Baseball: One batter shy of perfection, Bramble's no-hitter lifts Lakota West past Hamilton
OXFORD — The difference between perfection and dominance can be a single pitch. For Lakota West High School senior Noah Bramble, it came in the seventh inning — one batter standing between him and history. He settled for something nearly as rare.
Bramble fired a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts — taking a perfect game into the final frame before hitting a batter — and leading Lakota West to a 2-0 ...
OXFORD — The difference between perfection and dominance can be a single pitch. For Lakota West High School senior Noah Bramble, it came in the seventh inning — one batter standing between him and history. He settled for something nearly as rare.
Bramble fired a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts — taking a perfect game into the final frame before hitting a batter — and leading Lakota West to a 2-0 win over Hamilton on Friday night in the Reds Futures High School Showcase at Miami University's McKie Field at Hayden Park. Bramble didn’t chase history on a nearly perfect evening weather-wise. He chased outs.
“Just one more,” he said. “Every time I went out there, I was like, just get one more inning. ” That mindset carried him through six flawless innings under the lights — no hits, no baserunners, no distractions.
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