Baseball Recap: Paintsville Now 9-1 over Last Ten Games

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

04/16/25 @ Martin County	15
04/26/25 vs Holmes	12
04/25/25 vs Grant County	12
03/20/25 @ West Carter	12
04/02/25 vs Perry County Central	11

Paintsville had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run drubbing they dealt Lewis County on Thursday. The Tigers were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over the Lions. Considering the Tigers have won 12 matches by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Parker Crace spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on three hits and racked up eight Ks.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Anderson Lauffer, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases and four runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Shane Blair, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Paintsville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lewis County only posted a batting average of .143.

Paintsville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lewis County, they dropped their record down to 5-20 with the loss, which was their eighth straight on the road.

Paintsville has already played their next game, an 8-0 defeat against Blazer on the 9th. As for Lewis County, they will face off against Bracken County at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Lions are facing the Polar Bears at the right time seeing as the Polar Bears are stuck on a five-game losing streak.