An eight-run third inning was the difference as University Heights Academy turned back Trigg County 11-5 in baseball action Saturday in Hopkinsville.
On a cool, damp, gray day at UHA, the Blazers overcame an early 2-0 deficit to improve to 3-1.
University Heights sent 14 men to the plate in their big inning.
Trigg (0-3) had scored once in each of the first two innings to grab the upper hand.
The Blazers were helped by two walks, two hit batters and an error in the home half of the third inning.
Ben Stone singled to center with the bases loaded to knot the ballgame at 2-2. Jaiden Miles singled home the go-ahead run.
Ty Hunt and Ian Tyler also had RBI singles in the frame as UHA went up 8-2.
Another run in the fourth and two more in the fifth made it 11-2.
Trigg tried to get back in it with two runs in the sixth, then added another in the seventh before the Blazers held on 11-5.
Hunt and Miles each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead the UHA offense.
Tyler went the first six innings on the mound and picked up the win for the Blazers. He struck out five and walked four while giving up four earned runs on seven base hits. Bryson Turner pitched the seventh, allowing just an unearned run without surrendering a base hit.
Kaiden McCormick went 3-fo-4 and scored twice for Trigg County. Matthew Leeper was 2-foe-3 and drove in a run while Tyler Ahart was 2-for-4 and knocked in a run.
Hunter Reynolds went the first three innings on the mound for the Wildcats and was tagged with the loss.
Both teams are on the road on Monday — the Blazers visit Russellville while the Wildcats travel to Caldwell County.
