The Winona Christian baseball team had another rough week on the diamond.
The Stars lost all three games to Winston Academy, falling 22-2 on Tuesday and 10-0 on Thursday. They finished with a tight 4-1 loss on Friday.
Winona Christian falls to 3-12 on the season and will return to district play this week with a three-game series against Oak Hill. Game 1 of the series in Tuesday at Winona while Game 2 is Thursday in West Point. Game 3 of the series will return to Winona on Friday.
Winston 22, Winona Christian 2
The Patriots used three big innings to take a four-inning, run-rule win on Tuesday in district play.
Winona led 1-0 after the first before Winston scored six in the second, 10 in the third and six in the fourth.
Winona had just four hits but committed three errors, issued nine walks and and hit four batters. Brannon Hill was 2-for-2 with a double and home run while Zach Bledsoe and Karson McCaleb each singled.
Cale Sproles started and pitched two innings, giving up 10 runs on four hits and three walks. Bledsoe, Will Irwin and Conner Goss each pitched for the Stars.
Winston 10, Winona Christian 0
The Stars had just three hits as the Patriots took a six-inning, run-rule win on Thursday.
Winston scored four in the first, two in the second, one in the third and sixth and also added three in the fifth.
The Patriots outhit the Stars 11-3, as Will Irwin, Zach Bledsoe and Karson McCaleb each had singles.
Austin Horne started on the mound and pitched 4 2/3 innings and gave up nine runs on 10 hits and five walks while striking out four. Conner Goss got the last out for the Stars.
Winston 4, Winona Christian 1
The Stars dropped the final game of the series with a tight three-run loss on Friday.
Winston scored two in the top of the first while Winona scored its lone run in the bottom of the first. Winston added single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.
Winona had just three hits with a double by Kxxxx Carpenter and singles by Zach Bledsoe and Austin Horne.
Will Irwin pitched the first two innings and gave up two runs on two hits and six walks while Cale Sproles pitched the next 3 1/3 innings and gave up one run on four hits. Bledsoe pitched the final 1 2/3 innings and gave up one run on one hit.
