Detailed Game Reports

Salisbury 14 West Davidson 5

Stopped by Salisbury HS to watch the 2A Hornets take on 1A West Davidson today. Both teams are fairly young with only 4 seniors on either team.
Salisbury sent righty Adam Butler(05) to the hill and after giving up a 3 run homer to C Michael Rummage(03) went on to strike out the side and breeze through the next 2 innings with the help of 2 outstanding defensive plays from CF P.J. Brant(03) and SS Rick Daily(03). Butler was lifted in the 4th without getting an out in favor of Michael Yost(05) who preceeded to pitch shut out ball over the next 12 outs, giving up 1 hit and striking out 7. I hated to see Butler lifted before he had pitched enough to get the win, but I think the coach did the right thing after walking 1 batter and giving up 3 consecutive singles.
West sent freshman Tim Peele(06 righty) to the mound and despite walking 2 and giving up a run scoring double to Zach Glass(05) looked pretty good. One of those walks went to diminutive Salisbury lead off man Kendall Mowery who collected 5 on the night and scored 3 times. The second inning proved disasterous when Salisbury's bats came to life and exploded for 8 runs before relief pitcher Dillon Avery(05,lefty) could shut them down. Avery pitched well over the next 2 innings untill the 5th when the Hornets tallied 5 more runs.
On a defensive note: Salisbury catcher Phillip Hilliard(06) threw out all runners attempting to steal and picked off 1 at 1st. He's a good sized kid with a strong arm and a good left hand swing with the bat. Pop times are about 2.10-2.20. But get this guys, HE"S A LEFTY!!!! Sounds like a good topic to open a thread about.

 

Kannapolis beats S. Rowan 9-2

As bad as Kannapolis looked last night vs N. Rowan, they really came out to play tonight w/o Daniel Smith. Mead was strong on the mound, and the bats were smoking. They still made too many errors in the field, but were able to keep them from hurting this game. Knapp scored 7 (I think) in the second inning, and SR never made a bid to get back in it.

 

Kann/SRowan

I was unable to attend this game,,, so can anyone provide anymore details about this game. Like always, our glorious Independent Tribune newspaper had "NO MENTION" of this big nonconference game in this morning's paper.

 

Ashbrook Game Summary

Ashbrook defeated Mt. Tabor tonight 7-6.

Wes McCall ('04) started on the mound for the Greenwave. McCall pitched 4 innings: 6K's, 1BB, 4 hits, 0 runs. The score was 5-0 Ashbrook when McCall was relieved by Josh Duncan ('05).

Duncan pitched well for 2 innings, even with 3 errors committed behind him allowing 3 unearned Mt. Tabor runs. Duncan started the 7th but suddenly developed control problems. Mt. Tabor scored three more runs, all earned, before Steve Klenovic ('04) came in to record the final out.

The line on Duncan: 2K's, 1BB, 1hbp, 5 hits, 6 runs (3 unearned).
The line on Klenovic: 1K, 1BB, 1 hit, 0 runs.

Offensively, Ashbrook out hit Mt. Tabor 13-8. The two blast of the evening came in Ashbrook's bottom half of the first inning. Drew Martin ('05), hitting in the 3-hole, belted a two run homer over the centerfield fence, followed by a solo shot by McCall in almost the exact same spot. Ashbrook hasn't seen a "back to back" in years. Altogether, about 8 Ashbrook players had hits.

Ashbrook: 7-13-5
Mt. Tabor: 6-8-1

 

:applause: it's nice to see that Ashbrook was led by their two stars

 

More from Ashbrook:

Josh Burleson ('04) 2-3, 3 rbi
Sammy Asis ('04) 2-4, 3 runs, 3sb

For Mt. Tabor:

Phil Duncan 2-3
LP: Groat

 

Kann/South Rowan game...

Per "The Salisbury Post",,,,, Andrew Mead pitched 5 strong innings to lead Kannapolis to a 9-2 win over their big nonconference rivals South Rowan this past Tuesday in local high school baseball action. South Rowan had started the season with a big victory over East Rowan; however, the Wonders delivered a big knockout blow in the 2nd inning of this game which proved to be the deciding factor. Leading hitters for the Wonders with 2 hits apiece were Brett Bartles, Andrew Mead, Eddie Boger and Garrett Sherrill. One of Boger's hits was a homerun which was apparently during the decisive 2nd inning for Kannapolis. Brett Stirewalt led South Rowan with 2 hits of his own. Both teams now stand at 1-1 overall.

Key note for Wonder fans to remember: Kannapolis started only one senior in this game and had as many as 4 sophomores playing. The Wonders are young, but talented,,,, they will make mistakes, but they will have good days too,,,, and their time is coming...

 

Actually, the 4 sophs started for Kannapolis. It looks like all 4 are going to be starting (or playing) a lot this season. Time will tell, I guess.

 

West Rowan 4 North Rowan 1

West senior Paul Link(03,LHP) took the hill for the Falcons(1-0) and pitched 3 strong, scoreless innings before giving way to Patrick Adams(04,RHP) to start the 4th. Adams pitched well over the next 2 innings dispite giving up the lone unearned run to the Cavaliers(1-1) in the 5th. Chris McDanial pitched a scoreless 6th and Daniel Cauble pitched a perfect 7th.

North's only score came when Travis Conner singled to right in the 5th and eventually scored on a passed ball.

North sophomore Brett Moulkey(RHP), after a shakey 1st, pitched strong into the 4th before being relieved by Justin McIntyer(LHP). Moulkey still looked pretty strong, so I believe he was pulled on a pitch count. McIntyer looked equally as strong dispite giving up a line drive HR to Link that just cleared the RF fence.

West scored in the 1st after Luke Overcash(04) led off with a walk and later scored on a double steal with Brian Graham(04) who had reached 1st on an error. Graham then scored on a HR deep to LF by Seth Waller(04).

West Rowan....IP...BF...R..ER...H...K..BB
Link...........3...12...0...0...2...5...1
Adams (WP).....2....8...1...0...1...3...1
McDaniel.......1....4...0...0...0...2...0
Cauble.........1....3...0...0...0...2...0
North Rowan.
Moulkey(LP).3-1/3..16...3...2...2...1...0
McIntyer....2-1/3..10...1...1...2...1...0

 

North Meck Varsity Goes to 3 - 0

The Vikings put on a impressive show tonight at North Meck in beating the previously unbeaten Butler Bulldogs by a score of 9 to 0. Sam Pierce pitched 5 strong no-hit innings and Benji Sheehan came in to close out the final 2 innings. 10 hits powered the Viking offense with Nossel, Skidmore and Proffit all delivering key 2 out base hits to score runners. The Vikings now await the arrival of the Hopewell Titan team on Tuesday 3/11/03 at home. This should prove to be a key game for both teams.