Lake’s Seth Harrison had himself one for the books last week.
The 6-foot-2 senior right hander threw a two-hitter and drove in two runs at the plate as the Hornets took a crucial game 3 from New Site, beating the Royals 11-1 to advance to the third round of the Class 2A playoffs.
“Seth threw the ball extremely well,” Lake coach Jack Nester said. “That’s probably the best he’s pitched this season and he couldn’t have done it at a better time. He commanded his curve ball and kept them off balance. I’m really proud of him and that shows that we have a game 3 starter that we can depend on.”
Nester said the Hornets hit two of their goals by winning the series.
“One of the goals we set before the season was to make it past the second round of the playoffs,” Nester said. “Six out of my seven years here, we have lost in the second round so that was a big deal for our kids. And one of our other goals was to get to 20 wins and we did that tonight. We didn’t put a lot of balls in play on Saturday, so we came in on Sunday and put in an extra practice and it paid off today.”
Lake improves to 20-7 on the season and will now take on Ingomar in the third round of the Class 2A playoffs.
Lake 11, New Site 1
The Hornets took advantage of six errors and used some timely hitting to take a five-inning, run-rule win over the Royals to clinch the series on Monday.
Lake scored three in the first, one in the second and finished off the game with seven runs in the third. New Site scored its one run in the fourth.
Lake had eight hits in the contest, led by Brady McGee who was 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored. Mickey Parker was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs. Nathon Lott had a double and drove in three runs while Seth Harrison doubled and had two RBIs. Kel Harrison also had two RBIs in the contest.
Seth Harrison started on the mound and pitched all five innings to pick up the win, giving up just one unearned run on two hits and three walks while striking out two.
New Site 4, Lake 3
The Royals evened the series with the Hornets with a one-run win on Saturday.
New Site scored one in the bottom of the first and both teams scored two runs in the third inning as the Royals led 3-2. Lake scored one in the fifth to tie the game, but New Site scored one in the bottom of the fifth to take the win.
Each team had five hits in the contest. Mickey Parker led Lake at the plate, going 3-for-4 and scoring a run. Brady McGee singled, walked and scored two runs while Seth Harrison had Lake’s other hit.
McGee started on the mound and pitched five innings and gave up four runs on four hits and four walks while striking out six. Harrison pitched one inning and gave up one hit and struck out one.
Lake 6, New Site 5
The Hornets scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a walkout win from the Royals on Friday.
Lake scored two in the fifth and four in the seventh while New Site scored one in the fifth and two in the sixth and seventh.
In the seventh, Nathon Lott and Seth Harrison each walked and Will Geter was hit by a pitch. Noah Thornton then singled to score Lott and Harrison to make the score 5-4. Ben Moore followed with a single that loaded the base and Logan Palmer was hit by a pitch to score Kel Harrison to tie the game at 5-5. Brady McGee then followed with a single up the middle to score Thornton and give the Hornets the walk-off win.
Lake outhit New Site 8-7 in the contest as McGee was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Thornton singled and drove in two runs while Ben Moore was 2-for-4 with a double. Noah Essary singled and drove in a run while Seth Harrison walked twice, singled and scored a run.
Essary started on the mound and pitched six innings, giving up five runs, only two earned, on six hits and two walks while striking out two. Lott pitched one inning and gave up one hit and struck out one.
