Franklin-Simpson’s late rally dooms Blazers

Franklin-Simpson rallied from a late inning deficit to defeat University Heights Academy 7-5 Thursday in a high school baseball.

UHA had taken a 5-3 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning. The Blazers committed an error to begin the bottom of the fifth and the Wildcats used a pair of hits and sacrifice bunt to tie the game 5-5.

In the bottom of the sixth, after a walk, Jaiden Miles struck out the first two batters, but walked the next batter and then a hit batter load the bases. A two-out, two-run single gave the Wildcats a 7-5 advantage.

Cadence Gibson went 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead the Blazers. Miles and Eli Finch each had a double for UHA, which fell to 16-10 on the season. UHA is scheduled to play host to McCracken County tonight.

Score by Innings:

University Heights  020 120 0 – 5 6 3

Franklin-Simpson   210 022 x – 7 10 2

LP – Miles

Leading Hitters: UHA – Hunt (1B), Finch (2B), Miles (2B), J. Flynn (1B), Ca. Gibson (2 1B)

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