By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM
Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter
The
Highlands Bluebirds baseball team handled Walton-Verona, 8-0 in its home opener
Friday.
The
domination for Highlands (2-2) started on the mound. Joey Cochran threw a
complete-game, two-hit shutout with six strikeouts.
“Joey Cochran pitched great,” said Jeremy Baioni, Highlands head coach. “That’s always key. He threw strikes and
let our defense make plays behind him, and we did make plays behind him.”
Senior leadoff
hitter Hector Molina continued his solid start to the season. He had four hits
and scored four runs.
“Hector’s been playing really well,” Baioni said. “I
think he’s had 10 or 12 hits at this point. He gets on base and wreaks havoc.
He really gets us going.”
Quentin
Murray had a clutch two-run single in the second to push the Bluebird lead to 5-0.
Highlands then received consecutive RBI doubles from Gabe Schultz and D.J.
Mills in the bottom of the sixth to finish off the Highlands scoring.
The Bluebirds
play two more games today back at Highland Park. The Bluebirds face Beechwood
at Noon and Covington Holy Cross at 3 p.m.
Covington Catholic baseball 13, Newport Central
Catholic 3:
The
Thoroughbreds (0-3) continued their early-season struggles with a loss to the
Colonels in the All-Catholic Tournament.
CovCath pulled
away in the top of the seventh with nine runs to break open a tight 4-3
advantage. The Colonels outhit the Thoroughbreds, 12-5.
Nick Davis
recorded the win for CovCath. He pitched into the fifth and struck out four.
The
Colonels saw four players recorded two hits each. They were David Zalla, Matt
Litzler, Max Boyle and Noah Galvin. Litzler had a double.
The
Thoroughbreds had just one extra-base hit. That came in the form of an Alex
Grau double.
Connor
Bartels took the loss for NewCath. He pitched four innings and struck out six.
NewCath takes on Ryle at Morscher Field on
Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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