Prep baseball: Jackson 3, Mount Vernon 1

Published 7:28 pm Tuesday, April 21, 2015

MOUNT VERNON — Jackson’s Colton Faddis pitched 31/3 innings after Timberwolves starting pitcher Justin Hardman was knocked out of the game in the first inning when he was hit in the foot by a line drive and the ball bounced up and hit him in the face.

Faddis (1-0) allowed one run on three hits while striking out two and walking one.

Payton Shepard was 3-for-3 and Jeremy Martin was 2-for-4 with an RBI for Jackson.

At Sherman Anderson Field

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Justin Hardman, Colton Faddis (1), Spencer Steinle (5) and Jeremy Martin. Cooper Nelson, Tim Cummings (6) and Gabe Beuckman. WP—Faddis (1-0). LP—Nelson. Records—Jackson 4-2 league, 6-7 overall. Mount Vernon 5-2, 9-4.