The first ever 10th Region Baseball All-Star game ended in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night at George Rogers Clark High School. The game featured the best players from the 37th and 38th Districts vs. the 39th and 40th Districts. Despite a slight rain delay, Team 39/40 came away with 4-3 walk-off win after putting up two runs in the bottom of the 7th inning.
Pictures from the game are available at 10thRegion.com/photos.
Team 39/40 was the home team and got on the board early in the bottom of the 1st and led 1-0.
Clay Estes started off with a single and advanced to third after wild pitches. Landon Scilley drove in the run after sacrifice fly to right-field.
Team 37/38 answered back in the top of the 2nd.
Evan Clark started off with a stand-up double and Cameron White walked, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Both runners advanced into scoring position after a passed ball.
Colin Combs singled left-center scoring Evan Clark and tying the game 1-1.
Ryan Johnson started off the 3rd inning by hitting a line drive to left-field that hit three feet from the top of the fence. With Johnson on second, Race Zachary singled for him to score giving Team 37/38 the 2-1 lead.
The rain started pouring down in the middle of the 3rd inning causing a delay.
Despite being rivals in the 37th District, Bishop Brossart and Campbell County players engaged in a friendly game of fungo golf during the rain delay.
The game resumed after about 30 minutes and was still playable thanks to GRC’s turf field. The game was originally scheduled to be 9 innings, but was shortened to 7 after they delay.
On to the top of the 4th, Elijah Harris started things off with a two-out walk. Harris walked twice in the game at the lead-off spot and led the region in walks this season.
Harris stole second and third base and Ethan Verst walked, putting runners on first and second.
Ethan Verst had delayed steal to second, causing the catcher to throw down to second, allowing Elijah Harris to steal home. Team 37/38 extended their lead 3-1.
Landon Scilley started off the bottom of the 5th with a single. After a stolen base and wild pitch, he moved to third. Brodie Shaw singled on the right side to score Scilley and cut the lead to 3-2.
Down to the bottom of the 7th inning, Team 39/40 was down to their final three outs down by one run. George Rogers Clark senior Jake Sears came up to bat for the last time on his home field.
On his 19th birthday, Jake Sears hit a game-tying solo homerun to tie the game 3 in the bottom of the 7th inning.
The next three batters would walk, loading the bases for another GRC player, Caden Spicer. The junior would hit curving fly ball down the right-field line, scoring Clay Estes.
Team 39/40 would defeat Team 37/38 in walk-off fashion by a score of 4-3.
Box Score:
37/38 — 0-1-1-1-0-0-0 — 3
39/40 — 1-0-0-0-1-0-2 — 4
37/38 — 3 R, 9 H, 1 E, 8 LOB
39/40 — 4 R, 7 H, 0 E, 12 LOB
MVP: Jake Sears, George Rogers Clark
All the players and coaches were given free shirts. However, fans can order shirts for $15 here. Orders close on Friday, June 30th.
Team 37/38
Batting Order:
Elijah Harris
Ethan Verst
Corey Vaughn
Evan Moore
Malachi Feeback
Evan Clark
Cameron White
Colin Combs
Mason Smiley
Parker Schweitzer
JD Kendall
Ryan Johnson
Race Zachary
Lincoln Morris
Robbie Verst
Troy McCann
Cliffy McIlvain
Tate Letcher
Brady Kramer
Braxton Grubb
Pitchers:
Braxton Grubb
Ryan Johnson
JD Kendall
Corey Vaughn
Brady Kramer
Ethan Verst
Troy McCann
Evan Moore
Head Coach:
Mac Whitaker
Team 39/40
Batting Order:
Clay Estes
Spencer Butcher
Landon Scilley
Caden Spicer
Brodie Shaw
Tanner Moore
JP Gaines
Trey Cracraft
Carson Pugh
Aiden Earlywine
Alex Hatton
Jarrett Stidham
Kaleb Bratton
Thomas Rudd
Jake Sears
Team 39/40 Pitchers:
Brodie Shaw
Keyonte Back
Landon Scilley
Cain Flynn
Lochlan Hansel
Head Coach:
Jason Butler
Umpires:
1B – Kenton Bottoms
2B – Mark Harvey
3B – Jason Brockman
HP – Scot Allison
