Area I Scores June 22-28

Area 1 standings as of 6/25/09

I was given these standings yesterday at the "The Joye Family" American Legion Baseball Invitational being played at Garner High School 6/26 to 6/28.

As of June 25, 2009 –

Durham Post 7 ---- 12-3
Cary Post 67 --- 9-3
Clayton Post 71 --- 7-4
Raleigh Post 297 --- 8-6
Raleigh Post 1 --- 9-7
Garner Post 232 – 7-6
Apex Post 124 -- 3-9
Kerr Lake --- 1-9
Benson Post 109 – 2-11

 

"The Joye Family" American Legion Baseball Invitational at Garner HS

Scores from 6/25/09 - all 7 inning games

Raleigh Post 1 -- 6
Warsaw Post 127 -- 7


Kernersville Post 36 -- 5
Raleigh Post 297 -- 3
Game went 8 innings and Kernersville got a 2 run homer in the top of the eighth to win. Kernersville lead 3-0 at the top of the first and Raleigh battled back to tie it up 3-3. Well played game by both teams.

Garner 232 played Benson Post 109 at 8:00 p.m. No score.

Durham Post 7 was to have played Wilmington Post 10 at 10:00 a.m. but Wilmington backed out.

Next -- Raleigh Post 297 plays Benson Post 109 in 9 inning conference game on Saturday at 3:00.

 

Piratefan...It would be nice to meet you up at the Joye Family Invitational. I'm one of the coaches with Kernersville so come up and introduce your self if you are there tonight.

 

"The Joye Family" American Legion Baseball Invitational at Garner HS

Saturday 6/27 @ 3:00 p.m. felt like 99 degress in the shade.

Raleigh Post 297 -- 13
Benson Post 109 -- 4

WP - Justin Abbott

Raleigh's Bryan Lincoln -- 2 run homer and 3 run double.

Playing behind us was Kernersville Post 36 vs Garner Post 232 at 5:30 p.m. Anybody have the score?

Next up is conference tournament vs ?.

Does anybody have the pairings for the tournament?

 

Kernersville played Durham Post 7.

Garner played Duplin County and got beat in the bottom of the 7th 8-7.

Kernersville got beat as well in the bottom of the 7th 3-2

 

Durham 3
Kernersville 2

A well played and pitched game from both sides. K-ville has a solid team and played well.

Durham improves to 16-5.

 

Cary woes

I can't comment on past years, just the past two. Last year, Cary was very thin in pitching, lost 1 of their top 3 pitchers to injury, then didn't hit very well in the playoffs against Clayton.

This year, one starter just got very sick this week, another had a chance to play on the AL-USA Baseball tournament on the same team as Byrce Harper, and a third starter had some other showcase opportunities. A fourth player was unhappy earlier with the situation, and may have found other showcase opportunities. And for whatever reason, the team has just stopped hitting, plain and simple, and when they get several runs behind, they are making a bunch of unforced errors - clearly trying too hard to make great plays and in reality making poor plays.

I believe everyone (except one) should be back for the playoffs this week, so things may improve, but it's not the situation you want to be in going into the playoffs.

Cary got a forfeit from Kerr Lake today, but then lost their third straight conference game (actually played) to Apex 2-0. That means Cary has scored just 1 run in the last two losses. Cary goes to 13-6, 10-5 conference, and play at Clayton Sunday and I'm assuming the winner gets 2nd place in the conference. I believe Cary will be still missing 2 or 3 starters tomorrow, so not the best of circumstances for Cary.

 

edp -

same story, different year. i am a huge follower of cary-area baseball, as i have been for years. they always find a way to fizzle out in legion ball. you can ask anyone remotely close to legion ball and they will tell you the same thing.

here's hoping to turning the ship around. there's a lot of talent on that post 67 roster. sooner or later it will come together.

 

Rocky Mount Post 58 finished the regular season at 8-2 overall and 7-1 in division play. Despite starting the season late due to the Northern Nash playoffs run and coach Matt Bryan assisting as a coach for Eastern Wayne in the state championship series, Post 58 has scored 129 runs in eight division games — averaging 16.2 runs a game. In the 10 regular-season games, Post 58’s batters have hit 20 home runs.

 

Joye Family Invitational

Benson 8
Kernersville 16

WP: Omar De La Rosa

Brandon Harrison 2 for 4 2 HR's 7rbi's

Garner 13
Kernersville 12

LP: Andrew Faulkner

HR: Colby Sato, Kelly Surface

Alex Swim had a great weekend going 13 for 16 and uped his average to .525