Former Rocky Mount High School Gryphon baseball pitcher has earned his second Freshman All American recognition when the NCBWA announce that Benton Moss Freshman pitcher for the University of North Carolina baseball team had been named second team All American. The first All American honor was given by Louisville Slugger last week. Moss finish his freshman year with a 7-2 record his 1.94 ERA was the third lowest in the ACC this season.
Moss a rising sophomore as part of the Morehead scholarship this summer is in Africa. Last summer he spent in the Colorado Rockies. Moss was only one of three ACC players to make Freshman All Americans
NC State has two players on the first team and they are the only school that can say that. Trea Turner the Wolfpack third baseman who lead the nation in steals this year with 56 which is also a new Wolfpack record by 25 steals is on the team along with Carlos Rodon who today was named Freshman Baseball player of the year in college baseball. Sometimes we don't know how good we have it when back just a couple weeks ago Moss and Rodon met on a Saturday night in the ACC Tournament and both pitchers put up goose eggs against each other while they were in there.
Post 58 finishes their week off for graduation Thursday when they will start a five straight home game stand with home games Thursday(14th), Friday (15th), Monday (18th), Tuesday (19th) and Friday 22nd. Four of the five will be conference games and two will be with arch rival Wilson 14th and 22nd. After playing ten games in 19 days Post 58 was a little tired by the end of that stretch but coach Hank Jones had to get enough games in to see and give everybody a chance to earn playing time. I think come Thursday we will see the lineup that will carry us through the rest of the schedule. All games times are at 7PM at the old Gryphon Stadium.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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