JV Game 11 - Jefferson (18) @ East Jackson (4)

On Wednesday, March 23, the Jefferson Dragons JV team traveled across the county to face the Eagles of East Jackson.  The Dragons took control of this game right out of the gate in route to an 18-4 win over the Eagles.  Jefferson got things rolling in the 1st, scoring 5 runs.  With two on, #11 Brandon Clinton (2-for-5 2RBI 2B) split the hole between short and 3rd for a 2RBI Single.  #8 Brandon Trefren (2-for-3 2RBI 2B) followed with another 2 RBI single, and then #19 Logan Garner (2-for-5 RBI) drove a RBI Single.  With a 5-1 lead, the Dragons added 3 more runs in the 2nd including a RBI Sacrifice Fly for #7 Clayton Jones (1-for-3 3RBI SacF), and a RBI Single by #18 Vinny Farley (2-for-3 4RBI).  Jefferson took advantage of some fielding errors in the 4th to add 2 more runs and then in the 5th 3 more runs crossed including a 2 RBI Single by Jones.  With a 13-4 lead going into the 7th, Jefferson jumped further ahead with some big hits scoring 5 more runs.  #5 Sammy Elegreet (2-for-5) reached on Single to get things going. With 2 on, Farley drove a 2 RBI Single. Clinton then followed with a Double and then #15 Ryan Godfrey (1-for-4 2RBI 2B) followed right after with a 2 RBI Double.  Godfrey later scored giving the Dragons an 18-4 lead, which they held for the win.

On the mound for Jefferson, #9 Sam Wells got the start.  Wells recorded 3 innings of work on the hill, with 1 K and allowing 4 runs (1 earned run) on 4 hits.  #13 Khalil Bailey came on in relief.  Bailey recorded 1 1/3 innings of work with 1 K and allowing 0 runs and 0 hits.  #16 Allen Bryan came on to close the game.  In 2 2/3 innings of work, Bryan recorded 5 Ks and allowed 0 runs on 2 hits.

Following this win, the Dragons stand at a record of 8-2-1.  They have 3 games remaining for the 2016 season including their final home game with Banks County on Thursday (whether permitting) and then on the road the next two Mondays against Athens Christian and Elbert County.

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