One day after a home win over Lincoln County, Coffee County baseball ran into some trouble in last Tuesday’s rematch.

Taking on the Falcons in Fayetteville this time around, the Red Raiders fell behind early on the way to a 6-3 loss.

Davis McKenzie and Preston Steele both had two hits each for a team total of four.

McKenzie, Steele and Elijah Vernon also had one RBI each for three on the evening.

Leiton Yancer pitched the first three innings, coming off with seven hits, five runs and one walk. Isaiah Deadman took his place, adding three strikeouts, four hits and one run through the game’s remainder.

The loss put Coffee County at 17-12 overall and 4-4 within Class 4A District 6 play.

Raiders ride hot start in win over Lincoln

Coffee County wasted no time building an early lead last Monday night.

Hosting Lincoln County to kick off a district home-and-away series, the Red Raiders put up five runs in the bottom of the first inning on the way to a 6-2 victory.

Coffee County got it started when McKenzie got home from third base on a sacrifice fly from Boone Floyd. After Landan Abellana advanced to third on the next at-bat with the bases loaded, he went on to cross the plate when Jaxon Pruitt was hit by a pitch.

Up next at the plate was Grayson Sadler, who brought Steele in from third on a ground out to second base to make it a 3-0 game. Chase Leonard followed with a hard grounder out to right field for a single, bringing home Carter Bell and Pruitt in the process to put Coffee County up by five.

After being kept off the board in the second inning, Lincoln County brought in a pair of runs in the top of the third on a line drive single from Rhett Persell. Coffee County responded in the bottom of the fourth inning with a triple from Abellana to get McKenzie across home plate.

The Red Raiders kept the Falcons off the board from there to finish the game up by four.

Coffee County wrapped up the evening with nine hits, including two each for McKenzie, Abellana and Leonard. Steele, Pruitt and Matt Moore each had one hit.

Leonard was credited with two of the team’s six RBI. Abellana, Floyd, Pruitt and Sadler had one RBI each.

McKenzie pitched a complete game, closing it out with eight strikeouts, seven hits, two runs and one walk on the way to securing the win.

Coffee County shuts out LaVergne

The Red Raiders returned home from Rutherford County with an 11-0, six-inning shutout victory last Saturday afternoon.

Coffee County finished the game with 12 hits, led by Bell with four. Steele and Moore both added three each. McKenzie and Leonard each had one hit.

Bell also led the team in RBI with three of its nine. Pruitt and Moore brought in two each. Steele and Leonard each had one RBI.

Floyd went the distance on the mound, striking out six and holding LaVergne to three hits and two walks over the course of the game.