BASEBALL: Cardinals’ Garcia carries perfect game through seven innings. | 3B The PaducahSports Sun | Saturday, May 7, 2011 | paducahsun.com Section B Misplayed bunt unleashes disaster BY DUSTY LUTHY SHULL getting her third RBI after reach- [email protected] ing on an error. The Flash had a The way Lone Oak softball runner at third in the sixth inning coach David Scheer sees it, it with two outs, and had the bases wasn’t the walks or the hits that loaded in the seventh, but hit the followed, it was a simple bunt ball back to Reidland pitcher Jas- that was the undoing of his Lady mine Matchen for the fi nal two Flash. outs. Reidland beat the Flash 5-3 at “I was prepared for them to Childs Field on Friday for their hit the ball, I had to get an out,” fi rst loss, putting a damper on Matchen said. “Their fans are al- Lone Oak’s bid for the No. 1 seed ways pretty riled up and I was just in the Second District tourna- ready to get it done.” ment. Had the Flash fi elded Lau- Matchen, who has struggled ren Cartwright’s bunt to start the with stamina this season, lasted fourth inning, they might have the full seven innings, giving up avoided the fi ve-run avalanche seven hits and none worse than a that was to come. lone double. “I sat there and told them the Now 4-1 in the district, Lone girl was going to bunt,” Lone Oak Oak (18-7) can clinch the top coach David Scheer said. “We JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun seed on May 15 by beating Heath, played good all the way until then Rachael Dodd of Reidland makes a forceout at third base as the throw from a teammate beats a sliding Sarah Kreuter of which is 3-1 in the district after and when you pull your infi elders Lone Oak at Reidland on Friday. Reidland handed Lone Oak its first district loss with a 5-3 win over the Flash. losing to Lone Oak on Wednes- in, she bunts and we get the out day. A loss might cost Lone Oak there. (Pitcher Tiffany Brown) Cartwright’s bunt for a hit start- added chaos, brought in a run. controversial calls. the top seed, although Reidland may have still walked the next ed the downward spiral. Brown Lakyn Stringer’s hit brought in “There were some calls that (11-9, 2-2) would have a shot at two, but we still have one out.” walked the next two batters and another run, and an error on the were made that we each got some forcing a three-way deadlock if it The Flash had pieced together a walked a third to send in a run. late throw helped bring in another breaks,” Reidland coach Tony can beat Heath. run in the fi rst and third innings Kalie Harbison singled up the one. Hayden said. “He don’t want no three-way to take a 2-0 lead into the fourth middle to tie the score. Katie Goss Like any good district rivalry Lone Oak added its fi nal run in inning. reached on a bunt and, with some game, the inning was fi lled with the fi fth inning with Shelbie York Please see SOFT | 3B Uncle Mo continues Derby’s talent drain BY BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOUISVILLE — The pockmarked road to the Kentucky Derby claimed another victim Friday when Uncle Mo was scratched due to a mysterious stomach ail- ment, further dimming a race already short on star power and speed. Uncle Mo’s defection also threw Associated Press the Derby wide open. Brandon Knight of Kentucky an- nounced he would keep his name in “You’re never safe until you put the 2011 NBA Draft. that saddle on because anything can happen,” Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said. Owner Mike Repole announced UK’s Knight the decision to scratch second favorite Uncle Mo about 40 min- keeps name utes before wagering opened for in June draft Associated Press LEXINGTON — Kentucky fresh- man Brandon Knight an- nounced Friday that he will keep his name in June’s NBA Associated Press Plum Pretty (right), with jockey Martin Garcia, races ahead of St. John’s River (far left), with Rosie Napravnik riding, to win draft, forgoing his fi nal three the 137th running of the Kentucky Oaks race for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Friday. years of eligibility. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound the 137th Derby, set for today at guard said he made his deci- 5:24 p.m. CDT. The colt has been sion after a combine for league bothered by a stomach problem, scouts, where he was told he but vets couldn’t fi nd a reason Plum Pretty looks fine in Oaks could be among the fi rst 10 se- for his decreased appetite, energy lections. and poor-looking coat. BY WILL GRAVES victory in the female version of She surged to the lead and needed “My main goal was to be a “I’m actually relieved and now Associated Press the Kentucky Derby. every bit of it to turn away a late top-10 pick. Nothing’s for sure I’m really concerned and wor- LOUISVILLE — The fi rst time Bob Baffert won the Oaks in 1999 bid from St. John’s River. in the draft, but I wanted to hear ried about Uncle Mo,” Repole Baffert saw fi lly Plum Pretty, he with Silverbulletday but came up Plum Pretty came in off a domi- something like that,” Knight said. “My hope is Uncle Mo gets turned to owner John Fort and short in the Run for the Roses the nating 25-length victory in the said. “A lot of feedback was in healthy. He is a superstar.” asked him if he got the name right. next day when each of his three Sunland Park Oaks on March 27, that area. Coach Cal basically Uncle Mo’s absence reduced the “Did you say her name was entries — Prime Timber, Excel- a win so emphatic Baffert joked said whatever my decision was, already less-than-dazzling fi eld to Plum Pretty or plum ugly?” Baf- lent Meeting and General Chal- she was posing for pictures by the he’d have a lot of confi dence in 19 horses, with Dialed In as the fert said with a laugh. lenge — failed to hit the board. time the rest of the fi eld was fi n- me and he told me to test the 4-1 favorite for two time-winning The way the trainer’s blossom- No trainer has won both the ishing. waters, and the feedback was trainer Nick Zito. ing star ran in Friday’s $1 million Oaks and the Derby in the same The Kentucky Oaks presented a great.” Already lost in one of the fl uki- Kentucky Oaks, perhaps Plum year since Ben Jones did it in considerable step up in class, but Knight averaged 17.3 points est Triple Crown seasons in mem- Perfect would have been just as 1952. Baffert will saddle Midnight the bay fi lly looked right at home and 4.2 assists per game for ory were Premier Pegasus, The appropriate. Interlude in the Run for the Roses in front of a crowd of 110,000, the John Calipari during the Wild- Factor, Jaycito, To Honor and The fi lly and jockey Martin Gar- today as he goes for his fourth third-largest in Oaks history. cats’ run to the Final Four. Serve and Toby’s Corner, among cia got Baffert’s big weekend off to Derby triumph. Plum Pretty paid $14.60, $7 The player from Fort Lauder- others. a rollicking start, taking charge at Plum Pretty stalked early lead- and $4.60 while covering the dis- dale, Fla., said he considered Today marks the 20th anni- the top of the stretch then holding er Summer Soiree before Gar- tance in 1:49.50 for owner John off St. John’s River by a neck to cia moved her to the front as the Fort. 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