Weekend Warrior

Hobbs Johnson is now a freshman at UNC as he is in summer school at Chapel Hill. Hobbs played right field in yesterday's first game of the double header with Ahoskie. He was 0-3 in the game and looked as if he was rusty. Today Hobbs toed the hill for Coleman Pitt Post 58 in a match of two power eastern North Carolina legion programs. He was rusty batting but he looked like Hobbs Johnson the Carolina pitcher for more than six innings today as Coach Hank Jones shook his hand as he took in out of the game in the seventh. Johnson allowed seven hits in six and one third innings but struck out seven and walked only two batters. He left the mound leading 6-4 with a runner on third and relief pitcher Jeremy Trevathan shut the door in the seventh and only allowed one base runner in two and two thirds innings of relief work earning the save.

Collins Cuthrell got Post 58 rolling in the first with a two run homer. Spencer Bell who open the game with a hit scored ahead of Cuthrell. The third inning Post 58 plated three runs on rbi's by T J Taylor and two by Kyle Norvelle. A single run scored in the fifth after back to back singles by Taylor and Norville put runners on first and third and Parker Helms hit a sac fly to center. Post 58 close out their scoring adding two extra runs in the eighth on a two rbi hit by Spencer Bell.

Post 58 pounded out twelve hits to eight by Wayne County. Spencer Bell , Collins Cuthrell, T J Taylor, Kyle Norvelle and Parker Helms all had rbi's in the game. Kyle Norvelle had three hits, Spencer Bell and Tyler Clark and T J Taylor had two each. Collins Cuthrell, Jeremy Sloop and Michael Whitehead all had one hit.

Post 58 begins their last week stretch run as they have five conference games this week and it starts Monday night at Ahoskie. Tuesday and Wednesday will be the last home regular season games as they host Wilson Tuesday and Edenton Wednesday. Sunday night they play in Edenton a double header which will close out conference play. They finish the regular season Monday June 28th at Wayne County.

There was talk today that the rain out with Post 39 may be made up during the week waiting for the playoffs which begin July 5th to keep from being idle for a whole week before the playoffs.

Post 58 is now 11-3 and 4-0 in conference play but as far as seedings is concerned this is the week with five games.