Lincoln Defeats Chiles Baseball in Regional Semifinals

On April 30, the Lincoln baseball team (22-9) hosted Chiles (17-14) in a best two out of three series in the FHSAA 5A region 1 semifinals. These two teams met twice this year in the regular season with Lincoln winning the first game 7-1 and Chiles winning the second 4-3. Lincoln won the series in two games advancing to the regional finals.

Lincoln started the first game off with three runs in the first inning holding an early advantage against the Timberwolves. Chiles found their first run in the third inning, but Lincoln responded with another three-run inning in the third as well. Lincoln’s defense, behind pitcher Nate Diez (Sr.), closed out the game without allowing a run in the last four innings, resulting in a 7-1 win for the Trojans. Notable performances for the Trojans include Nate Diez who allowed only allowing two hits, recorded three K’s and had a .087 OBA (opponent batting average) and Jayson Parker who had five RBI’s, one homerun and a batting average of .667.

The second and final game of the series took place on May 1 and was the closest game out of the two. Unlike the first game, Chiles scored first in the second inning bringing home two runs. The Timberwolves kept the Trojans quite on offense until they took the lead scoring three runs in the fourth inning. Although Chiles found the tying run in the sixth inning the Trojans managed to score in the final inning to win the game 4-3.

A notable performance from the Timberwolves included Jack Neely (Sr.) with one RBI, one homerun and a batting average of .667.

A notable performance from the Trojans included pitcher Chase Fuller (So.) who faced nine batters and had four total strikeouts with a OBA of .250

With this win, Lincoln will face off against Niceville (27-4) in an away series for the FHSAA 5A region 1 final on May 7.