6-4-3 DP Saves Post 58

Coleman Pitt Post 58 won their third conference game of the year tonight winning at home 6-4 over Pitt County Post 39.  Leading 6-4 relief pitcher Cody Smith walked two batters with one out in the eighth inning protecting a 6-4 lead.  Hank Jones went to the bull pen and brought in reliever Chase Roupp into the game  and he walked the first man he faced.  Bases loaded with one out and clinging to a two run lead which looks as if it is about to disappear Roupp delivered a ground ball pitch which was hit at second baseman Andy Morris who has just been put in the game that inning.  Morris without taking the ball out of his glove scooped the ball to the shortstop Brock Waynick who had to fire a rifle throw to first to beat the runner and Post 58 had gotten out of the jam of the night.

Gone by this time was starting pitcher Derrick Carter who for the second outing in a row gave Hank Jones six solid innings but unlike last week in Wilson he left tied 3-3.  Carter gave up seven hits and walked four batters but Post 58's defense whether it was running down fly balls or Spenser Ramsey gunning runners out from his new home at third base the defense kept Carter in the game.  The top of the seventh Cody Smith had arrived and pitched one and one third gave up a run on two hits and two base on balls.  One of those hits scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh.  Smith was credited with the win after he gave up the tie but he was on the mound when Post 58 plated three  in the bottom seventh to take the lead.

The bottom of the seventh started innocently enough with a 6-3 ground out but a e-4, two base on balls and strike out P 58 had the bases loaded with two outs when pitch hitter Chandler Clontz found an open hole over the shortstops head to give P58 the lead at 5-4.  Run Number six scored when Linwood Jones drove home Adam Bayless who had walked earlier.

Buoyed by the 6-4-3 double play to end the eighth Chase Roupp got the save after he  set P39 down in the ninth 3up and 3 down.  Post 58 collected only seven  hits while P39 had 9.  P58 played error free baseball while P39 had four. Post 58 pitchers walked seven on the night while Pitt County walked but three.  The difference today Coleman Pitt Post 58 played an excellent defensive game and they come home 3-1 now in the conference while Pitt County dropped to 3-5.

Adam Bayless lead the P58 hitters with two and two rbi. Chandler Clontz only at bat produced a hit and rbi.  Linwood Jones' hit brought home a run. Brock Waynick had a hit and rbi but he also had a suicide bunt with an rbi.  Spenser Ramsey and Chase Roupp had Post 58 other two hits.

No time to rest as Post 58 will play a double header Tuesday night starting at 5pm against Albemarle Post 84.  Post 84 is the Elizabeth City team that failed to show for a game a couple of weeks ago and in order to keep from having to forfeit that game P84 gave up a home game with us to play a double header Tuesday night in Rocky Mount.