Lee County baseball sweeps past Coffee
Trojans maintain grip on first in Region 1-AAAAAA standings
Staff reports
Staff reports
Lee County took a giant step toward winning the Region 1-AAAAAA title Friday night with a doubleheader sweep of Coffee. Lee won 2-1 and 11-1 to sweep the season series from Coffee.
The Trojans (18-9 overall, 8-1) maintained a two-game lead over Valdosta in the region standings. Lee County will close the regular season with a trio of games against Valdosta next week.
Josh Hatcher outdueled Coffee’s Max Hughes in the first game on Friday, hurling a complete-game victory. He went 2-for-4 at the plate and his double in the seventh scored the go-ahead run.
Layne Ward earned the victory in the 11-1 late game Friday night victory. He carried a no-hitter through five and two thirds innings.
Hatcher and Malik Spratling each went 3-for-4, while Garrett Suiter and Jonathan Logsdon each finished with two hits.
Lee will play at Valdosta on Tuesday night, then return next Friday night for a doubleheader against the Wildcats in the regular-season finale.
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