Pearl River Central sweeps Wayne County

The Pearl River Central Blue Devils advanced to the 2nd round of the Class 5A playoffs by sweeping Wayne County. The Blue Devils got complete game pitching performances from Austin Dean and Austin Diebold.

Friday: PRC 4 Wayne County 3

Down 3-0 after three innings, Pearl River Central rallied to tie the game with two runs in the 4th inning and another run in the 5th inning on a tape measure home run by Hayden Dunhurst.

The Blue Devils won the game in bottom of the seventh when Cameron Brunson led off the inning with a double and scored one batter later on Mason Treat’s sacrifice fly.

Austin Dean went the entire route for the Blue Devils striking 7 War Eagle batters while scattering 6 hits.