After the cold weather that caused cancellations and delays last week, the Jefferson Dragons have been on a hot streak, winning their past two games against Madison County and Riverside Military Academy to improve their record to 3-1 overall.
The Dragons will travel to Homer to face the 3-1 Leopards of Banks County in the first region pairing of both teams for the season.
First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Madison County
The last game Jefferson played before last week’s winter weather set in was the Red Raiders of Madison County. The Dragons suffered a lopsided 8-0 defeat in the pairing, and were determined not to allow a repeat to occur when the two teams met again last Thursday.
Madison County had other ideas, however, and after a scoreless first inning, the Red Raiders jumped out to a two run lead in the top of the second. After holding Jefferson scoreless in the bottom of the second, Madison padded their lead by adding another run to their total in the top of the third.
That was when the Dragons’ bats came to life. Jefferson went to work on Madison County’s pitcher, Dustin Roberts, and before the inning was over, the Dragons had put three runners across the plate to tie the score 3-3.
After a scoreless fourth, the Dragons would add one more run to their tally in the bottom of the fifth. Jefferson would go on to hold Madison County at bay and take the 4-3 victory.
Chris Beck recorded the win from the mound, with Jamie Sexton picking up a save after coming in to pitch in the top of the seventh. Beck pitched three innings, giving up three hits but no runs, and striking out eight. Sexton struck out two during his stint on the mound.
Jason Demos went 2-4 at the plate with an RBI. Beck went 1-3 with a homer and two RBIs. Connor Phillips went 1-1 with an RBI. Lucas Redd went 2-3 with an RBI.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald.
