BASEBALL: Hiltz’s three hits leads Mid County shutout
Published 11:33 pm Friday, July 13, 2018
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Landon Hiltz did what leadoff batters do — get on base, start rallies and score.
Hiltz went 3 for 3 and scored twice in leading defending Babe Ruth World Series champion Mid County to a 10-0 win over Del Rio in the 16- to 18-year-old Southwest Regional.
Hiltz drove in a run, as did Marcus Foreman. Brandon Petix and Caleb Dubois each drove in two runs, and Adam Roccaforte and Dubois each went 2 for 3. Roccaforte scored two runs.
Cooper Coe, Case Babino, Petix and Foreman each had a hit.
Petix struck out seven in 2 2/3 innings and allowed a hit. Brandon Cluck worked 1 1/3 innings with a hit and threw two strikeouts, and Garrett Neale threw one hitless inning while striking out two.
Mid County will take on either Pine Bluff, Arkansas, or Mobile, Alabama, at 4 p.m. Sunday. Pine Bluff routed host Northwest Arkansas 16-1, and Mobile shellacked Camden, Arkansas, 25-2.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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