JOURNAL SPORTS

A Trio of Bossier Parish Community College freshmen pitchers didn’t allow an earned run on five hits in taking the opener of a three-game Region XIV series with Panola 6-1 Wednesday on the Cavaliers’ home diamond.

The Cavaliers (18-13, 7-9) will travel to Panola (14-17, 5-11) Friday for a doubleheader.

Jake Guidry (4-2) got the win, working allowing the one unearned run in 5 2/3 innings, allowing three hits as he struck out four and walked five. John McDonald allowed one hit in two innings and struck out two. Jackson Sherren closed out the win with 1 1/3 innings allowing one hit, as he struck out one and walked one.

Hayden Stringfellow scored the Cavs’ first run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch after walking and advancing to third on a pair of singles by Adam Garcia and Tre Hall. After an Emil Estrella walk loaded the bases, Bennett MIddelsteadt walked in Garcia with the second run for a 2-0 BPCC lead.

Panola scored its only run in the fifth, but BPCC scored another in the sixth when Parker Gwyn lifted a  sacrifice fly to right field to score pinch runner Nikko Khananisho for a 3-1 advantage.

The Cavs added three insurance runs in the eighth. One came in on an error before Stringfellow singled in Gwyn and Hall scored Stringfellow with a single.

Garcia led the way at the plate going 3-for-4, while Mittelsteadt (2-for-3), Stringfellow (2-for-4) and Hall (2-for-4) all had multiple hits for BPCC who finished with 10. Gwyn drove in two runs, with Middelsteadt, Stringfellow and Hall all driving in one.