Former Mason County Royal Eli Porter has a 3-0 record with three saves, a 2.36 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 18 appearances for the John A. Logan College Volunteers.
Porter, a freshman southpaw, pitched a scoreless inning as the Volunteers closed out the regular season with a 9-8 win over Rend Lake College on Saturday.
John A. Logan College, located in Carterville, Illinois, has a 47-8 overall record and is the Great Rivers Athletic Conference regular season champion with a 26-3 record.
The Mason County Royals rallied from a six-run deficit and ran their winning streak to three games with a 10-8 victory over the visiting Scott Eagles on Thursday.
Eli Porter pitched four scoreless innings in relief to get the win. He struck out 11 and walked two while allowing only one run.
Porter and Nick Mains each had two RBI.
Cray Fite went 3-for-4.
Mason County (4-1) will host Frankfort on Tuesday.
The Mason County Royals edged the Powell County Pirates 6-5 in their season opener on Wednesday in Stanton.
Cray Fite was the winning pitcher, allowing one run on one hit while walking four and striking out four. Landon Scilley picked up the save, striking out five in two innings of work.
Eli Porter had double and three RBI. Fite had two RBI.
The Royals travel to Lexington today to play the Lafayette Generals at 6:30 p.m.
Mason County pitcher Landon Scilley homered and earned his fourth win of the season as the Royals shutout the Bracken County Polar Bears 4-0 in Brooksville Thursday to clinch the No. 1 seed in the 39th District Tournament and get an automatic berth into the 10th Region Tournament.
Scilley and Eli Porter combined on a four-hitter. Scilley struck out 10 and walked one in four innings. Porter struck eight and walked three in three innings.
Mason County is 18-6 overall and 4-0 in district play.
Under the three-team format, Bracken County and Augusta will meet in a semifinal game with the winner playing Mason County in the championship game.
The Royals' next game is Monday at 6 p.m. at Frankfort.
Mason County outhit Russell 6-4, but the Royals lost to the Red Devils 3-2 Thursday. The loss snapped Mason County's three-game winning streak.
Royals starter Eli Porter struck out 13 and walked one in six innings, but allowed the three runs (all earned).
Mason County (16-6) will be back in action Wednesday at home vs. the Rowan County Vikings.
Trey Cracaft's bases loaded single on a 3-2 pitch with two out in the eighth inning gave the Mason County Royals a 6-5 walk-off win over the Montgomery Indians Wednesday evening.
It was the fourth lead change of the game.
Mason County led 1-0 after the first inning. Montgomery County grabbed the lead with two runs in the second inning. Eli Porter hit a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Royals a 4-2 lead. The Indians plated three runs in the fourth inning to go back in front. A sacrific fly by Cray Fite in the fifth inning tied the score.
Mason County has won three straight games and five of their last six.
The Royals (16-5) will host the Russell Red Devils today at 6 p.m. The game was originally scheduled Friday but was moved up to today because of the forecast for rain Friday.
The Mason County Royals defeated the Powell County Pirates 7-3 in Stanton Tuesday.
The Royals led 7-0 before the Pirates made it interesting by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. It looked like Powell County was going to score another run, but center fielder Eli Porter threw out a runner at home plate.
Westin Messer pitched six and two-thirds innings giving up the three runs on six hits while striking out four and walking two in raising his record to 3-0.
Mason County (15-5) will host the Montgomery County Indians today at 6 p.m.
Landon Scilley went 4-for-5, had four RBI and scored four runs and the Mason County Royals routed the Augusta Panthers 21-0 in four innings in Augusta Wednesday.
Eli Porter homored and Trey Cracraft and Cole Messer combined on a one-hitter.
Messer and Cole Horch also had three RBI apiece. The Royals had 17 hits and 18 RBI.
The Royals scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second, six in the third and eight in the fourth.
Mason County (13-4) will play the Beechwood Tigers Saturday at 11 a.m. in the David Irey Foundation Invitational at Beechwood.
Cray Fite drive in three runs and Eli Porter had three hits and two RBI and the Mason County Royals defeated the Bracken County Polar Bears 7-1 Monday.
Landon Scilley allowed one run on six hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings.
Scilley is 3-0 with a 1.17 earned run average.
Mason County (12-4) plays at Augusta Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The Mason County Royals rallied with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and beat the Normandy Invaders of Parma, Ohio 4-3 Thursday in their final game at Tampa Bay Spring Training.
The Royals only had three hits off Kent State signee Ben Rabatin, but the hard-throwing right-hander threw two wild pitches that brought home the tying run and the go-ahead run.
Rabatin, who hit 94 MPH on the radar gun several times, struck out 11 and walked one.
Mason County starter Landon Scilley allowed three runs on six hits, strking out nine and walking one in six innings.
Royals reliever Cameron Rosel walked the first three batters in the seventh inning, but pitched out of the jam to record the save. With the infield in, Mason County forced out a runner at the plate on a ground ball to short. Rosel fanned the next batter and a fly out to center field gave the Royals their third win of the spring break trip.
Trey Cracraft, Eli Porter and Connor Butler each had a hit. Porter and Carson Pugh were both hit by pitches.
Mason County (9-2) will play the Estill County Engineers Monday at 6 p.m. at Estill County in a semifinal game of the Kentucky 2A Championship Section 6 Tournament.
The Mason County Royals defeated the Powell County Pirates 9-3 in their first game of the sectional tournament of the Kentucky 2A Championships on Monday.
It was the home opener for the Royals who ran their record to 3-0.
Eli Porter was the winning pitcher and he had five RBI.
Cray Fite hit a three-run homer. Fite, Porter, Carson Pugh and Landon Scilley had multiple hits.
Mason County advances to play the winner of the March 30 game between Estill County and Fleming County.
The Kentucky 2A Championships state baseball tournament is scheduled April 21-22 in Owensboro.
The Royals are back in action today at 5:30 at home vs. the Bishop Brossart Mustangs.
Carson Pugh, Landon Scilley, Porter, and Cray Fite all with multiple hits. Fite with a 3 run homer to left. Royals back in action tonight as we host Bishop Brossart. First pitch 5:30pm. pic.twitter.com/E4ueGTUKa1
— Mason County Royals Baseball (@masoncobaseball) March 21, 2023
Eli Porter struck out 14 and only gave up one hit in the Mason County Royals' road 7-3 victory over the Lewis County Lions Wednesday evening.
The loss snapped a two-game losing streak.
Mason County (5-9) is back in action Friday evening at home vs. the Campbell County Camels.
The Mason County Royals defeated the Bourbon County Colonels 6-3 in the semifinals of the Kentucky 2A Sectional today at Bourbon County.
Eli Porter was the winning pitcher. Landon Scilley picked up a save.
The Royals will host the Greenup County Musketeers in the championship on a date to be determined.
Mason County (4-7) will be back in action Monday at home against the East Carter Raiders.
