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Dan River 7 Altavista 2
Dan River only allowed four hits to Altavista on its way to a 7-2 win on Wednesday night.
The Wildcats (6-1) used four pitchers over the course of the game with Ryan Dalton earning the win.
Logan Tate was the big performer at the plate, knocking in a three-run homerun for Dan River. But he was far from the only standout performer.
Bennett McCann went 4-for-4 with a double, Justin Moser had three hits, including a double and overall Dan River had 14 hits in the game. and Scotty Gillespie hit a 2-RBI single in the bottom of the seventh for the COlonels' lone runs.
Dan River plays again Friday at 5:30 p.m. when it hosts William Campbell.
Errors cost Gretna against William Campbell
BY EVAN SLAVIT
eslavit@registerbee.com
(434) 791-7998 | Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:00 am
GRETNA - Behind a sloppy fourth inning the Gretna baseball team lost 5-1 to William Campbell on Wednesday night.
"We beat ourselves," said Gretna coach Braxton Blackstock. "We were lucky we only lost 5-1 because we walked 12 guys. In the past seven games we walked 15 total batters, tonight we walked 12. You take the walks away and we probably walk away with the [win]."
But even with the walks, Hawks (3-5) starter Jason Lumpkin almost made it out of the outing unscathed.
Behind four errors William Campbell scored four unearned runs in the fourth inning.
An error to start the frame put leadoff man Patrick Lockett on second for William Campbell, and after a one-out walk by Danny Stewart they had runners on the corners.
Stewart then stole second with Peyton Dunn at the plate, but it looked like Gretna would limit the damage when Lumpkin got Dunn to strikeout on a pitch in the dirt.
Unfortunately there was an error on the throw to first after the dropped third strike that scored two runs for William Campbell, and let Dunn reach safely.
Another error on a fly ball to left field kept the inning going before a Devin Anthony sacrifice fly drove in the third run of the game, and a Chase Bomar single drove in the fourth run.
"Even though we walked 12 we kicked the ball around," said Blackstock. "How many times does a strikeout count as two RBIs? I think we weren't focused."
"[Lumpkin] had thrown so well this year that our kids had become confident that he could work out of trouble and they didn't need to make so many plays. But we see groundballs and pop-ups every day in practice, and we need to make those plays."
William Campbell scored its fifth run the following inning when Lockett smacked a homerun to left field. It was the only earned run Lumpkin let up in the game.
Overall Lumpkin went five innings and only allowed two hits and the one earned run. In fact, Gretna outhit William Campbell 4-to-3, but the walks did them in.
It actually could've been worse for the Hawks, with William Campbell leaving 13 batters stranded over the course of the game.
At the plate the Hawks struggled. They didn't get a single batter on in innings 2-5, and allowed William Campbell's Tyler Jennings to pitch a complete game without much strain.
"[Jennings] threw the ball well," said Blackstock. "We saw him a time or two last year and knew what to expect from him. We took too many fastballs. You take a fastball and you're down in the count 0-1, and we preach to these kids when you're down 0-1 the batting average is down to .200. At 0-0 it's around .300-.330."
Gretna's main threat came in the first inning when it had runners on second and third with one out thanks to an error and a single, but they couldn't capitalize.
The Hawks scored its lone run in the sixth inning after getting four straight batters to reach base, with Josh Arthur scoring the RBI-single
Gretna plays again on Friday at 5:30 p.m. when it hosts Appomattox.
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Dan River 7 Altavista 2
Dan River only allowed four hits to Altavista on its way to a 7-2 win on Wednesday night.
The Wildcats (6-1) used four pitchers over the course of the game with Ryan Dalton earning the win.
Logan Tate was the big performer at the plate, knocking in a three-run homerun for Dan River. But he was far from the only standout performer.
Bennett McCann went 4-for-4 with a double, Justin Moser had three hits, including a double and overall Dan River had 14 hits in the game. and Scotty Gillespie hit a 2-RBI single in the bottom of the seventh for the COlonels' lone runs.
Dan River plays again Friday at 5:30 p.m. when it hosts William Campbell.
Errors cost Gretna against William Campbell
BY EVAN SLAVIT
eslavit@registerbee.com
(434) 791-7998 | Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:00 am
GRETNA - Behind a sloppy fourth inning the Gretna baseball team lost 5-1 to William Campbell on Wednesday night.
"We beat ourselves," said Gretna coach Braxton Blackstock. "We were lucky we only lost 5-1 because we walked 12 guys. In the past seven games we walked 15 total batters, tonight we walked 12. You take the walks away and we probably walk away with the [win]."
But even with the walks, Hawks (3-5) starter Jason Lumpkin almost made it out of the outing unscathed.
Behind four errors William Campbell scored four unearned runs in the fourth inning.
An error to start the frame put leadoff man Patrick Lockett on second for William Campbell, and after a one-out walk by Danny Stewart they had runners on the corners.
Stewart then stole second with Peyton Dunn at the plate, but it looked like Gretna would limit the damage when Lumpkin got Dunn to strikeout on a pitch in the dirt.
Unfortunately there was an error on the throw to first after the dropped third strike that scored two runs for William Campbell, and let Dunn reach safely.
Another error on a fly ball to left field kept the inning going before a Devin Anthony sacrifice fly drove in the third run of the game, and a Chase Bomar single drove in the fourth run.
"Even though we walked 12 we kicked the ball around," said Blackstock. "How many times does a strikeout count as two RBIs? I think we weren't focused."
"[Lumpkin] had thrown so well this year that our kids had become confident that he could work out of trouble and they didn't need to make so many plays. But we see groundballs and pop-ups every day in practice, and we need to make those plays."
William Campbell scored its fifth run the following inning when Lockett smacked a homerun to left field. It was the only earned run Lumpkin let up in the game.
Overall Lumpkin went five innings and only allowed two hits and the one earned run. In fact, Gretna outhit William Campbell 4-to-3, but the walks did them in.
It actually could've been worse for the Hawks, with William Campbell leaving 13 batters stranded over the course of the game.
At the plate the Hawks struggled. They didn't get a single batter on in innings 2-5, and allowed William Campbell's Tyler Jennings to pitch a complete game without much strain.
"[Jennings] threw the ball well," said Blackstock. "We saw him a time or two last year and knew what to expect from him. We took too many fastballs. You take a fastball and you're down in the count 0-1, and we preach to these kids when you're down 0-1 the batting average is down to .200. At 0-0 it's around .300-.330."
Gretna's main threat came in the first inning when it had runners on second and third with one out thanks to an error and a single, but they couldn't capitalize.
The Hawks scored its lone run in the sixth inning after getting four straight batters to reach base, with Josh Arthur scoring the RBI-single
Gretna plays again on Friday at 5:30 p.m. when it hosts Appomattox.
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