FRANKLIN COUNTY LOSES 5-2 IN BASEBALL

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993                   TAG: 9304140097
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium
FRANKLIN COUNTY LOSES 5-2 IN BASEBALL
Kevin Vineyard (3-0) went the distance and struck out six as Cave Spring dropped Franklin County 5-2 in Roanoke Valley District baseball action Tuesday.
Will Goodman went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI for the Knights (4-2 overall, 2-0 district). Greg Perdue had two hits for Franklin County (3-1, 2-1).
In other baseball:
At New Castle, after Narrows got two unearned runs in the top of the third inning, Craig County (1-6) came back with three earned runs in the bottom of the inning to claim the non-district game 3-2. Mike All and Kevin Lucas singled and advanced on a sacrifice bunt. John Crawford then hit a two-run double and Chris Blankenship brought in the deciding run with a two-out single. Craig County sophomore Ben Boardwine (1-2) pitched seven innings, struck out eight and walked four.
In Galax, Bobby Fields' two-out, bottom-of-the-seventh-inning single scored the winning run as Galax beat Giles 6-5 in a Mountain Empire District game. Fields' hit came on a 3-2 count with runners on first and second and completed Galax's comeback from a 4-0 deficit. It made a winner of pitcher Jeff Spells, who threw a complete game and struck out 14. Giles' Matt McGuire had a two-run home run. Galax is 2-1, 1-0; Giles, 1-3 and 0-1.
At Riner, Bradley Hudgins was 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI as Auburn beat Shawsville 13-3 in a game shortened to six innings because of the slaughter rule. Auburn pitcher Todd Collins improved to 3-0. Auburn is 4-1, 1-0; Shawsville, 4-2 and 0-1.
\ BOYS' SOCCER: Jeff Highfill scored three goals and Wallace Thompson had three assists as Radford defeated host Northside 5-4. For Northside (0-4-1), Aaron Curfiss scored two goals and J.J. Larsen had for assists.
In Blacksburg, Augie Niles, Chris Evans and Mark Hutchins scored as the Indians beat Pulaski County 3-0. Mark Decker, Todd Lyons and Jason Boyle had assists for Blacksburg (3-0). Pulaski is 3-2.
\ SOFTBALL: At Buchanan, Kara Mundy was 4-for-4 with three runs batted in and Ambra Vines was 3-for-5 with a triple as James River (3-0) downed Floyd County 11-6 in a non-district game. Sherry Allison improved to 3-0. The Buffaloes are 1-2.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB