Heath pounds out 19-7 win over Lions
April 8, 2010

Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- The No. 1 state-ranked Rockwall-Heath Hawks pounded out 19 runs on 23 hits to defeat the Greenville Lions 19-7 at John Mason Field Tuesday.

The Hawks remained undefeated at 27-0 for the season and 8-0 in district.

Greenville drops to 4-13 and 1-7.

The Hawks jumped out to a 10-0 lead before the Lions struck for three runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Greenville scored four more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to counter Rockwall Heath’s four-run inning that included a two-run homer from Jovan Hernandez.

Brad Ratliff and Blake Taylor both managed two hits to lead the Lions. N.J. Mason, Jeff Prigmore, Rafael Sanchez and Hayden Stuart also had hits for the Lions.

District 10-4A baseball

Rockwall-Heath 225 104 5 --19 23 0

Greenville 000 034 0 --7 8 2

WP: James Baune, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 ERs, 0 BBs, 4 Ks in 4 IP; relieved by Jovan Hernandez, 0 hits, 2 runs, 2 ERs, 3 BBs, 1 K in 1 IP; relieved by Kyle Allen, 4 hits, 4 runs, 4 ERs, 1 BB, 4 Ks in 2 IP.

LP: Ethan Hackney, 9 hits, 9 runs, 9 ERs, 4 BBs, 2 Ks in 4 IP; Sawyer Harmon, 5 hits, 5 runs, 5 ERs, 0 BBs, 0 K’s in 1 2/3 IP, relieved by Blake Taylor, 5 hits, 5 runs, 5 ERs, 1 BB, 0 Ks in 1 1/3 IP.