Gryphons Homer Firebirds

If there was ever a game in which Rocky Mount was set up for a big let down, today was the day.

Just two days following a victory over your top rival in Northern Nash on Tuesday night. A dreary day. In fact so dreary the game started thirty minutes before the rescheduled early start was suppose to be.

Yesterday due to the weather forecast the game was moved up to 4.30 from the 7.00pm original start time only to start at 4.00pm instead. By games end it proved to be a smart move starting early as the drizzle had started.

If there is one thing that this Gryphon team has brought to every game this year is pitching and the Gryphons got that again today. So far this season our starting pitchers had lasted through four innings in every game.

Benton Moss who has kind of been the odd man out this spring as he has been the starting pitcher in the second game of the week and we have had so many rainouts Benton hadn't pitched in a couple of weeks. Due to the lack of work Benton walked five batters and hit one but allowed only one hit through four inning and left the game winning 4-0.

Nick Hahula pitched the final three innings and scattered four hits and gave up an earned run in the fifth. The Gryphons could only manage five hits themselves but two left the confines of Gryphon stadium.

Collins Cuthrell blasted a solo shot to dead center field in the first to get the Gryphons on the board. Ben Fish in the sixth hit a line drive shot down the left field line that plated Collins Cuthrell who had walked.

In the bottom of the second two runs scored on a Brian Goodwin sharp fly ball to right that was dropped and two runs came home. In the third Hobbs Johnson doubled bringing home Collins Cuthrell. The Gryphons sixth run scored off a Thomas Berry double with Collins Cuthrell scoring again.

Collins Cuthrell was 2-2 on the day with two walks, three runs scored, a homer and an rbi. Ben Fish collect a homer and two rbi's. Thomas Berry had an rbi double and Hobbs Johnson also had an rbi double.

The Gryphons are back in action Saturday at 1.00pm at home against D H Conley who if you remember they beat to win the Eastern regionals last year.

Today's victory is #8 on the season with the lone blemish being the extra inning loss to Rose.

On the day the Gryphons had two doubles and two homers an one single as the Gryphons go to 2-0 in conference play beating Southern Nash 7-1