Hank Jones has shaken the bushes all over the area and then some to find the Coleman Pitt Post 58 American Legion team for 2013. Rocky Mount High and Rocky Mount Academy lead the way with 4 players each. Corinth Holder High from Wendell has three players on this years squad.Two players each from Northern Nash and Faith Christian. East Wake, Roanoke Rapids and Hobgood Academy each have one player. Corinth Holder's players come courtesy of Raleigh Area Legion teams having full rosters and these players want to play Legion ball.
This being the first game of the season and Hank Jones wanting to look as many pitchers as possible went three innings each with three different pitchers. Jeremy Johnson got the start but he was greeted in the first inning by a two run homer by Apex's Alex Malinsky. Johnson finished out his three innings not giving up another run and when he left it was tied 2-2. Post 58 struck back in the bottom of the first after Jonathan Aparicio double home Linwood Jones who lead off with a hit. Aparicio scored on an infield single by Abel Hernandez.
Sam Burman pitched innings 4-7 and Apex touched him for three runs on three hits in the fifth. Alex Malinsky rbi single and Alex Yarem single lead to getting three runs home. Just like the first Rocky Mount responded but got only two to trail 5-4 after five. Nick Vester singled and a David Williams double got the first run and Williams scored on an error at third.
Innings 7-8-9 belonged to Northern's Derrick Carter at he shut the door on Apex striking out 5 and allowed only one hit and walked one batter. Finally in the bottom of the eighth P58 scored six times Andy Morris singled with one out, Spenser Ramsey walked, Linwood Jones hit a come backer to the pitcher who fielded the ball but while trying to throw to first dropped the ball loading the bases. Corey Shirk slapped a single up the middle scoring one. Jonathan Aparicio's single plated two more runs. Adam Bayless walked and Nick Vester single brought home two more. A wild pitch scored run number 10.
Nick Vester who did not start got three hits and 2 rbi. Jonathan Aparicio another three hits and three rbi. Linwood Jones had two hits along with Spenser Ramsey Corey Shirk, Abel Hernanadez legged out an infield hit but was injured at first and left the game in the first inning. Andy Morris and David Williams had the other hits. P58 starts 2013 off with a win 10-5 over Apex.
Derrick Carter did his job keeping Apex at the five run mark and was rewarded for his effort with the win . P58 produced 14 hits on the night while P 58 pitching held Apex to hit hits.
Most folks have Monday Memorial day off and I would like to remind everyone that Memorial Day is the day to remember those who have fallen in battle and did not come home from defending our country. We are able to do the things that we want to because of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Coleman Pitt Post 58 begins the Memorial Holiday with it's first win.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
11,392 Got Their Monies Worth
Earlier on Saturday afternoon Virginia and Florida State went 12 innings and those three extra innings pushed the start of the State-Carolina game back to 7.41pm start time. All most all of the 11,392 were waiting outside the gates for game two of the ACC Tournament to get over and then with electronic tickets and each one needing to be scanned about 1,500 were not in their seats when Carlos Rodon tossed the first pitch of the night. Even though some didn't see the start I doubt if there were many complaining by midnight.
In what I have to say is the greatest sporting event I have ever seen and in my case on TV North Carolina beat N C State 2-1 in 18 innings.
It was seen by the most people to ever watch a baseball game in the state of North Carolina. It is the longest game in ACC Tournament history. It started at 7:41pm and ended at 1:51 AM. Carlos Rodon pitched 10 innings gave up 1 run on 1 hit and did not win the game. It was an unearned run while striking out 14. Rocky Mount's Hobbs Johnson struck out 9 in 5.1 innings and was losing when he left the game.
22 Tar Heels struck out while 21 Wolfpack players failed to make contact. State had 10 hits while Carolina only had 6 for the entire game. State had three men on third in the extra innings and failed to score. State committed four errors and two in the 8th caused them to have to play 10 more innings. Carolina's relief pitchers held State scoreless in the last 12 innings. Both teams pitcher pitched almost 600 pitches in the game.
My son Brooks texted me at 10:45 and said his heart was racing at 200 miles per hours. I have never seen a game that every pitch from the 8th inning on was like the 9th inning in game 7 of the World Series. North Carolina has played 32 innings in the last 30 hours. They play again at 1pm today.
This is the second year in a row that State and Carolina have gone extra innings in the Saturday night ACC Tournament game. If you remember Carolina won last year 4-0 in the 12th inning. Those two games Carolina has scored just 1 run in the first nine innings of both last year's game and won both. State has scored only once in the same time frame in those two games against Carolina in 30 innings.. Carolina has outscored State 5-0 in those two games extra innings.
There is no doubt this was a game to be remembered for ever. Now Carolina must focus on this afternoon's championship game
By the way there was no Post 58 Legion game on Saturday so their season opens tonight at 6pm against Apex at the Rocky Mount American Legion Field.
In what I have to say is the greatest sporting event I have ever seen and in my case on TV North Carolina beat N C State 2-1 in 18 innings.
It was seen by the most people to ever watch a baseball game in the state of North Carolina. It is the longest game in ACC Tournament history. It started at 7:41pm and ended at 1:51 AM. Carlos Rodon pitched 10 innings gave up 1 run on 1 hit and did not win the game. It was an unearned run while striking out 14. Rocky Mount's Hobbs Johnson struck out 9 in 5.1 innings and was losing when he left the game.
22 Tar Heels struck out while 21 Wolfpack players failed to make contact. State had 10 hits while Carolina only had 6 for the entire game. State had three men on third in the extra innings and failed to score. State committed four errors and two in the 8th caused them to have to play 10 more innings. Carolina's relief pitchers held State scoreless in the last 12 innings. Both teams pitcher pitched almost 600 pitches in the game.
My son Brooks texted me at 10:45 and said his heart was racing at 200 miles per hours. I have never seen a game that every pitch from the 8th inning on was like the 9th inning in game 7 of the World Series. North Carolina has played 32 innings in the last 30 hours. They play again at 1pm today.
This is the second year in a row that State and Carolina have gone extra innings in the Saturday night ACC Tournament game. If you remember Carolina won last year 4-0 in the 12th inning. Those two games Carolina has scored just 1 run in the first nine innings of both last year's game and won both. State has scored only once in the same time frame in those two games against Carolina in 30 innings.. Carolina has outscored State 5-0 in those two games extra innings.
There is no doubt this was a game to be remembered for ever. Now Carolina must focus on this afternoon's championship game
By the way there was no Post 58 Legion game on Saturday so their season opens tonight at 6pm against Apex at the Rocky Mount American Legion Field.
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