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.

It's A Cell Phone World

Left town for a mini vacation to the Wilmington Area Thursday afternoon so I was out of pocket for both game four and five of the Senior Legion Third Round.

Don Johnson who seems to be every where was a constant phone call away What's the score now?

Around lunch time today Joe Bell called making sure I would be there tonight and to tell me about last night's games. Joe is in Asheboro with the Rocky Mount Junior Legion.

Brett Johnson Don's middle son is the coach of Nash Central Junior Legion team and Friday night in the bottom of the ninth Don was feeding Brett the play by play by cell phone and Brett was relaying the action to all of the people in the hotel lobby in Asheboro.

Senior Legion Post 58 down two games to one after Wednesday night's game punishes Post 13 Thursday 16-4 setting up last night dramatic finish.

Post 58 scores three in the bottom of the ninth to best Wilson 11-10. Their reward play again tonight. This time it is for the East title against Cary. The winner of this series goes to the State tournament in Greenville starting the 25th.

Post 58 used every available body to win last night pitching so who throws tonight is any one guess.

Game time is 7.00pm at Northern.

You know an amazing amount of work went into getting the field ready last night because of the late afternoon rain. If last nights game would have of been postponed Wilson would have been the winner due to a rule that if weather prevent a series from finishing on time the team that wins game one wins the series.

Friday Nash Central Junior Legion lost in extra innings 5-4 in their opening round game in Asheboro. This morning at 10.00am they lost in the loser's bracket 8-4 to be eliminated from the tournament.

Rocky Mount Junior Legion team won yesterday 8-3 and that sets up a winner's bracket game tonight at 7.00pm with Cary. Cary and Rocky Mount are the Tournament pre favorites. Cary has a ridiculous of like 44-2 and Rocky Mount is like 26-2

How odd can that be both Junior and Senior Legion teams play tonight at 7.00pm and play Cary.

Weather willing Senior Legion start round four tonight at Northern Nash.