{"id":26088,"date":"2025-05-07T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26088"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:04:48","slug":"stars-drop-to-0-3-in-acac-with-loss-to-jay-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/stars-drop-to-0-3-in-acac-with-loss-to-jay-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars drop to 0-3 in ACAC with loss to Jay County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RANDY HISNER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams baseball coach Brad Buckingham hates giving opponents free bases, but his team did a lot of that Tuesday at home in an 11-0, six-inning loss to the Jay County Patriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starfire pitchers hit five batters and walked 10, giving the Patriots plenty of chances to drive in runs with their eight hits. \u201cWhen you give that many free bases,\u201d Buckingham said, \u201cthings are going to hurt pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Buckingham spoke with WZBD’s Randy Hisner after the game. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sophomore Jax Wanner threw three scoreless innings before Jay County rallied for four runs in the fourth. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jax Wanner started on the mound for the Starfires (1-11, 0-3 in the ACAC), and he came through with three shutout innings, striking out four and allowing only one hit, before control problems contributed to a four-run Patriot rally in the fourth. Wanner had three walks in the inning, including one with the bases loaded, and he allowed another run on a wild pitch. The big hit in the inning was a two-run single by Patriot DH Leighton Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third baseman Zaden Baumer focuses on the hitter. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jay County (5-8, 2-1) scored two more runs on only one hit, a single by Brown, in the fifth off reliever Derek Weaver. Free bases\u2014two walks and a hit batsman\u2014were again big factors in the scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sixth inning brought more of the same as the Patriots added five runs to make it 11-0. Weaver walked two and yielded two hits before giving way with one out to Kade Sprunger, who allowed no hits but balked in a run, walked one, and hit three batters, two with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jay County hurler Zedrian Vazquez kept SA hitters off balance all night. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Patriot starter Zedrian Vazquez, meanwhile, put on a pitching clinic, giving up only one hit and striking out seven. Only once did he allow two base runners in the same inning. That was the fourth, when he walked Luke Bauman and Manny Juarez with one out but quickly quelled the rally by striking out Sty Pyle and Derek Weaver on seven pitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SA right fielder Hunter Fields eyeballs a fly ball at the warning track. (Photo by Randy Hisner)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n