Prater's All-Around Performance Helps Pioneers Beat Dragons

WAYNE, W.Va. — Logan Prater took matters into his own hands.

Prater pitched and batted the Wayne Pioneers to an 8-2 win over the Fairland Dragons on Tuesday.

Prater went 5 innings giving up one unearned run and 3 hits on the mound and was 2-4 with a pair of doubles at the plate.

Jacob Thompson was 1-3 with 2 RBIs for Wayne (3-6). The Pioneers had only 6 hits but the Dragons made 4 errors.

Fairland (1-4) had 4 hits as Josh Gillespie, Cooper Cummings and Elias Blankenship all went 1-3 with Wyatt Thomas going 1-4. Ethan Wall and Luke Brown had RBIs.

Garrett Cornwell went 3 innings as he took the loss. He gave up 5 hits, 6 runs, 4 earned runs, struck out 3 and walked 2.

Fairland 100 001 0 = 2 4 4

Wayne   420 200 x = 8 6 1

Garrett Cornwell, Luke Brown (4) and Cooper Cummings. Logan Prater, Parker Adkins (6) and Riley Brown. W-Prater (IP-5.0, H-3, R-1, ER-0, K-0, BB-2). Adkins (IP-2.0, H-1, R-1, ER-0, K-0, BB-0). L-Cornwell (IP-3.0, H-5, R-6, ER-4, K-3, BB-2). Brown (IP-3.0, H-1, R-2, ER-0, K-1, BB-2). Hitting-Fairland: Wyatt Thomas 1-4, Ethan Wall RBI, Josh Gillespie 1-3, Luke Brown RBI, Elias Blankenship 1-3, Cooper Cummings 1-3; Wayne: Logan Prater 2-4 2-2B, Brady Dyer 1-3, Jacob Thompson 1-3 2-RBI, Lucas Queen 1-3 RBI, Tanner McMillon 1-2.