Hixson’s Gill Brown is safe at second past a tag attempt by Meigs County second baseman Walker Malone Thursday at Hixson High School.Alex Prewitt flirted with a no-hitter for three innings and gave up just three hits over the next three Thursday, and his Hixson High School baseball team improved to 13-7 with a 5-3 victory over stubborn Meigs County.
Prewitt struck out just five of the 27 batters he faced, but two of them came as he staved off a sixth-inning rally. Meigs County, which scratched across a run in the fifth, had scored two runs in the sixth and had runners on third and second. Obviously tiring, Prewitt reached down and served up the back-to-back strikeouts to try to preserve his fourth victory without a loss.
“He was throwing well and we were playing good ‘D’ behind him for the most part,” Hixson coach Colton Green said.
The first-year coach was somewhat satisfied, although the Wildcats failed to score after the second inning.
“We were swinging it great to start out and did what we needed to do — jumped out early. Overall I’m pretty pleased,” he said.