Baseball Recap: Taylor County Takes Down Ranked Larue County

Cardinals

Margin (Wins)

04/02/25 @ Washington County	18
04/08/25 vs Henry County	16
04/15/25 @ Marion County	10
04/10/25 @ Butler County	10
04/10/25 @ Butler County	10

Taylor County faced Larue County in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Cardinals were the clear victors by an 8-1 margin over the Hawks. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won 14 contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Cole McLean made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one hit in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April.

In other batting news, Reace Vaughn was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Layken Lyons, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

Taylor County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. As for Larue County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 24-9-1.

As of now, neither Taylor County nor the Hawks have any future games scheduled.