The Lyon County Lyons had an opportunity to claim a share of the top spot in the 5th District baseball standings on Thursday, but three homers and dominant pitching led the visiting Livingston Central Cardinals to a 13-1 win. The Lyons had won two-straight, but the senior night loss drops them to an even 6-6, 2-2 in the district. Livingston Central improves to 9-4, 4-1 in district play.
Senior Cameron Dean got the Cardinals started with a first-inning 2-run shot off Lyon starter Christian Whalin. Senior Braxton Bebout matched Dean with a 2-run homer in the top of the third, giving the Cardinals a 6-0 lead.
Bebout was dominant on the mound as well, yielding the only run he would allow on a passed ball in the bottom of the third. Freshman Travis Yancy took the mound for the Lyons and held the Cardinals in check in the fourth and fifth frames, but Bebout led off the sixth with a solo shot. Livingston added 2 more runs in the sixth and 4 in the seventh for the final 13-1 score.
Whalin took the loss for the Lyons, working 2.2 innings and allowing 6 runs, 2 earned, on four hits with a strikeout. Yancy went 3.0 innings, surrendering 3 earned runs on three hits with with two walks. Junior Dylan Capello allowed 4 earned runs on a hit with two walks in one inning of work, and freshman Cory Cissell gave up a hit before recording the last out.
8th grader Gunnar Bingham, senior Jack Walker, and freshman Christian O’Daniel each had a hit for the Lyons.
Bebout earned the win, pitching 6.0 innings and limiting the Lyons to an unearned run on two hits with eight strikeouts and four walks. He was also 3-3 at the plate, knocking-in 3 and drawing a walk. Dean was 3-5 with 5 RBI.
The Lyons have the rest of the week off before traveling to Cadiz on Monday for a district meeting with the 9-6 Trigg County Wildcats.
