Benton Moss pitches a complete game one hit seventeen strikeout performance and in doing so ties Jim Leggett with the most wins in Gryphon history at 28. The victory gives the Gryphons a 1-0 conference record while Nash Central suffers a disappointing 10-1 loss.
Heading to the bottom of the fourth inning Bulldog Pitcher Jeremy Sloop maybe wasn't matching the strikeout count like Moss was but the scoreboard looked the same as neither side cross home the first three and half innings. Thomas Berry lead off the Gryphon fourth with a single, Benton Moss walked, Taylor Clontz singled to load the bases. Gryphon freshman Andy Morris drew a walk and the flood gates opened wide for the Gryphons after that. Collin Watson hit a ground ball straight at Shortstop Khalil Macklin who made a great play just to stop the ball because the infield was in close to stop the run at home which knocked him to his knees. His throw home to get a force out was wide and the Gryphons had two runs.
Damien Smith singled to left to make it 3-0 with the bases still loaded and no outs. Jeremy Johnson hit a bloop fly ball toward right with a hard charging right fielder he over ran the ball and another run was home and still the bases loaded and no outs. The next batter Spenser Ramsey hit a deep fly ball to right this time the right fielder drops the ball near the warning track and the bases are cleared with Ramsey on second. Matt Berry doubled home Ramsey and he too scored before the inning ended.
Moss carried a no hitter into the into the sixth inning walking the lead off batter Ryan Barham and Colton Vaughn the Bulldog ninth place hitter singled home Barham who had reached third on Moss's throwing error at first trying to pick Barham off first. Moss would walk his second hitter of the sixth but proceeded to get three outs without a strikeout. Oddly enough the seventeen strikeouts were done in six innings which means he struck out 17 of the 18 outs he recorded in the six innings where he did not allow a run or hit.
Rocky Mount would add one more in the bottom of the sixth as Spenser Ramsey walked and easily scored on a triple by Thomas Berry. The Gryphons scattered seven hits lead by two by Thomas Berry and Taylor Clontz. Matt Berry, Benton Moss and Damian Smith each had one.
Benton Moss line for the game was seven innings one hit, two walks, one hit batter and seventeen strikeouts. Benton Moss career record is now 28-4.
