Wright leads Capahas in doubleheader sweep

Brady Wright most often helps win baseball games on the mound, but Saturday night he helped the Capahas win with his work in the batter's box.

Wright, who will be a senior pitcher at Southeast Missouri State next year, was 3 for 3 with a double and four RBIs in the Capahas five-inning, 16-2 win over the Charleston RiverDogs in the first game of a doubleheader and had the game-winning hit in his team's 2-1 victory in the nightcap.

Capahas manager Jess Bolen said Wright, who served as the designated hitter, had gotten about 10-15 at-bats this summer before his offensive outburst Saturday night and that he'll be back in the lineup when the Capahas travel to Saxony Lutheran High School to face the RiverDogs again at 3:30 p.m. today.

Billy Roll, a 35-year-old Central graduate who lives in St. Louis and pitches for the Capahas once or twice a year, got the victory on the mound in Game 1. He pitched all five innings, allowing just two hits while striking out eights and walking one.

Adam Connor was 3 for 4 with a double and four RBIs while Laban Petzoldt and Alex Heuring had two hits apiece. Petzoldt had a double and a triple, and Heuring had a triple and three RBIs.

Dylan Lynn earned the victory in Game 2 with a complete-game performance. He gave up three hits and struck out 11 in seven innings.

The Riverdogs took the lead with a run in the top of the third before the Capahas tied it in the bottom of the inning on a controversial play. A Capahas runner scored as another was caught in a rundown, leading the RiverDogs to contend that the out was made before the run scored.

The game remained tied 1-1 until the seventh. The Capahas' Kelby Brown was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the inning. He was sacrificed to second before Wright drove him home for the victory.