Dragons Continue Hot Steak With Win Over Pointers

SOUTH POINT — The Fairland Dragons are kicking into gear.

After starting the season 1-4, the Dragons beat the South Point Pointers 7-4 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday for their 4th win in the last 6 games.

Fairland improved to 5-6 overall and stayed unbeaten in the OVC at 4-0.

South Point is now 2-6 and 2-3 in the league.

The Dragons got 12 hits as Garrett Cornwell went 3-4 with 2 runs batted in, Wyatt Thomas 2-4 with a triple and 2 RBI, Ethan Wall 2-2 with a double, Josh Gillespie 2-4, Luke Brown 1-4 and Elias Blankenship 2-4 with an RBI.

Wall worked the first 5 innings for the win. He gave up 7 hits, 4 earned runs, struck out 4 and walked 4. Thomas got the save as he went 2 innings, gave up one hit and struck out 3.

Kolton Layman was 3-4 and Joey Lobaldo 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI to lead the Pointers. Braden Hanshaw was 1-3, Owen Tabor 1-2 with an RBI and Caesyn Pope was 1-4 with a double and an RBI.

Fairland 030 031 0 = 7 12 1

South Point 001 030 0 = 4 8 2

Ethan Wall, Wyatt Thomas (6) and Cyrus Cummings. Kolton Layman, Ethan Layne (7) and Braden Hanshaw. W-Wall (IP-5.0, H-7, R-4, ER-4, K-4, BB-4). Save–Thomas (IP-2.0, H-1, R-0, K-3, BB-0). L-Layman (IP-6.0,H-11, R-7, ER-6, K-4, BB-3). Layne (IP-1.0, H-1, R-7, ER-6, K-4, BB-3) Layne (IP-1.0, H-1, R-0, K-0, BB-0). Hitting-Fairland: Wyatt Thomas 2-4 2-RBI 3B, Ethan Wall 2-2 2B, Garrett Cornwell 3-4 2-RBI, Luke Brown 1-4, Elias Blankenship 2-4 RBI Josh Gillespie 2-4; South Point: Kolton Layman 3-4, Brayden Hanshaw 1-3, Joey Lobaldo 2-4 2-RBI 2B, Caesyn Pope 1-4 RBI 2B, Owen Tabor 1-2 RBI.