The full seven inning game with Albemarle Post 84 plus the end of the game now in the 8th inning has been rained out tonight. As of right now I do not know of the possible make up date either Thursday or Saturday are only dates open. Play offs start Sunday night. Right now the top four spots are still up for grabs so every game will have to be made up to get the proper seeding.
If there was ever any question as to whether the old Rocky Mount High School field and now Legion Field is a quality baseball facility the answer is yes. When all other fields in Eastern North Carolina are under water there was a top notch nine inning game played there tonight. The result is not in favor of Coleman Pitt Post 58 but tonight's game is the best game I have seen played all spring and summer. Kinston wins 3-1.
This being the last week of the regular season all conference games need to be finished by Saturday night Kinston field was unplayable by noon today so in order to have any chance of Kinston finishing all their games they need to play seven by Saturday night Our trip to Kinston tonight was moved to Rocky Mount and we will go there Wednesday night.
Coleman Pitt score one in the first on a hit by David Williams and and rbi single by Adam Bayless but Kinston starting pitcher Garrett Blackbunn decided that was going to be it for the night for Post 58. It isn't like P58 didn't have chances as they could muster but five hits but five base on balls and two errors kept P 58 pecking away but never again did they cross home.
P 58 pitcher Jeremy Johnson pitched even better the first five innings but Post 43 struck for one in the sixth on three hits. The game was tied 1-1 and Johnson had two outs in the eighth when P58 defense gave the game away. A throwing error on a tough play got the first runner on. Then a fly ball drops for a hit after P58 outfielder never saw the ball off the bat. Even then no one had scored until another ball heading to the gap was run down but dropped after hitting squarely in the glove. Two runs cross the plate which would be the ball game.
P58 had chances in the 8th and 9th but Blackbunn wouldn't let anyone score. Blackbunn went nine innings gave up five hits, five walks and one earned run. Only one P58 batter struck out on the night. Jeremy Johnson went seven and two thirds innings giving up five hits, hit one batter and struck out 10 P 43 batters. Johnson defensive mates let him down after maybe the best pitching performance of his career.
P 58 has little time to rest as they play Albemarle Tuesday night at home in what now is the last regular season game at home. Post 58 plays at Kinston Wednesday and at Wayne County Friday night. Tonight drops P58 to 8-2 in conference and Kinston is up to 5-3. Rocky Mount still has one less loss with four left to play while Kinston has six games left to play this week and there is no doubt Wednesday's match with Rocky Mount just could be for first place.
Kinston takes down Post 58 3-1 and Post 58 will finish up the extra inning game with Albemarle starting at 5:30 Tuesday and play a seven inning game immediately after play another one.
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