Round Four Begins.

The very beginning of the senior Legion season I have thought that the pitching was the weak link on this years team. Tonight Matt Bryan head coach of Post 58 had to use Diminutive center fielder T J Taylor to pitch in the opening game of the east Finals in the Senior American Legion Playoffs. Post 58 had to use everybody they had just to get past Wilson.

Tonight T J Taylor pumps life into a pitching staff that had few options as Taylor shuts out Cary Post 67 for six innings and Mike Williams finishes them off in the seventh as Coleman Pitt Post 58 takes down Cary Post 67 15-0 in a seven inning game.

You know things are going to go good for you when the first batter of the game hits a hot shot to third baseman Collins Cuthrell the ball rolls up his leg and over to shortstop Dillon Cockrell who throws the runner out at first. T J Taylor walked only one batter and allowed five hits in his six innings of work and only twice had two runners on in anyone inning.

Once again Post 58 had a bag load of hits getting fifteen and had help from nine free passes given to Post 58 hitters.

Ben Fish had four hits,winning pitcher T J Taylor hit another home run and a single and four rbi's. Dillon Cockrell ,Collins Cuthrell and Mike Smith had a couple of hits a piece. Xavier Macklin ,Cameron Ramsey, and Mike Williams each collect a hit.

Game two of the best of five series is Sunday Night at Cary High School in Cary. Post 58 is two wins from returning to the state championship tournament which they last played in 1995.

You would think Cary threw their ace in the first game since they have been off since Wednesday but I am not sure. When looking at our pitching staff so far in twelve playoff games we are 10-2 and our pitchers have been as good as any body Else's pitchers. Aluminum bats create runs and high scoring affairs and looking at the playoffs to date nobody has out hit us.

The Junior Legion tonight took on the Junior Legion team from Cary in Asheboro in the State Junior Legion tournament and Cary has had a rough night against teams from Nash County. The Rocky Mount junior legion white washed Cary in five innings 11-0 to advance to the winners bracket undefeated game tomorrow night.

Earlier in the day Nash Central had lost 8-4 to be eliminated from the same tournament. Hats off the to Nash Central team as they were a fill in team after Kinston was forced to forfeit their place in the state tournament and Nash Central took their spot and played well losing yesterday's game in extra innings. Brett Johnson's team didn't lose two straight by ten runs and come home quick but were very competitive in this tournament.