Up In Smoke

After Thursday night's Post 58 non division win over Ahoskie everything seemed set up for the battle with Raleigh Post one double header Saturday.  Hadn't been in the dugout five minutes getting the first game lineup when a rumor was floating that one of today's starters is not here.

Cody Smith takes to the hill for Post 58 and on just about any day making it into the fifth giving up only two Runs would be a really quality start.  However the starter for Post one carries  a no hitter until one out in the seventh and remember a double header is two seven inning games. Korry Behenna gives up two hits in the seventh and Post 58 scores on run but lose 2-1.

Today the infield umpire picked daisys  most of the time and with the score 1-0 and Post 1 runners on first and second Coleman Pitt pulls the hidden ball trick.  The umpire with both is hands on his knees looking toward the pitcher does not see CP second baseman Garrison Vick run over and tags  out the runner taking his lead.  Vick gets the umpires attention and the umpire turns around seeing Vick holding the tag on the runner calls time out.  Hank Jones made his plea but you know it is a losing cause.  That runners scores what proves to be the winning run.

Griffin Parker a single and David Williams a double were the only hits P 58 made. Cody Smith pitched into the fifth and Will Edwards finished the game between them Raleigh collected only four hits.

The night cap Post 58 scored twice in the top of the first but Raleigh added two in the bottom.  Hank Jones sent Blake Helms to the mound and heading into the fifth CP 58 is leading 5-2.  Helms has play right field in the First game and as he tires in the fifth 5 runs score before a change is made.  Will Edwards get out of trouble in the fifth but the sixth P1 scores three more and P58 loses 10-5

The day started with first place in sight but losing two they fall to at least fourth and maybe fifth all in one day.  P58 get only three hits in the night cap while P 1 gets nine hits but had only four until the fifth.

It is really something when you have two people in the family that know everything on FaceBook.  Morgan sent me a text during the Baseball game to tell me that J'Kyra Brown after transferring from ECU has committed to Virginia.  After I got home from the ball game I saw on J's FaceBook page a picture of her wearing an orange Virginia tee.