Holy Gryphons Batman

Three weeks ago last night Northern Nash made Rocky Mount High School baseball team embarrass themselves in a 7-0 loss to drop the Gryphons to 2-3 the first time around the conference standings.  Sometimes getting embarrassed like the teenage boy in Baltimore getting plastered by his mother's  chasing him out of the riot area  you learn something.  I never want that to happen again.

Today playing 50 hours before the schedule game to beat the incoming Rain Rocky Mount collected only five hits but two drove in runs and they beat Northern 2-1 in front of a very loud crowd pulling for their teams.  Rocky Mount having scored in a conference game held true to form winning in every conference game in which they scored. 

Northern had a big chance to take a big lead in the first scoring once in the first off a Tyler Barrett single driving in Nick Vester.  Gryphon Starter David Harrison wiggled off the hook retiring the Knights holding them to one run despite having the bases loaded when the inning finished.

Derrick Carter struggled with his location for much of the game but held a 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the third when Forest Bell singled, Josh Carter walked and David Harrison delivered a two out single  scoring Bell and  two batters later Battle Shannon delivered another single with  Carter scoring and the third out was made at third to end a possible bigger Gryphon rally.

Derrick Carter pitched six innings and is the hard luck loser. Any pitcher who only gives two runs and five hits deserves to win but not tonight.  Sophomore David Harrison went the distance scattering seven hits and the last two innings Northern batters made good contact but the Rocky Mount defense was not about to get embarrassed this night 

Rocky Mount clinches second at 6-4 and gets a bye in Monday night's first night of the Big East tournament.  Northern will draw third regardless of the outcome of the Fike-Hunt game on Friday night due to the fact Northern beat Hunt twice by 8-0 scores in both games.  Northern will play Southern Nash who lost in extra innings to Nash Central 3-2 tonight.  That leaves Nash Central in the four/five game Monday pending the outcome of the Friday Hunt-Fike game.  Both teams split during the regular season.

Nash Central having won two in a row is on a roll and who would get that home game Monday  could be Big.  Fike and Hunt have decide to wait out the rain Friday and that will now be the last conference game of the year.  Fike and Rocky Mount get byes Monday and Fike will play the Hunt/Nash Central winner Tuesday and Rocky Mount will wait on the Northern/Southern winner.  The championship will be played next Thursday with every game on the field of the higher seed.