Sports
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
In Cal Ripken Baseball League action at Exchange Park last week:
5-24
Major League
FNB 13
AV Kare 1
First National Bank batted around in the third inning to take a commanding 10-1 lead and finished the game off with three runs in the top of the fourth.
Max Jett and Caleb Briggs pitched for First National. Aaron Fox hit an inside-the-park home run and a double.
Tyler Barnett hit a triple. Trent Burns hit a double and a single.
Jett hit a double and two singles. Caleb Briggs hit a double.
Tristan Malone hit two singles, and Jedidiah Jenkins and Tyler Oliver each hit a single.
AV Kare was led by Caleb Duncan and Michael Chapman, who each hit a single.
Sports World 14
Exchange 10
Sports World went up 6-3 after the first inning, but neither offense had their final say.
Sports World scored six more runs in the sixth to take a 14-5 lead, but Exchange made a game of it in the fifth with a rally that ended at five runs.
Matthew Lowe, Bryson Phillips and Trevor Odom took turns on the mound for Exchange.
Phillips also hit a double and two singles. Bailey Glover and Jackson Polley each hit a double and a single. Jayson Hamilton hit a double.
Levi Glossup, Miguel Hays, Noah Neely and Odom each hit a single.
For Exchange, Jacob Peoples hit two doubles and a single. Key McDonlad hit a double and a single. Mack Young hit a double.
Ty Rose hit three singles. Walker Galbraith hit two singles, and Crockett Gibson, Chris Thomas and Drew Appleton each hit a single.
Minor League
Rotary 10
Sundrop 2
Rotary jumped out to an early seven-run lead over Sundrop and never looked back in a 10-2 victory. Sundrop was able to avoid the shutout with two runs in the top of the fourth, but the game was called after five innings.
Rotary was led on offense by J.P. Herd, who hit a double.
Hunter Inman, Knox Birdsong and Blake Bailey each hit a single.
In the loss, Tyler Garrett hit a triple.
Colton Edmundson, Lucas Hatfield and Ross Toone each hit a double, and Stephen Pelfrey and Isaac Sumners each hit a single.
Pro-Clean 9
FNB 8
First National Bank was up 8-3 after the third inning, but Pro-Clean’s offense rallied in the next three innings.
Pro-Clean scored two runs each in the final three innings, including a walk-off hit in the sixth.
Coffey hit a double for Pro-Clean. Wallace, Duke, Foster, Allen and Bryant each hit a single.
For First National, Bryce Hagan hit a double. Andrew Morgan, Dalton Gavin, Warren Riggins, Tyler Young and Bryson Scott each hit a single.
5-31
Major League
FNB 11
Exchange 3
First National Bank jumped out to an early 9-1 lead against Exchange after only two innings of play. Despite both teams finishing with eight hits each, the First National offense took advantage of scoring situations while their opponents were not.
Key McDonald, Jacob Peoples and Chris Thomas all combined in the winning pitching effort.
Mack Young hit two doubles. Walker Galbraith hit a double and a single. Drew Appleton hit a double.
Thomas hit two singles and Crockett Gibson hit one single.
For Exchange, Tristan Malone hit a double and a single. Aaron Fox and Jedidiah Jenkins each hit one double.
Max Jett, Tyler Oliver, Tyler Barnett and Trent Burns each hit one single.
Sports World 11
AV Kare 8
Heading into the final inning of play the score was a virtual deadlock, with Sports World leading 7-6 after AV Kare had just taken advantage of a four-run fifth to get back into the game.
Sports World answered with four runs in the sixth to ensure the victory, 11-8.
Levi Glossup, Bryson Phillips and Bailey Glover shared the mound duties in the victory for Sports World.
Noah Neely hit a triple and a single.
Trevor Odom hit a double and a single.
Glossup hit three singles. Jayson Hamilton and Phillips each hit two singles, and Matthew Lowe, Jackson Polly and Eric Young each hit one single.
For AV Kare Michael Ledford hit two singles, and Justin Smith, Caleb Duncan, Noah Bishop and Brice Carvell each hit one single.
Minor League
Sundrop 11
GCC 5
Giles County Chiropractor jumped out to an early four-run lead in the first, but it was not enough to hold off Sundrop in a 11-5 loss.
Sundrop scored five runs in the bottom of the second and capped off the game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to pick up the win.
Sundrop was led on offense by Skylar Tarpley and Lucas Johnson, who each hit a double.
C.J. Bryant added a single.
For Giles County Chiropractic, J.P. Herd, Colton Martin and Rahiem Hockett each hit one single.
Rookie League
Flames 17
Dr. Pepper 6
The Flames scored multiple runs in every inning en route to a blowout of Dr. Pepper, 17-6.
The Flames scored five runs each in the first and second innings, but Dr. Pepper was able to stay in the game with three runs in the first and two in the second. The Flames scored two more runs, before putting up five runs in the fourth to end the game early.
Trey Brown led the Flames with a grand-slam and a double.
Heath Head hit a triple and two singles. Peyton Adams hit two doubles and a single.
Gary Wayne Davis hit a double and two singles. Clay Birdsong hit a double and a single. Bryce Woodard hit a double.
Buster Brown hit three singles. Hudson Adams hit two singles and Dalton McClure, Jacob Johnson and Austin Hayes each hit one single.
For Dr. Pepper, Tucker Toone hit a double and a single. Cooper Hlubb hit two singles, and Jake Cardin, Justin Johnson, Daniel Collins, Michaelis Nelson and Trey Howard each hit one single.
Rookie League
FNB 6
BOF 1
First National Bank scored four runs in the fourth inning to turn a one-run game into an easy victory over Bank of Frankewing.
Frankewing had just cut the lead to one with a run in the top of the inning, but Frankewing’s bats were cold all game long in the 6-1 loss.
In the win, Trashaun Gregory hit a home run.
Jonathan Young hit a triple.
Rob Turner hit two doubles. Sam Galbraith, Coleman Sinard and Weston Duncan each hit a double, and Dylan Hooper hit a single.
For Frankewing, Torrian Williams hit a double and a single. Dakorbian Bellefant hit a double. Riley Cardin hit two singles, and Matthew Smotherman hit a single.