Hobbs Johnson carried a no hitter into the sixth inning helped by a missed play pop up in fair territory in which the Gryphons were able to throw to second and get a force play. Two other pop ups in foul territory were not caught and the second wound up scoring the tying run for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Jeremy Sloop held the Gryphons to three hits over the first six innings but ran out of gas in the seventh when the Gryphons had seven straight runners reach base, six with hits an one base on balls. Johnson now sporting a seven run lead gave up his third hit of the night to lead off the bottom of the seventh and Parker Helms came in to close out the Bulldogs.
Michael Whitehead had two hits and two rbi's. Matthew Berry had two hits and a ribby. Spencer Bell's double in the seventh drove in a run. Collins Cuthrell had on hit on the evening and two rbi's. Thomas Berry a couple of hits and two rbi's. Parker Helms also had two hits.
The Gryphons win their tenth game of the year and are now 1-0 in the Big East. They travel to Hunt Thursday night before they open the South Johnson Baseball tournament Saturday morning at 11.00am.
Hobbs Johnson struck out twelve and gave up three hits in getting the win. Parker Helms shutout Nash Central in the seventh but does not get the save even though the game was tied going into the seventh.
Up the hill Nash Central Lady Bulldogs beat the Lady Gryphons in softball 16-0. Gryphon softball has a 4.30 game Wednesday afternoon against SouthWest Edgecombe which was rained out Monday.
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