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Tigers cruise past Keyser to stay alive

The Inter-Mountain photos by Joey Kittle Elkins High’s Owen Stanley releases a pitch against Keyser Wednesday night in a Class AAA, Region II elimination game. Owens allowed just one earned run and struck out four in going all five innings.

ELKINS — Dyer Barger and Trent Stone knocked in four runs apiece as fourth-seed Elkins erupted for 12 unanswered runs to cruise past fifth-seed Keyser, 16-4, in a Class AAA, Region II elimination contest Wednesday night at EHS field.

The Tigers now need two wins at top-seed Bridgeport to advance to the state tournament.

The contest was tied at 4-4 on Wednesday before Elkins plated eight runs in the third and four more in the fourth to end the game after the top of the fifth due to the 10-run mercy rule.

Barger singled in a pair of runs in the third, while Stone added an RBI double, Owen Stanley a run-producing single and Isaac Shepler a bases-loaded walk.

Blayne Thompson and Stone cracked two-run doubles in the fourth.

Dyer Barger, right, had four RBIs in the Tigers’ win over Keyser on Wednesday night.

The Tigers built a 4-0 cushion on Barger’s two-run double and Stone’s run-producing double in the first and an error in the second.

The Golden Tornado drew even in the third on the strength of Owen Rotruck’s bases-clearing double and Hunter Harr’s RBI single.

Stanley went all five frames to earn the win, allowing just one earned run on eight hits, fanning four and walking just one.

Cole Holland was tagged with the loss.

Stone went 4 for 4 at the plate in the win.

Barger, Braden Cooper and Stanley finished with two hits each.

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