By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent 

The Henderson County Colonels faced off against the Pulaski County Maroons in the Opening Round of the KHSAA State Baseball Tournament in Lexington at Counter Clocks Field.

The Colonels senior pitcher Dru Meadows struck out the 2 of his first 3 batters in the bottom of the 1st inning. 

The Colonels would strike first with a massive 2 out Grand Slam by senior second baseman Brennan Cates in the top of the 3rd to give the Colonels a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 3rd inning. 

The Colonels would strike again in the top of the 4th inning with a 2 run RBI single by junior shortstop Alec Satterfield to extend the Colonels lead to 6-0 heading into the bottom of the 4th inning. 

The Maroons would get on the board with 1 out ground out in the bottom of the 5th inning that led to 1 run off of it and narrowing the Colonels lead to 6-1. 

Neither team would score another run as the Colonels would come away with a 6-1 win against the Pulaski County Maroons. The Colonels improve their record to (19-17) on the season while the Maroons end their season with a (21-17) record.

Henderson County Colonel’s junior shortstop Alec Satterfield was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI’s while senior second baseman Brennan Cates was 1 for 2 with a homerun and 4 RBI’s on the night. 

Henderson County Colonels senior pitcher Dru Meadows went the full 7 innings allowing 2 hits and 1 runs while walking 0 batters and recording 7 strikeouts on the night.

 

As a team, the Colonels scored 6 runs and recorded 5 hits, 6 RBI’s, 1 homerun, 0 errors, and 4 stolen bases on the night.

 

The first Player of the game for the Colonels was senior pitcher Dru Meadows. I asked Dru how he felt like he performed on the mound and he responded with this, “Man I just I was feeling my stuff tonight, I was hitting my spots. They hit the ball, they just ended up hitting it right to us and we got lucky and we made some good plays and we just had our game and it was awesome.”

 

The second Player of the game for the Colonels was senior second baseman Brennan Cates. I asked Brennan how he felt like he performed at the plate and about his grand slam and he responded with this, “We did our job as a team. We kept on putting pressure, getting on base, and I got a pitch that I liked and put it over the fence.” 

 

The Colonels will take on the 10th Region Champion, the Harrison County Thorobreds on Saturday afternoon, June 3rd, at 4:00 P.M. in the Elite 8 of the 2023 State Baseball Tournament in Lexington at Counter Clocks Field.