HAMLIN — Ira’s Hunter Cotton allowed five hits in a 12-3 win over Baird at the Hamlin Rock Field Baseball Tournament Thursday.
Cotton struck out nine and walked three.
Kade Sanders hit two singles and a double with two RBIs. Cotton had a single and double. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the second, Ira tied the game with two runs. Ira took the lead in the third on Paxton Cooley’s 2-run single.
Leading 7-3, Ira scored three runs in the fourth, including two on Sanders’ double. The Bulldogs added two runs in the fifth.
The Bulldogs will play Hamlin at 6 p.m. today.
Ira hitters vs. Baird — Kade Sanders 2 singles, double, 2 RBIs; Hunter Cotton single, double; Paxton Cooley single, 3 RBIs; Karson Valentine single; Emanual Cabrera 2 RBIs, 1 stolen base; Brayden Corley 1 RBI, 1 stolen base; Anthony Coy 2 stolen bases.
Ira pitchers vs. Baird — Hunter Cotton (1-0) 5 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 9 strikeouts, 3 walks in 5 innings.