Tri-State pitcher Kenneth Jackson delivers a pitch during the Coal CatsÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ 9-1 victory over Pulaski on Tuesday, June 11, 2025, at Jack Cook Field in Huntington.
Tri-State pitcher Kenneth Jackson delivers a pitch during the Coal CatsÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ 9-1 victory over Pulaski on Tuesday, June 11, 2025, at Jack Cook Field in Huntington.
HUNTINGTON ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Kenneth Jackson pitched seven shutout innings to lead Tri-State (3-2) to a 9-1 victory over Pulaski (3-2) on Tuesday night in Appalachian League baseball at Jack Cook Field.
A right-hander out of Southern University, Jackson gave up four hits, struck out three and walked four.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œ(JacksonÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s) a competitor,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Coal Cats manager Tommy Gregg said. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œLove the kid; heÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s just going to battle all the time.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
Gregg allowed Jackson to pitch deeper into the game than is typical in a developmental league.
ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œHe was coming in telling me he wanted to go another one,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Gregg said. ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œHeÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ll tell me when heÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s done. I trusted him on that as a manager.ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥
River Turtles starter Noah Toole, a right-hander from Radford University, matched Jackson early. Tri-State reached him for one run in the fourth inning when Julio Soler (Boston College) singled in Ryan Maggy (West Virginia) for a 1-0 lead.
The Coal Cats scored eight runs in the fifth inning. Xavier Rivera (New Orleans) smacked a base hit to score Bishop Quarles (Bryant & Stratton) to make it 2-0. Reliever Davin Pollard (Austin Peay) then hit one batter and walked two, all with the bases loaded, as Tri-State increased its lead to 5-0.
Ty Smolinski (Kansas State) knocked in a run on a fielderÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s choice and Quarles followed with a two-run double before scoring on a hit by Rivera.
Pulaski broke up the shutout in the eighth inning when Jonathan Holt (Notre Dame) hit a sacrifice fly to drive in JT Taylor (North Carolina A&T).
Solier and Quarles finished 2 for 3. Rivera was 2 for 4. Solier and Rivera each knocked in two runs.
For the River Turtles, TJ Williams (Kansas) and Tyler Sparrer (Radford) each went 2 for 4.
The Coal Cats continue their homestand at 7 p.m. Wednesday against the Johnson City Doughboys (2-3).
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Toole, Pollard (5), Ducasse (5), Roses (8) and Sparrer; Jackson, Oliver (8) and Rivera.
Wyatt Maynard of Barboursville and Carson Sergent of Huntington won their divisions in the Callaway Junior Golf Tour tournament on Tuesday at the Esquire Golf Couse.
Maynard shot 2-under-par 70 to win the boys 15-16 championship. Sergent took the boys 17-18 title with a 3-over 75.
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