DUBLIN — The undefeated Midway Raiders came to town Tuesday and took a 6-2 conference win from West Bladen.
The loss drops the Knights to 5-10 overall and 1-8 in the SAC-7.
The Raiders plated a pair of runs in the first inning, but West Bladen cut that deficit in half with a run in the home half when Hunter Elks laced a double leading off the inning. His courtesy runner, Aaron Wren, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Devon Strange.
After three scoreless innings, the visitors scored a run in the top of the fifth, added two more in the sixth and finished up with a run in the seventh.
The Knights tried to dig out of the 6-1 hole in the bottom of the seventh, but could manage only a single run when Kaden Revels was hit by a pitch, Elks singled and, after Revels went to third on a passed ball, he came home on a fielder’s choice by Bryce Fuller.
On the hill for West Bladen, Garrison Carr git the start and worked 4.1 innings, giving up three runs on four hits, four walks and struck out one. Alex Brisson went 1.2 innings of relief and gave up two runs on three hits, a walk and a strikeout. He gave way to Hunter Smith, who went one inning and gave up a run on one hit and three walks.
At the plate for the Knights, Elks was 3-for-4; Strange had a hit and an RBI; and Fuller had an RBI.
West Bladen were scheduled to travel to Dunn to face the 7-0 Raiders on Thursday.