Yes There Is Baseball

Yesterday was the first time they had taken batting practice outside all year but who would have known as Rocky Mount jumped on SouthWest Edgecombe for five in the first and five again in the second and sat back and watched senior Pitcher Blake Helms control the Cougars bats as Rocky Mount opens with a 12-2 five inning affair with SWE.

David Harrison was the hitting star getting back to back doubles in the first and second innings  driving in four runs.  Centerfielder Isaiah Stewart joined the double parade driving home a run.  The Gryphons on the day got seven hits pitcher Blake Helms getting one, Channing Green a single,  Tyler Brown a double in the fifth that became run 11 and score the final run to get the ten run lead.  First baseman Battle Shannon collected a single.

SWE got only two hits on the day just one on Blake Helms Jarrett Mobley in the first in four innings pitching and got one off reliever Forest Bell Jamel Robbins in the fifth.  Helms struck out five and consdering very few bullpen sessions this spring only walked one and hit one.  The Gryphon defense made two errors while Cougars managed two themselves.

You have to remember South West so far this spring has not only had the weather issues but have lost their coach through suspension so they have only worked with Shelton Langley since basketball season ended since he is the boys varsity coach.  The problems they have had this spring their pitching wasn't  all that bad and you would expect the hitters to have trouble with Helms pitching the way he was.

Rocky Mount is right back at it at 4:30 Wednesday hosting Bunn.

Northern Nash who many think is the cream of the crop in the Big East got off to a good start on the season as they beat Corinith Holders 10-0.  Sure sounds like they had good pitching which we all think they have the best in the Big East.

You could not ask for a better first day of the ACC Tournament as the bottom tier  teams put on a show  as the 12th seed Boston College beat  the 13th seed Georgia tech 67-66 and in the second game of the double header 11th seed Wake Forest fell to the 14th seed Virginia Tech 81-80.  Thank goodness we didn't get a couple of 48-45 games.