Point Pleasant (WV) Falls Short in AA State Title Game

[Bobcat Thunder]

Josh Motto drove in three runs and Logan used a pair of four-run innings to beat Point Pleasant 13-3 yesterday for the Class AA championship at Charleston's Appalachian Power Park. The game was shortened to six innings by the 10-run mercy rule.
Logan (27-9) won its second title in four years. The Wildcats will return to Class AAA next season where it won four state titles, the last in 2001.
Logan scored twice in the first inning, four times each in the second and fourth, and three more times in the sixth.
Point Pleasant (17-14) had reached the championship game for the first time in school history. B.J. Lloyd Jr. hit a two-run triple for the Big Blacks.