Frady tosses a no-hitter and records 13K's in EC win over Westlake

Mason Frady held Westlake
hitless Thursday in an 8-0 win
that saw him record 13 strikeouts.

Mason Frady was at it again Thursday night as the senior righthander dominated the Westlake Lions with 13 strikeouts and tossing a no-hitter in an 8-0 Region 2-AAAAAAA victory in Sharpsburg.

By virtue of the win, the Indians improve to 13-3 overall and 5-0 in the region as the two teams will battle again Friday evening in Fulton County.

Frady started the game with very little difficulty as he retired the first batter on strikes, the next on a flyball and after the third batter reached when hit by a pitch, the inning ended as he recorded another strikeout.

The Indians gave Frady all the run support he would need in the bottom of the first inning as Ryan Dyal was by a pitch, stole two bases and came home on a two out double by Ethan Darrow.

In the second inning, Frady breezed through the order and gave his teammates a chance to add top the lead and that was the case as they took advantage of an error and a pair of walks that led to a four-run frame.

Trevor Gaddy was hit by a pitch and with one out Nate Gick reached on a single but it appeared that the duo would remain stranded until Dyal came to the plate and reached on an infield error that brought Gaddy to the plate.

Emilio Morales continued his steady hitting with a single that brought Gick and Dyal home to give EC a 3-0 lead.

Morales was able to score the final run of the frame when he stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and came home on a throwing error by the Westlake catcher.

In the top of the third inning, Frady retired the side in order with only one strikeout but his Indian teammates were able to get into the dugout quickly and add to the lead.

With one out, Cameron Jackson reached on a walk and after the second out Zack Bruce also reached base on a walk with Dyal coming to the plate.

Dyal, who was denied a home run on ball that went foul in the second inning, hit a 1-2 offering from Lions’ starter Myles Austin fair and deep as it cleared the right field fence for a three-run home run and an 8-0 lead.

The large cushion was gave Frady a margin for error that was not required as he ran a string of 13 straight batters retired before a walk that started the top of the sixth inning.

After the walk, Frady made short work of the Lions as he retired five of six batters on strikeouts that ended the game.