Lake Highland Prep Rallies Late To Advance

Lake Highland Prep scored four runs in the top of the seventh to overcome a two-run deficit to win 5-3 against Nature Coast Tech on Wednesday in a 5A regional quarterfinal.

The Highlanders (21-6) will move on to host Bishop Moore (17-10) in a regional semifinal Tuesday. This will be a rematch of the district final, which the Hornets won 8-4 on Saturday.

Down 3-1, the Highlanders led off the top of the seventh with a walk by Matt Morgan. Luke Henson reached by a hit-by-pitch. After a wild pitch, Morgan scored on an error before Logan Jamieson singled to bring in pinch-runner Lucas Kamal to even it at 3-3. Two batters later, Jaylen Townsend singled and moved all the way to third on an error that allowed Jamieson to score the go-ahead run. Joe Cosgrove’s sacrifice fly plated Townsend to close out the scoring.

A throwing error allowed Max Clark to score in the top of the fourth to give Lake Highland Prep the 1-0 lead.

Two errors by Lake Highland Prep led to two runs for Nature Coast in the top of the fifth, and another error in the sixth allowed Nature Coast to take a 3-1 lead.

Townsend finished 2-for-4 with a run to lead the Highlanders. Clark and Jamieson had the only other hits.

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