The Owensboro Bombers returned from a weekend off with a doubleheader against Lyon County, splitting the pair of games and moving to 19-4 overall.
Game One:
Owensboro put together an offensive onslaught late against Lyon County en route to a 13-5 win in the first game of the doubleheader.
The Bombers put the first run on the board in the top of the second, as a double from Dan St Clair and a single from Garrett Small gave them a 1-0 lead.
Owensboro added onto their lead to make it a 3-0 game in the top of the third thanks to a leadoff single from Harrison Bowman followed by a home run from Cohl Proctor.
While Lyon County got one run back in the bottom of the third with a sacrifice fly, the Bombers continued to apply pressure offensively in the top of the fourth.
Three straight singles loaded the bases, before Bowman grounded into a fielder’s choice to make it a 4-1 game.
Following a strikeout from Proctor to make it two down in the inning, an error kept Lyon County from escaping the inning and gave Owensboro a 5-1 lead.
While it seemed like the Bombers were running away with the game, Lyon County wasn’t going down without a fight.
Lyon County turned in a two-out rally in the bottom of the fourth, with an RBI single from Michael Barrow kicking things off to make it a 5-2 game.
After two walks, Isaac Pecca singled to right, driving in two runs and cutting their deficit to a 5-4 game. A passed ball then allowed another run to cross, making it a 5-5 game.
Neither team could muster up any offense in the fifth, but the Bombers offense came back alive in the sixth and seventh.
Bowman singled to get the rally going, while Proctor reached via an error to put runners on the corners.
Jordan Tolle came through for Owensboro with an RBI single to give them the lead back at 6-5, with St Claire singling as well to bring two runs home and make it an 8-5 game.
A sacrifice fly later made it a 9-5 game, but the Bombers weren’t done with their offensive outburst.
Owensboro put up four more runs in the top of the seventh, giving Peyton Cary a 13-5 lead to work with and shut down the door to win the first game of the doubleheader.
Game Two:
Lyon County came out of the gates looking for revenge in game two, striking with a big bottom of the first.
Walks and errors for the Bombers led to early damage in the inning, as the second error of the inning led to a 1-0 ballgame.
A walk ensued by a two-run RBI double from Peca quickly gave Lyon County a 3-0 lead. Ethan Ramage followed through with a two-run double of his own with one out later in the inning, giving them a 5-0 game going into the second inning.
Walks and errors were Owensboro’s achilles heel once again in the second, as four walks, an error and a hit by pitch led to three runs for Lyon County in the bottom of the second.
The Bombers were able to grab one run in the top of the third thanks to a passed ball, but it wasn’t until the final inning of play that they really pieced things together.
Bowman used a leadoff walk to start a rally in the top of the fifth, with a double from Proctor making it an 8-2 game.
Tolle walked the following at-bat, with Drew Harting singling thereafter to cut the deficit to 8-3. St. Claire striked out for the first out of the inning, but Aiden Wells singled bringing across another run during the next at-bat.
Another walk loaded the bases with one out, bringing up Connor Hallmark. He sent a line drive to center, driving in two.
Now trailing 8-6, Ethan Gibson struck out to make it two outs in the fifth. Bowman walked to load the bases once again with two outs, bringing up Proctor looking for his second hit of the game.
Looking to force one last defensive stand, Proctor grounded out to short, thus giving Lyon County an 8-6 victory.
Lyon County had three hits in game two, proving the four errors for the Owensboro Bombers to be costly.
Now Owensboro will have a day off before taking on Boonville at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7.
