Legion Finish Six days In A Row

Sunday night, Coleman-Pitt Post 58 ran out to a 10-2 lead by the middle of the sixth inning. In the ninth inning, Edenton got a two-run homer to edge Post 58 11-10.

Ahoskie was in town at Northern Nash tonight and Post 58's first hitting slump of the season pushed into the fourth inning before the bats got going.

Including the last three innings last night and the first three tonight, Post 58 had gone six innings without scoring. For a team that had scored at least 10 runs in its last six games, six innings was a long slump.

Nick Hahula got the start for Post 58 and right away, Ahoskie pushed three runs across the plate in the first.

In the fourth inning Mike Williams reached on an error, A Grant Johnson hit, a hit batter in Mike Smith and with the bases loaded, Alex Pearce coaxed a walk to plate Coleman-Pitt's first run. The walk led to an RBI-single by T.J. Taylor and a throwing error plated two more runs. Ben Fish got an RBI-single and before the fourth was over and six runs had crossed the plate.

Hahula would not survive the fifth inning as he was relieved by Gabe Brown, who gave up a three- run homer and he failed to last the inning as Ahoskie took the lead 9-6.

Post 58 scratched one back in the fifth to cut the lead to 9-7. Bill Clark came on in relief and managed to hold Ahoskie at nine runs.

The highlight of the a four-run sixth inning was a Williams two-run homer that landed on the softball field and gave Post 58 an 11-9 advantage.

Williams also came on in relief in the seventh, but in the eighth, Ahoskie pushed across two runs after an error got the ball rolling for Post 102. In the ninth, Williams got Ahoskie out with no runs and that set up the bottom of the ninth's heroics.

Williams stepped to the plate as the lead-off batter and he sent his second straight ball over the fence as Coleman-Pitt Post 58 survived another donnybrook - beating Ahoskie 12-11.

You could really tell that playing six straight days had pushed Post 58's pitching to the limit. With the win, Post 58 is now 7-2 and 6-1 in division play. It can win the regular season eastern division first place with a victory over Tarboro Thursday night at Northern Nash.

Williams was not only the hitting hero getting the walk-off home run, but he was also the winning pitcher.

Williams was 2-for-5 with two homers and three RBI. Tyler Clark, Ben Fish and Grant Johnson all had two hits. Taylor and Collins Cuthrell contributed hits.

Ahoskie outhit Post 58 14-10, but walks and errors did not help their cause.

Through all seven division games, Post 58 has scored 15 on Edenton, 28 on Tarboro, 12 on Wilson, 11 on Ahoskie, 14 on Wilson in its second meeting, 10 last night in the loss to Edenton and 12 again tonight. Post 58 has plated 102 runs in seven games for a 14.5 per game average!

This team is certainly entertaining. It can clinch home-field advantage with a victory over Tarboro Thursday. Area 1 first-round playoffs start July 1.