2004 State Semi-Finalists, Sherando Warriors:[/B]
1B - Jordan Gibson/David Zook
2B - Chris Dixon
3B - Drew McCormick
SS - Matt McCarty
CF - Michael Ambrogi
LF - Grant Derflinger
RF - John Hammons
C - Jamie Tucker
Pitchers ... Matt McCarty, Jordan Gibson, Brian Gray, Drew McCormick
The 2004 Warriors beat Robert Poutier for his 1st loss of his senior season and he went on to be a UVA standout pitcher as he was drafted by San Diego in the 2009 draft.
2013 Sherando Warriors:[/B]
1B - Justin Angel
2B - Jacob Carney
3B - Scott Nicholson/Logan Bucher
SS - Taylor Loudan
CF - Reid Entsminger
LF - Jeb Brown/John Bentley
RF - Adam Whitacre
C - Chase Smallwood
Pitchers ... Reid Entsminger, John Bently, Taylor Loudan, Adam Whitacre, Justin Angel
Here's my opinion:[/B]
1B ... + 2004
2B ... + 2013
3B ... + 2004
SS ... + 2004
CF ... + 2013
LF ... + 2013
RF ... + 2013
C ... + 2013
Pitchers ... "Even" but 2013 is a much deeper staff.
Bay Rivers Runs Dry In Quarters
June 09, 2004|By AL PEARCE, apearce@dailypress.com | 247-4641
YORK ? Baseball: Grafton's season ends when it gets 5 hits and leaves 10 runners on base and falls to Sherando.
Clutch hitting carried Grafton to Bay Rivers District and Region I championships and to the brink of the state Group AA semifinals. But when the Clippers' bats went quiet on Tuesday, they found themselves on the outside looking in.
Region II runnerup Sherando manufactured three runs on five hits to beat Grafton 3-1 in a state quarterfinal. The loss was Grafton's first at home this season and ended its most successful season at 21-3-2.
"Give them credit: They earned it and were the better team today," Grafton coach John Hammons said. "They shut us down; we couldn't get the hits when we needed them. We didn't move the ball and test their defense, which we thought was a weakness.
"And we needed to get ahead on the count but didn't always get that, either," he said. "Still, this team was a joy to coach. What a great group of kids."
Sherando scored twice in the second inning. Drew McCormick struck out but reached first when catcher Geoff Swanson mishandled the third strike. McCormick took third on Jordan Gibson's hit-and-run single to where second baseman Justin Wright had been until McCormick broke for second.
McCormick scored on a wild pitch and David Zook's single scored Gibson from second. The third run came in the third inning when Matt McCarty singled, stole second and third and scored on Gibson's single.
Grafton's only run came in the third, when Daniel Baynham singled, stole second, took third on Wright's infield out and scored on a wild pitch.
Steven Millerleile walked, Mike Hopkinson singled him to second, and both advanced when McCarty hit Justin Harrah. But the rally ended when Will Campbell bounced out, pitcher-to-first.
Grafton had just five singles and stranded 10 runners: one in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings, two in the second and three in the third.
It failed to produce with runners at first and second with one out in the second inning; with a runner at second with one out in the fourth and again in the sixth; and with a runner at third with one out in the seventh.
"That many, huh?" Sherando coach Pepper Martin said of the 10 left- on statistic.
"I knew it was a lot, but not that many. Grafton was taking the first pitch early, but the later we went, the more they swung at the first pitch. Our pitchers were aware of that and worked out of some jams. That's one sign a team is starting to panic."
SHERANDO 3, GRAFTON 1
021 000 0 -- 3 5 1 .... Sherando
001 000 0 -- 1 5 1 .... Grafton
WP: McCarty (8-4). LP: R. Poutier (9-1). Standouts -- Sherando, Gibson 2-3 (2 RBI; pitched three shutout innings in relief), Zook 2-3 (1 RBI), McCarty (pitched four innings; 1 run, 3 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts). Grafton, Hopkinson 2-3, Baynham 1-4 (1 run), D. Poutier (three strikeouts in one relief inning). *
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1B - Jordan Gibson/David Zook
2B - Chris Dixon
3B - Drew McCormick
SS - Matt McCarty
CF - Michael Ambrogi
LF - Grant Derflinger
RF - John Hammons
C - Jamie Tucker
Pitchers ... Matt McCarty, Jordan Gibson, Brian Gray, Drew McCormick
The 2004 Warriors beat Robert Poutier for his 1st loss of his senior season and he went on to be a UVA standout pitcher as he was drafted by San Diego in the 2009 draft.
2013 Sherando Warriors:[/B]
1B - Justin Angel
2B - Jacob Carney
3B - Scott Nicholson/Logan Bucher
SS - Taylor Loudan
CF - Reid Entsminger
LF - Jeb Brown/John Bentley
RF - Adam Whitacre
C - Chase Smallwood
Pitchers ... Reid Entsminger, John Bently, Taylor Loudan, Adam Whitacre, Justin Angel
Here's my opinion:[/B]
1B ... + 2004
2B ... + 2013
3B ... + 2004
SS ... + 2004
CF ... + 2013
LF ... + 2013
RF ... + 2013
C ... + 2013
Pitchers ... "Even" but 2013 is a much deeper staff.
Bay Rivers Runs Dry In Quarters
June 09, 2004|By AL PEARCE, apearce@dailypress.com | 247-4641
YORK ? Baseball: Grafton's season ends when it gets 5 hits and leaves 10 runners on base and falls to Sherando.
Clutch hitting carried Grafton to Bay Rivers District and Region I championships and to the brink of the state Group AA semifinals. But when the Clippers' bats went quiet on Tuesday, they found themselves on the outside looking in.
Region II runnerup Sherando manufactured three runs on five hits to beat Grafton 3-1 in a state quarterfinal. The loss was Grafton's first at home this season and ended its most successful season at 21-3-2.
"Give them credit: They earned it and were the better team today," Grafton coach John Hammons said. "They shut us down; we couldn't get the hits when we needed them. We didn't move the ball and test their defense, which we thought was a weakness.
"And we needed to get ahead on the count but didn't always get that, either," he said. "Still, this team was a joy to coach. What a great group of kids."
Sherando scored twice in the second inning. Drew McCormick struck out but reached first when catcher Geoff Swanson mishandled the third strike. McCormick took third on Jordan Gibson's hit-and-run single to where second baseman Justin Wright had been until McCormick broke for second.
McCormick scored on a wild pitch and David Zook's single scored Gibson from second. The third run came in the third inning when Matt McCarty singled, stole second and third and scored on Gibson's single.
Grafton's only run came in the third, when Daniel Baynham singled, stole second, took third on Wright's infield out and scored on a wild pitch.
Steven Millerleile walked, Mike Hopkinson singled him to second, and both advanced when McCarty hit Justin Harrah. But the rally ended when Will Campbell bounced out, pitcher-to-first.
Grafton had just five singles and stranded 10 runners: one in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings, two in the second and three in the third.
It failed to produce with runners at first and second with one out in the second inning; with a runner at second with one out in the fourth and again in the sixth; and with a runner at third with one out in the seventh.
"That many, huh?" Sherando coach Pepper Martin said of the 10 left- on statistic.
"I knew it was a lot, but not that many. Grafton was taking the first pitch early, but the later we went, the more they swung at the first pitch. Our pitchers were aware of that and worked out of some jams. That's one sign a team is starting to panic."
SHERANDO 3, GRAFTON 1
021 000 0 -- 3 5 1 .... Sherando
001 000 0 -- 1 5 1 .... Grafton
WP: McCarty (8-4). LP: R. Poutier (9-1). Standouts -- Sherando, Gibson 2-3 (2 RBI; pitched three shutout innings in relief), Zook 2-3 (1 RBI), McCarty (pitched four innings; 1 run, 3 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts). Grafton, Hopkinson 2-3, Baynham 1-4 (1 run), D. Poutier (three strikeouts in one relief inning). *
This post was edited on 5/19 10:51 PM by Coach Milburn
