Paducah Post 31 advanced to the winners' bracket final of the McDonald's American Legion baseball state tournament, beating Metcalfe County 12-1 in a six-inning game called on account of rain.
A thunderstorm hit as the seventh inning was about to start, with Metcalfe County three outs away from being beaten by the 10-run mercy rule. After consulting with tournament officials, both coaches agreed to declare the game over.
The decision especially benefits Metcalfe County, which has to turn around quickly nd play Danville today at 12:30 p.m. in an elimination game.
Tyler Johnson, Alex Harper and Luke Shuemaker each drove in three runs for Paducah. Kyle Courtney tossed three innings in relief of Cody Forsythe and Rex Walton got out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the sixth.
Paducah still has its top two pitchers, lefties Forsythe and Allen Haase, available for today's winners' bracket final with Shelbyville. The winner advances to the championship round, which begins on Friday night.
Owensboro and Ashland meet in this morning's elimination game, followed by Danville and Metcalfe County. The two winners meet in the losers' bracket final in tonight's final contest.
Metcalfe County (22-14) 000 100 1 2 2
Paducah (35-10) (10)00 200 12 9 0
Warriner, McFall (2) and Downey; Forsythe, Courtney (3), Walton (6) and Barrett.
WP: Courtney. LP: Warriner.
2B: P-Johnson, Harper, Shuemaker. 3B: none. HR: none. Top hitters: P-Johnson 2-4 (3 RBI), Harper 2-4 (3 RBI), Shuemaker 1-3 (3 RBI).
Today's schedule:
Owensboro vs. Ashland, 9:30 a.m.
Danville vs. Metcalfe County, 12:30 p.m.
Shelbyville vs. Paducah, 4:30 p.m.
Losers’ bracket final, 7:30 p.m.
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How can we take this legion tournament seriously when so many of the players don't? One team doesn't show up because it suddenly is short of players and another team can't start its ace pitcher because the starting catcher forgets his jersey? Are you kidding me?
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