Rugby Middle scored six runs in the third inning to break open a close game and defeated Polk County Middle 12-3 in Monday’s Blue Ridge Conference baseball game at Polk County Recreation Complex.
Polk Middle jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first inning on run-scoring hits from Callaway Cameron and Oakley McDowell. Cameron drove in the first run with a double to left field, and McDowell followed with an RBI single to center.
Rugby (8-0) answered with its big third inning to take control. The Wolverines pulled within 7-3 in the bottom of the third when Brantley Hall tripled to right field and scored on Cameron’s line drive single to left, but would get no closer.
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Cameron led Polk Middle at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored. Hall tripled and scored a run, and McDowell added an RBI single.
The Wolverines (4-7) travels to Brevard Middle on Thursday.
