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Lack Throws Gem, Eliminates Bearcats
May 18th 2011 by Unknown

By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - After shutting out the Dexter Bearcats on Monday (May 16) afternoon, Andy Lack and the Kennett Indians will advance to their third straight Class 3, District 1 Championship game.
Lack, one of the Indians’ three ace pitchers, fanned 11 batters during six and a third shutout innings.
"He's no joke," Becker said of Lack. "He can throw the ball. He spotted up real well today and just drilled the outside corner all game long. He threw his breaking ball for strikes in good spots, and he made it tough on our hitters. We hit the ball hard a few times on him, but he's as good as advertised.”
Becker also had high praise for Cameron Wallace, who came in during the seventh inning after Dexter got two men on following an error and a double to left-center from D.J. Dowdy.
“Then they bring in [Cameron Wallace] who has only given up two runs - one earned run - all season, and that's a pretty lethal combination,” Becker added. “Then right behind those two you have Grantham, who held Notre Dame to no hits through six innings here in the last week or two. Kennett is a good ball club and we just didn't have enough ammunition against them today."

Northern didn’t give up more than one run per inning (three total in four innings).
Flowers gave up five runs in his two innings of work.
"They are just a very, very good ball club," Becker said of the Indians. "They are well coached and they have experience out there. They work hard and they are going to be tough for anyone to contend with if they get past Perryville who pulled a big upset today beating Notre Dame."

“My seniors played their hearts out all season long, and we’re definitely going to miss them,” Becker said. “We put a lot of young kids out there - kids that were playing middle-school baseball last year are facing kids that are college-bound athletes - and it’s a rough transition. For the most part, I thought they handled it really well.”
“Like I told them after the game, Kennett is in a position that we want to be,” Becker continued. “The way they started to build their team to what it is now is just the way we are now: they had a good young nucleus of kids and Coach New developed them over the next three years and look where they’re at. They’re tough for anyone in the state to beat right now.”
Photos above Top Photo: Andy Lack delivers a pitch during Monday’s 8-0 routing of the Bearcats. Lack, who fanned 11 batters and gave up only three hits in the contest, helped the Indians advance to their third straight Class 3, District 1 Championship Game.
Middle Photo: Senior Bryn Hester readies himself in the field during Monday’s loss. Hester ended his senior season with a .321 batting average, 16 RBI’s and 2 home runs. Hester also struck out only four times in 80 plate appearances.
Bottom photo: Josh Sifford, Dexter’s second senior, fouls off a pitch during Monday’s game. Sifford finished his senior year with a .200 batting average and 14 RBI’s.

Last Updated on May 18th 2011 by Unknown
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