Blue Jays soar past Tarpons

The Blue Jays moved closer to the District 4-1A baseball title as St. Edmund cruised to an 18-1 mercy-rule win over South Cameron.
St. Edmund (20-7, 6-1) closes district play at Merryville (8-14, 1-5) on Monday.
The Blue Jays exploded for 13 runs in the top of the first to take early control of the game.
Jack Miller walked, Brock Bieber was hit by a pitch and Brad Miller walked to load the bases.
Jack Miller scored when Dawson Ardoin reached on an error.
Bryce Vidrine doubled in courtesy runner Hunter Brown and Brad Miller for 3-0 lead.
Turk reached on an error to plate Ardoin for a 4-0 lead.
Remi Guillory was hit by a pitch and later scored on a hit by Carter Lejeune, while Vidrine scored when Miller walked.
Bieber singled in Turk and Jack Miller, while Ardoin doubled to clear the bases for an 11-0 Blue Jay advantage.
RBI doubles by Vidrine and Ian Dupre capped the Jays’ offensive explosion.
St. Edmund pushed across three more runs in the second inning, begun when Turk tripled and scored on a hit by Lejeune.
Bieber doubled in Lejeuene, while Brown scored on a hit by Garrett Dubois.
The Blue Jays added two insurance runs in the third inning, begun when Wesley Driggs tripled and scored on a double by Lejeune.
Henry Brown then doubled in Lejeune for the 17-1 advantage.
Pitchers Bieber, Jack Miller and Josh Landry combined for the win as they struck out nine, walked three and allowed one run on two hits.
Lejeune went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored to lead the Jays.
Bieber and Vidrine both 2-for-2 with three RBI.