GC Baseball: Hubbard crushes Jonesboro 25-1, advances to Region Semifinals
May 16—Hubbard's Jags bashed their way to the Class A Region II Semifinals by sweeping Jonesboro in the best-of-three Area Round 11-3 and 25-1.
The Jags won Game 2 in four innings, pounding out 19 hits and scoring 25 runs Saturday at Lake Belton High School, where they played both games of the series.
JJ Johnson pitched the four-inning distance to get the win on the mound. He allowed just one run while striking out five.
Blaine Cornelius, Sebastian Olvera and River Milne led Hubbard at the plate. Cornelius went 4-for-4 and drove in three runs while Olvera went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs and Milne went 3-for-5 and drove in four runs.
It was the fourth playoff win in a row for the Jags, who swept Blum in the bi-district round, and the 12th in a row for Hubbard, which won its final eight games of the regular season.
Hubbard meets Abbott in the Region II Semifinals in a best-of-three series with all three games at West High School next week. Game 1 is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Game 2 is at 7:30 p.m. Friday and if a Game 3 is needed it will be played at 2 p.m. Saturday.
