Rocky Mount baseball has their third player injured this season that has missed time due to injury. The first two played a direct part in our loss of the Easter tournament in Four Oaks. Two players sat healing injuries in a non conference game in order to be healthy when conference played started after Easter.
Most of you read in the "Telegram" that Matthew Berry did not play against Southern due to having rolled his ankle in practice last week. The injury is more than a day to day injury. The Gryphon lead off hitter and first baseman is out for a while.
It is my opinion that this team can go far in the playoffs if they score five runs every game. Losing his bat puts in jeopardy this team ability to score five runs per game. Defensively this team can make the adjustments but who is going to step forward and get us two hits a game in his offensive place?
Brian Goodwin has been in an offensive slump for the Tar heels and with it the Heels are slumping too. Brian still is hitting 294 and has driven in thirty eight runs. He has a total of 18 extra base hits.
Ben Fish has seen action in fifteen games for the Campbell Fighting Camels and batted twelve times and has three hits and three runs knocked in.
Finally have found some info on Gabe Brown at Lenoir Community College. Gabe is hitting a whopping 417 with thirty hits in seventy at bats. He has also pitched ten plus innings for the Lancers and his era is over six.
Xavier Macklin his hitting 313 for North Carolina A&T where he has hit seven homers and driven in thirty two.
Alex Pearce has played in thirty games at UNC Pembroke and started twenty five where he is hitting about 220 and driven in sixteen runs.
I can not find any stats on Cameron Ramsey at Wake Tech. Rob Ramsey told me he umpired a game at WT and Cameron was starting in left fied and got a hit in the game while he was there. Wake Tech is in their first year of baseball and are yet not up to date with all of the electronic stats of other programs.
Zach and Patrick Barnes are playing at Lenoir and both have batted in seven games or so. Zach is hitting 333 and Patrick 250.
Since the last time I told you about our locals at Pitt C C there is no new stats to show. Zack Woodley, Jim Leggett and Mike Williams are all members of a nationally ranked team who going into this week end was 29-7 on the year.
Brian Braswell is having a solid senior year at Campbell and has started twenty six of Campbell's thirty four games. he hitting 315 and has knocked in nineteen runs.
The NC Wesleyan local contingent is being lead by Andrew Webb. Webby is turning into a solid pitcher with a 5-2 record and era of 2.83. Brian Allen is hitting over 300 for the Bishops. Tyler Clark a solid freshman year hitting over 300 and has started thirty games. Daniel Moore hitting over 300. Chad Womble has pitched over twenty five innings and Eric Mull has seen action in eight games hitting 167.
Any time that you might have an update on any of our local players feel free to let me know.
