Coleman Pitt Post 58 heads to the second round of the Area One East division playoffs tonight against Pitt County Post 39. Post 39 the 6th seed dispensed the #3 seed Wayne County Monday night to earn their way to round two. The only earning Post 58 had to do was have enough players at the ball field at game time to receive a forfeit from Edenton to advance to round two.
The biggest worry that Hank Jones has right now is not how Post 39 will be when they get here tonight but will the players for Post 58 be playoff ready considering that in the last 19 days they have played a total of 13.5 innings of baseball. Post 58 played Windsor a double header on June 21st and both of those games went seven innings. June 28 Post 58 was leading Wilson Post 13 6-1 and batting in the bottom of the fifth when a flood fell and since Wilson had batted five times that was good enough to say it was an official game an a victory for P58.
Monday July one Kinston came to RM because their field was under water and that game went nine innings and Kinston won 3-1. A Tuesday trip to Garner was rained out and the trip to play Kinston again was rained out and then the decision to cancel the rest of the regular season which kept us from playing any of those make up games before Saturday July 6th. Under the new playoff format Edenton was suppose to be here Saturday night but forfeited the series to Post 58.
There is no doubt Post 58 should be fresh but there is also the possibility of being stale. P39 has three games under their belt while P58 wished they were playing somebody. Whether it hurts or helps we will find out tonight as Round two begins at 7pm at Legion Field.
If you are a fan of Junior Legion Baseball then Saturday Rocky Mount will be the place to be. There will be a qualifying tournament held at Legion Field and at RMA baseball field. I know for sure there are four games scheduled to be played at Legion Field starting at 10am. I am not sure how many will be played at RMA but I will talk with Joe Bell tonight at the Legion game and give you better details on this day of baseball.
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