The cadence of the 42nd District baseball home-and-home schedule didn’t give Scott County time to feel sorry for itself after giving away a five-run lead at home Tuesday against Frederick Douglass.

SC patiently waited out both a three-hour delay for evening thunderstorms and a dozen walks to earn revenge, a 7-1 victory on the Broncos’ turf that ended at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Tyler Wands shut out Frederick Douglass through six innings, scattering eight hits, striking out five and walking only two. Keagan Hurt froze Alex Whitaker with a called third strike for the final out.

The Cardinals (9-2 overall, 1-1 district) snapped a four-game losing streak to the Broncos (6-3, 1-1), including an 11-6 verdict in the series opener.

In the feast or famine encore, SC took its bases in bunches to offset 14 strikeouts.

Garrett Sparks was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and stolen base. In addition to his mound exploits, Wands belted a double, knocked in a run and walked twice.

Hurt (single, walk, two RBI), Will Rose (single, walk, stolen base), Duncan Stevens (single, two walks), Parker Dotson (three walks, RBI), Colt Fields (walk, RBI) and Jacob Skinner (walk, run scored) also caused their share of commotion for the Cards.

Tyler Vander Plaats went 3-for-3 with two doubles to lead Frederick Douglass. He scored their only run on a base hit by Darius Surratt with one out in the seventh.

Walks by Rose and Stevens, followed by a wild pitch and a balk, put the Cards on the board in the third.

Austin Davis, Rose and Sparks turned a double play in the fourth.

An inning later, Hurt threw out a runner at second to help Wands weather a threat after a base hit and an error.

Scott County nursed its 1-0 lead until the sixth, when Sparks doubled, stole third and scored on Wands’ two-out two-bagger.

Hurt singled to center and plated courtesy runner Jaxson Thurmond with an insurance run.

Teppei Nagano’s double and a Whitaker walk brough the tying run to the plate in the sixth, but Wands sandwiched a pickoff between a fielder’s choice and a fly out to stay spotless.

The floodgates opened in the seventh with four runs courtesy of an error, consecutive singles by Stevens and Sparks, and four walks.

After erasing the 5-0 SC lead Tuesday, Douglass delivered the knockout punch with five runs in the top of the seventh inning to punctuate its rally in district opener for both teams.

The Cardinals took a three-run lead into the fifth, when consecutive singles by Aaron Duerson and Nagano spelled the end of the evening for SC starter Dotson.

Whitaker erased the lead with one swing, greeting reliever Fields by taking his first offering deep to left.

Gabe Wright followed with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Connor Harris to give Frederick Douglass its first lead.

Scott County fought back in the bottom of that frame. Skinner’s leadoff double, a sacrifice bunt by Fields and Wands’ walk set the stage for Hurt, whose push bunt to first allowed Skinner to score.

Fields worked around a two-out single by Duerson in the sixth, and the Cards followed by putting together their own two-out threat against the Broncos’ ace reliever, Martin Vander Plaats.

Stevens, Sparks and Skinner drew walks to bring up Fields, who fouled off seven pitches, six with two strikes, before Vander Plaats put him away swinging.

Skinner, pitching on three days’ rest after a win at Lexington Catholic, issued walks to Whitaker and Wright to start the seventh.

Braxton Hensley’s double was the go-ahead knock for Douglass. Tyler Vander Plaats followed with an RBI single. Surratt knocked in two more insurance runs with a single off Davis, the fourth SC hurler.

Martin Vander Plaats slammed the door with a six-pitch breeze through the seventh.

Scott County, which entered the night on a seven-game winning streak, conducted business as usual against Hensley over the first two frames.

Rose belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the first.

Hurt and Carson Murray singled in the second, and both scored when the Broncos botched Rose’s ground ball.

Stevens followed with a hard smash up the middle that caromed off a glove for an RBI single to plate Rose.

Harris’ two-out, two-run single out the Broncos on the board in the third. 

Davis, Rose and Sparks turned a double play in the fourth to back up Dotson, who struck out three.

GCHS falls to powerful Madison Central, Trinity

Great Crossing continued its spotless start to the baseball season for a half-inning Monday, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning at perennial 11th Region power Madison Central.

The Indians answered with four runs in the bottom of the opening chapter, then broke a tie with two in the fourth before pulling away to a 12-7 win, handing the Warhawks their initial defeat of the spring.

GC also lost 10-0 in five innings at Louisville Trinity, ranked No. 10 in the nation, on Wednesday.

Hayden Kirby was 3-for-4 to headline the 10-hit attack for Great Crossing (3-1). Levi Hamon and Landen Walters each went 2-for-3 and combined for three RBI. Chase Little knocked in a pair. Tyler Mullannix notched an RBI single.

Will Richardson led Madison Central (8-2) with three hits, including a triple. Kannon Cook was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Elijah Halloran was also a repeat hitter, while Zak Turner and Luke Bryner each drove home two.

On the mound for the Warhawks, Sutton Holbrook and Collier Curtis combined for nine strikeouts and did not issue a walk over 4 2/3 innings.

Mullannix had the only GC hit against Trinity. Parker Covington struck out three Shamrocks in 3 1/3 innings.

Great Crossing opens its Florida swing with a 4 p.m. first pitch Sunday against Campbellsville at Preston Hood Athletic Complex in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.