Photos by Morgen Orr Richland star ting pitcher Doug Allen fires toward home. Trailing 7- 1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Richland Post 6 scored twelve runs in the final three innings to secure a 13- 11 victory over visiting Lexington Post 7. The comeback was a total team effort with eight players driving in the dozen runs, highlighted by Kevin O'Quinn's two- run homer in the seventh. The game featured eight pitchers and lasted nearly four hours.

Richland started the scoring in the bottom of the second when an errant Lexington pick- off attempt allowed Leland Shealy to cross the plate. The Pathfinders would not find home plate again until the sixth inning.

A five- run third inning for Lexington blew the game open as the visitors batted around. Jason Cochcroft's double off the wall to center scored Josh Attaway, which was shortly followed by Kyle Owings' double off the left field wall to score Cochcroft. A wild pitch and Jowan Gray single to left- center added two more runs and Patrick Cassady closed out the third by singling home Gray. Richland had a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the third but could not capitalize.

Chandler Knox Pitchers Joseph O'Steen for Richland and Cochcroft for Lexington cruised through the fourth and fifth innings before scoring erupted in the sixth. Lexington added two runs in the top half of the inning as a throwing error and a passed ball allowed Attaway and Nick Aranas to score. Richland responded by sending eight batters to the plate, battering new Lexington pitcher Drew Wellborn and his replacement Will Black. Robert Gibbes crushed a two- run double to dead center and Jay Wilson added an RBI double of his own.

Lexington added an eighth run when D.J. Miller beat out an infield hit to score Cassady in the top of the seventh. O'Quinn promptly responded by sending a Black pitch deep over the right field fence to bring the score to 8- 7. Alston James used a sacrifice bunt to score Chandler Knox to finish the scoring in the seventh, evening the score at 8.

Jason Cochcroft Lexington regained the lead in the eighth inning by scoring three runs on four hits, including back- to- back RBI singles by Cassady and Miller with two outs. Richland answered back with a five run eighth as O'Quinn added an RBI single to his collection and four consecutive walks allowed runners to cross the plate. Gibbes' sacrifice fly with one out provided the game's final run, giving Richland a two run advantage at 13- 11.

Kyle Williamson returned to the mound for Richland in the ninth after being bruised for three runs in the eighth and showed the form that helped him lead Ben Lippen to a state title this season. Williamson faced only four batters, preventing a Lexington comeback and preserving an important win for Richland Post 6.