Baseball
Round II State 6A West Playoffs
Alexander Central 12 Scotland County 5
Taylorsville: The visitors scored a run in the first but the top seeded Cougars crossed the plate seven times in the bottom half. The teams combined for 11 errors in a game that was a little-less than pretty.
Jude Carter went the distance allowing 5 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits. He struck-out 5. . Carter was frustrated as the Scotland batters stepped-out of the batters box in almost each at bat and seemingly after he was in his motion toward home plate.
Kade Church drove in 3 runs. Graham Hoke and Maddix Reese both had a pair of runs-batted-in.
ACHS is 23-3 and will host Watauga who beat Southeast Guilford 5-1 in 13 innings. The game will be Tuesday.
Scotland County…5 runs…7 hits…6 errors
Alex Central…..12 runs..10 hits…5 errors