SHELBYVILLE — Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eagles jumped out to a big lead and held on to claim a 10-6 win over Franklin County in a District 6 4-A contest at home on Monday night.
“This was a big win for us.  It puts us in a position where we can clinch at least second with a win in our next three district games,” Eagles coach Chase Chose said.
The Eagles (12-10, 5-4) dodged a bullet early as the Rebels started the game by loading the bases but the Shelbyville Central defense retired the next three batters in order to close out the top of the first inning.
The Eagles responded with four runs on the bottom half of the first then added a run in each of the next three innings to hold a 7-0 advantage.
“The top of the first inning was a little dicey for us, but, with a heck of a play by Caleb Molder in right and two strikeouts by Jaquai (Beverly), we were able to get out of the inning with zero runs allowed. We were able to come up in the bottom of the inning and put four runs on the scoreboard,” Jones added
Franklin County score a run in the fifth then plated five more in the sixth to cut the led to 7-6.
Jaquai settled in and we were able to put a run across the plate in the second, third and fourth innings. We went in to the top of the sixth with a six-run lead when things got interesting. Franklin County ended up with a five run inning, and coming in to the bottom of the sixth, it was a 7-6 ballgame,” Jones said.
Shelbyville Central responded with the three-run sixth to regain control then relief pitcher Carston Williams struck out the side in the top of the seventh to secure the victory.
“Carston was lights out in the top of the seventh to secure a 10-6 win,” Jones said
Beverly turned in another quality start, fanning 13 batters, including 11 in a row at one points to remain unbeaten at 4-0 this season.
“Man is this group fun to coach. They have grown so much over the course of the last year and a half. We are excited to be going down to Winchester to play this type of game with something on the line,” Jones said.
Williams ripped a double and single, Nick Hopper belted a double while Beverly and Kyler Trice each collected a pair of singles for the winners.
Braden Henley and Samuel Vincent each had a double and single to pace the Rebels at the plate.

Franklin County 000 015 0 — 6 8 1
Shelbyville Central 411 103 x — 10 12 0

Shelbyville Central: William Bobo 1-for-3, Jaqual Beverly 2-for-3, Carston 2-for-4, Nick Johnson 1-for-3, Kyler Trice 2-for-3, Nick Hopper 1-for-3,
Caleb Molder 1-for-3, Ahmad Coats 1-for-3, Marquis Wilson 1-for-4.
WP: Beverly
LP: Gilliam