ELLISVILLE –
Kade Keeton and
Colby Tubre allowed just six hits in 11 combined shutout innings as Jones had no trouble with Coastal Alabama-East in the 2022 home-opener Tuesday at Community Bank Park.
Jones won both games 10-0, the second in five innings, to improve to 3-1 on the young season. CACC fell to 2-7.
Game 1 – Jones 10, CACC-East 0
Tyler Ducksworth's three-run double broke open a 1-0 game in the third and the Bobcats plated six more runs over the fourth and fifth innings to win the home-opener.
Keeton worked out of a bases-loaded jam with a groundout in the second to keep it scoreless after two.
A two-out error in the fourth and wild pitch in the fifth made it 7-0.
Chase Honeycutt's bases-loaded walk and
Drew Williamson's fielder's choice stretched the lead to 9-0.
A balk scored
Colson Harris for Jones' 10th run.
Keeton scattered four hits, six strikeouts and two walks in six strong innings and
Luke Lycette tossed a scoreless seventh.
Behind Ducksworth's three RBIs,
DeeJay Booth had two hits.
Game 2 – Jones 10, CACC-East 0 (5 inn)
Six different Bobcats picked up RBIs and Tubre allowed two hits in five innings as Jones closed out the two-game sweep.
Booth's RBI-single, followed by
Billy Garrity's RBI-groundout gave Jones a 2-0 lead after one.
Garrity added an RBI-single in the third to make it 3-0.
A five-run fifth closed the game out in five innings. After Keeton's RBI-double,
Garrett Clendenning reached on a fielder's choice to score Keeton for the 10th run.
Keeton finished 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored and was a home run shy of the cycle.
Jones continues an eight-game homestand on Saturday, welcoming 16th-ranked Parkland to The Bank. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
