoolsports.net/article...le&avis=B2