Detailed Game Reports:

Lets hear some details of these great games tonight.

 

Hickory 8 North Buncombe 3

North Buncombe.....3....6....6
Hickory.................8....9....1

WP - Ben Gibbs (9-0), 7 IP, 6 Hs, 3 Rs, 3 ERs, 7 Ks
LP - Alex Tweed

Hickory:
Wil Boyd - 2/4, 3B, HR (11), 2 RBIs, 3 Rs
Isaac Harrow - 2/4, HR (4), 2 RBIs
Connor Hilton - 2/3
Justin Dickson - 1/3, 2 RBIs

North Buncombe:
Jeff Hemmings - 1/3, 2 RBIs
Alex Penley - 1/3, HR

Ben Gibbs scatters 6 hits in the complete game victory. Gibbs, a sophomore, moves to 9-0 on the season.

Wilson Boyd and Isaac Harrow both belted 2 run home runs to lead the Tornado offense.

Hickory wins its 13th consecutive game and moves to 21-5 on the season.

Hickory entertains Ashbrook in round 2 on Friday.

 

East Meck 3, North Meck 2

Sorry Pops, I posted this in the wrong place. I copied it over here; I'l go delete it from the other thread.

The TBR bus picked the right stop tonight. Braves, NCBBallFan, Sutigers and I, along with several other TBRers, witnessed a really good game at North Meck tonight. Bret Alter went the distance for East, allowing only one earned run -- a John Kellet home run in the bottom of the first. Zach Rosenbaum got the hard luck loss for North, allowing only two earned runs over five innings. He had a really good curve ball tonight, which he used to overcome a fastball that was not quite as overpowering or accuratre as it often is. Tom Porter pitched the sixth and seventh for North, and his stuff was downright nasty tonight. But Alter was the pitching star, getting ground ball after ground ball and hitting his spots all night, throwing only about 85 pitches over the seven innings.

East scored on a solo homerun by Justin Schumer in the first and then again in the third on a run scoring ground out by Shumer following a Matt McNichol triple and a Brett Alter walk. The throw to the plate after Schumer's ground out was in the dirt and went to the screen, allowing Alter to score the eventual game winner from second on the play.

North's only other run had come in the second, on a two out ground ball error. There were no more runs scored after the top of the third. North threatened in the sixth, but the East rightfielder made a spectacular diving catch on a line drive with two out and runners at second and third. The rightfielder's name has slipped my mind, so one of you East supporters help me out.

It was too bad either team had to lose this one. North has a disappointing ending to a great season, one which they can be very proud of. And this experienced East team has proven once again that they are for real. East heads to SW4A rival South Meck Friday to try to beat the Sabres for the fourth time this season. Probable starters are Jake Raynor for East and Ryan Morris for South. It should be a good one.

 

East Meck- North Meck

Great recap DB. The rightfielder for East Meck is Sr. Andy Hostutler. He's had a great year, hitting around .380 and had 2 hits tonight. The defense came to play again as they have most of the year.

 

Ashbrook Baseball

Ashbrook 5 Franklin 3
Michael Bougeart 2hr's , WP
Drew Martin 1 hr

 

PERSON - EAST FORSYTH

I left detailed results in the playoff forum, so check there.

 

NW Cabarrus: 6 Ragsdale: 4

Ragsdale.........100..003..0......4..7..1
NW Cabarrus....024..000..x......6..6..3

The Trojans chase Ragsdale starter Jake Kinsmo (***apology to Ragsdale fans for butchering these names....I'll try to correct them later***) in the 3rd and build a 6-1 lead. Kinsmo then gave way to Trevor Mullins who shut down the Trojans the rest of the way.

NWC starter Blake Ketner was cruising until the 6th when the patient Tiger bats steadily upped his pitch count and made the big guy tired. After a couple of infield base hits, a hit, a walk, and a couple of errors, NWC survives the big inning this time as Ketner clawed his way out of trouble to retain a 6-4 lead (Ragsdale had the tying run on 1st).

Ketner then gave way to lefty Nick Daniels in the 7th. Nick, who had already hit an RBI opposite-field double and made a great run-saving stop in the 2nd, hung a curve that Jake Kinsmo lined right back at him-------it bounced off Nick's glove and bounced to the 3rd base line, Nick immediately pounced on the ball and through an absolute strike to Ketner at 1st-------only to have the ball go through Ketner's glove (how do you score this? equipment malfunction? I hate to give Blake an error on this one). The broken glove then became moot point when Daniels snagged a liner and doubled up the runner at 1st (whew!) Daniels then induced Jason Wallace to ground out to end the game, seal NW Cabarrus' 20th win and earn his first save of the season.

GREAT JOB, NICK AND BLAKE!!!!! GREAT JOB TROJANS!!!!

PITCHING:
NWC:
Ketner (WP) 6IP 7H 4R 3ER 8K
Daniels (Sv) 1IP 0H 0R 0ER 0K

Ragsdale:
Kinsmo (LP) 2.2IP 4H 6R 5ER 4K
Mullins 3.1IP 2H 0R 0ER 3K

HITTING:
NWC:
Kyle Seager, 1-2, 2B, RBI
Nick Daniels, 1-2, 2B, RBI
Ryan Wildrick, 2-3, 2 RBI

Ragsdale:
JP Potrinski, 3-4, 2B, RBI

NEXT UP: PIEDMONT @ NWC Friday night!!!..... :1peekdoor

 

West Henderson 12, Bandys 8

Bandys 2-2-0-2-0-1-1 8-13-4
WH 0-0-3-3-6-0 12-14-2

WP Matthew Pruitt
LP Blake Edmonson

For Bandys:
Johnny Spake 4/4, double
Mat Oaks 2/3 double
Kelly Johnson 2/3
Tyler Rowe 1/4, HR
Blake Edmonson 1/4 double
Cody Bolick, 1/3, double

For WH:
Spencer Linn 3/5, double
Jason Merrill 2/4, HR
Casey Allison 3/4
Scott Batson 2/4, double
Matthew Pruitt 1/4, double

West Henderson is now 23-2, Bandys finishes at 19-4.
WH will host West Caldwell Friday night.
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Lumberton 3 Pinecrest 0

Pirates beat Patriots behind a one-hitter by Mac Read and some early offense off PC soph Seth Maness. Maness got hit around in the first but settled down and pitched solid ball. Read shut down the PC offense entirely.

WP- Read (8-0) 7 IP 1 H 3 BB 11 K
LP- Maness

Leading hitters - Lumberton - Branch 1-3 RBI Emmanuel 1-3 RBI Read 2-2 2B RBI
Pinecrest - Norfleet 1-3

 

Drew & Michael

Love those guys! They are both really nice guys who are also great baseball players! Happy for both of them and happy for their team!