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Vikes' clutch hitting, pitching downs Yellow Jackets

By RICKEY CLARDY ~ Sports Writer
Posted 4/23/22

UNIONVILLE — The Community Vikings scored in every inning while pitchers Gage Underwood and Jaxon Roberts allowed the Grundy County Yellow Jackets just two hits as the Vikings defeated the …

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Vikes' clutch hitting, pitching downs Yellow Jackets

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UNIONVILLE — The Community Vikings scored in every inning while pitchers Gage Underwood and Jaxon Roberts allowed the Grundy County Yellow Jackets just two hits as the Vikings defeated the Yellow Jackets 13-0 in a District 7-AA game Wednesday.            
Community got on the board in the opening inning as Corey Paterick drove in two runs with an RBI single to give the Vikings a 2-0 lead.
Mason Russell delivered a two-out, two-run single in the second as the Vikings increased their advantage to 4-0.
A James Beech single drove home a Viking run in the third as Community went up 5-0.
The Vikings sent 14 batters to the plate in the fourth inning and scored eight runs to put the game out of reach. 
After the first run of the inning scored on a wild pitch, Stratton Lovvorn delivered an infield single to drive in a run and give the Vikings a 7-0 lead. 
A Sam Holley RBI single and a two-run single by Maki Fleming put Community up 10-0.  Three more runs scored on a sacrifice fly by Russell and RBI singles by Underwood and Lovvorn as the Vikings lead went to 13-0.
Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets could not solve the pitching of Underwood and Roberts.  Underwood struck out seven in four innings of work while Roberts came on in relief to strike out the side in the fifth as the Vikings took the district win.
Eight different Vikings accounted for 10 Community hits with Paterick and Lovvorn leading the way with two safeties each.
          
Grundy Co.    000 00 —    0  2   3   
Community    221 8x —  13 10  0
 
Community: Corey Paterick 2-for-2, Stratton Lovvorn 2-for-3, Dylan Norris 1-for-2, Mason Russell 1-for-2, Sam Holley 1-for-2, James Beech 1-for-2, Maki Fleming 1-for-3, Gage Underwood 1-for-3.
 
WP: Underwood
SV: Jaxon Roberts