Week 1

South Meck 6 Lake Norman 5.

South meck started off with a bang, when shuey hit a 2 run hr in the first inning off of lefty ace lomascola. lomascola threw 5 innings before being relieved by ross whitley who threw 2 innings giving up1 run on a homerun by #3 batter for south meck.

South meck was up 6-0 threw 4 till donnie Burt hit a 3 run hr. Makeing the score 6-3. in the last inning lake norman scored 2 runs to cut the score to 6-5 before loosing 6-5.


FOR LKN:
Donnie burt had 4 rbi
Joe faist added the rally starting double.

Lake Norman plays tuesday at forbush

 

Charlotte Christian vs Cardinal Gibbons

Gibbons 7 - 4

 

South Meck 6 Lake Norman 5

The Sabres jumped out in front early with a 2-Run HR from Spencer Shuey in the first inning. Casey Gebhardt had a two run double in the 4th to extend the Sabres lead to 5 before Derrick Rowe hit his second HR of the season in the top of the fifth to extend the lead to 6. Caleb Cunningham & Deuce Wright each had a double and a single to lead the offense. Wright also threw out 2 base runners attempting to steal. Lake Norman made the game interesting with a 3 run HR in the bottom of the fifth to close the gap. Jeff Barkley started for the Sabres and threw 4 strong innings while allowing only one hit, striking out 4 and one earned run. Tyler Woods came into the game and threw 2 1/3 innings to capture his first save of the season. This was a unusual game due to the fact that both team "DID NOT" commit an error! Very well played and great to watch! The Sabres are now 2-0 to start the season.

 

Butler over Richmond County

Butler 7
Richmond 0

Patrick McMahon gets the complete game shut out. Ben Berkey and Jake Fincher go yard for Butler. Butler played solid baseball once again.

A huge THANKS to the Richmond fateful who fed us all, after the game. The BBQ, potato salad, and fixings were fantastic! Good Luck with your season.

 

phillydave; nice to talk to you today and good luck this year!!!!

 

Great job Patrick & Jake. You are making the former Matthews Reds USSSA/AAU/Showcase Team Alumni very proud! Keep it going!

 

East Rowan 3
West Forsyth 1

Corbin Shive hits a tiebreaking two-run homerun in the bottom of the 8th to lift East Rowan to victory. Kent Basinger started the game for East and allowed a first inning run. The starter for West Forsyth did an outstanding job (can't remember his name) for them. Cody Laws earned the win in relief.

 

Western Alamance at Southern Alamance

Southern 9
Western 7

Western jumps out to a 6-1 lead after the 3rd inning. Lowe hits a 3 run homerun for the Warriors. Anthony Hezar adds a solo shot in the 5th to make it 7-1. In the bottom of the 6th the Patriots benefit from 5 walks to edge back to 7-6. With the bases loaded and 2 outs, Brandon Crawford hits a triple in the the gap to plate 3 Patriots. Jeremy Stalker did a great job in pitching 4 and two thirds in releif to get the win. Zach Macaneny was impressive for Western with 3 hits and 2 SB's.

Southern moves to 1-1 and Western falls to 0-2.

The Patriots have 4 games scheduled for next week.

North Davidson
at Chatham Central
at Carrboro
Grimsley

 

Mallard Creek lost today to East Gaston. 8 errors and many hits will lead to a bad day. Mikal hill had the only hit for the Mavericks. A homerun in the 4 inning.

 

Couldn't make the game, word is we were smoked. Maybe we should have fattened you guys up before the game!