Poteet blanks Lions in baseball
March 8, 2009

Herald-Banner Staff

MESQUITE -- Mesquite Poteet pitcher Chris Good fired a three-hitter as the Pirates blanked the Greenville Lions 9-0 on Saturday at the Mesquite baseball tournament.

Good walked two and struck out five.

Kevin Long went 2-for-3 to lead the Lions at the plate. Lone singled in the fifth and in the seventh.

Rafael Sanchez singled in the fifth for the Lions’ only other hit.

The Pirates managed eight hits off Greenville pitchers Sawyer Harmon, Wade Prigmore and Ethan Hackney. Harmon walked four and struck out one in one inning. Prigmore walked two and fanned three in four innings and Hackney struck out one and walked one in one inning.

Blunt led the Pirate hitters with two hits, two runs and three runs batted in.

The Lions will open District 10-4A play at home on Tuesday night against Rockwall-Heath. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.