SILER CITY — Camden Fuquay went five and one-third innings on the mound and allowed no earned runs while helping his own cause by going three-for-three at the plate, including a pair of doubles with two RBIs and a run scored besides adding a sacrifice, as Jordan-Matthews completed a sweep of its season series with PAC 7 2A Conference foe Trinity by collaring the Bulldogs 10-3 Friday night on Jimmy Warfford Field.
The Jets improved to 5-3 in the league standings and 6-6 for the year, while Trinity dropped to 0-6 in the conference and 3-11 overall.
Fuquay gave up four hits and three unearned runs, walked a pair and fanned eight to receive credit for the win before Kevin Cano came on to hurl the last one and two-third innings, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out three.
Christopher Morgan, Samuel Murchison, Chris Rios and Huston Causey all notched two safeties apiece as J-M registered a total of 14 hits off three Bulldog pitchers.
“I was pleased we didn’t buckle when Trinity took a 3-0 lead in the top of the third but instead fought back and got the job done with our pitching and bats, not to mention making some outstanding defensive plays in the field,” noted Jordan-Matthews’ coach John Will Headen.
“Fuquay and Cano both gave us a great effort on the mound while we performed well at the plate, collecting at least one hit every inning,” Headen said.
Bulldogs’ starter and loser Noah Brown was rocked for nine hits and six earned runs while issuing two free passes and striking out three in two and two-third innings prior to relievers Kenyon Crotts and Chase Wade combining to give up five hits and four earned runs in addition to walking three and whiffing five over the final three and one-third innings.
“I thought we battled hard and ran the bases well to grab an early lead before J-M came right back and jumped on us for six runs in their half of the third to seize control,” said Trinity coach Ryan Spencer. “Once they started hitting the ball we couldn’t stop the bleeding and never could regain any momentum.”
The Bulldogs opened up a 3-0 advantage in the visitors’ third as Landen Mosley reached on a two-out fielder’s choice before Wade drew a base on balls.
Both runners advanced on a wild pitch prior to Cameron Moser reaching on an infield error that allowed Mosley to score while Wade moved to third.
After courtesy runner Ben Owens went to second on a wild pitch, Connor Stanley followed with a two-run single to center.
But the Jets would send 11 men to the plate in their portion of the third and tally six runs to take the lead for good.
Luke Hinshaw opened the frame with a full-count walk and advanced to second when Morgan drilled a base hit down the left field line.
Following a full-count free pass issued to Thomas Smith, Murchison stroked a two-run double up the gap in right-center prior to Cano bringing in Smith with a sacrifice fly to center.
After Seth Moore lined an opposite-field single to right and Fuquay slugged a base hit to left, Rios, Causey and Hinshaw followed with consecutive run-scoring base hits to put J-M up 6-3.
Jordan-Matthews picked up two runs in the home fifth as Moore coaxed a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second before Rios received a free pass. After both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch, Causey delivered a two-run single to center.
The Jets then wrapped up their triumph by plating a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Cano rapped a two-out single to left and Moore was hit by a pitch prior to Fuquay slamming a two-run opposite-field double to right.