Coleman Pitt Post 58 opened up the 2016 Summer baseball season tonight at Legion Field. Before we dive into the game let's look about some facts before we start. Having taken last year off CP 58 has only one returning player from the 2014 team Forest Bell. Since there was no team last year they have no college freshman eligible to play so 19 of the 20 players on the roster are stepping up against most compettion these guys have yet to face.
Coach Hank Jones is hoping that pitching is the best part of this team but the first inning Pitt County sent the first seven batters to the plate and all seven reached base three seeing eye singles, two walks and two hit batters. Before the inning ended Post 39 led 5-0. Nerves played a big factor for Cameron Taylor and Hank Jones sent him back out in the Second to get his feet on the ground. Three hits and a walk and Post 58 finds themselves down 8-0 before they had all had at least one bat.
Trevor Mills finished the second and got through the third. Complicated matters at this point Post 58 decided to wait until two outs in the third to get their first hit off Post 39 starter Charlie King as David Harrison laced a single to right. It wasn't that King was over powering just nothing was happening in the batters box for Coleman Pitt. King went the first four innings giving up two as the second hit was from Tarboro's Trey Wells. King walked four and hit a batter and all seven were left on base.
Trevor Mills pitched with one out in the second until two outs in the fifth giving up a run. Trey Wells gave up a run in an inning 1/3 and looked like this would be a mercy rule game. The lone run for Post 58 scratched across in the fourth with a bases loaded walk to Colby Carter who gets the only CP58 RBI of the night.
Noah Schrock pitched two scoreless inning and Tyler Barrett finish a scoreless ninth. Post 58 got two hits after the fourth as Wells got a second hit and Josh Pittman had the other. Eight Post 58 batters walked and only one scored. Post 39 pounded out 15 hits another ten reach by walk or clonk. The good news was after all that the Final is 10-1. Could have been worse
All 18 players who suited up got at least two at bats each. There was nothing wrong with the defense but there is one thing for sure. Friday night look for every player to get in the game and a couple of swings as no one had nailed down full time playing position on this team.
Yet, as bad as it seemed do away and start over the first ten batters for Pitt County and we had a 2-1 finish the last seven innings.
Post 58 returns to action Friday night at Legion Field as Post 58 will try to start all over against Post 39.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The Gryphon World and Baseball
Going into Tuesday night's action Brian Goodwin has settle in nicely in his return to AAA baseball. His 41 games in Syracuse he is hitting 313 which is second on the team 317 to Trea Turner. This past week he hit his first career home run with the bases loaded which led to a big come back win for the Chiefs. His 46 hits have led to 24rbi tops on the Chiefs. Nine doubles and a triple are setting Brian up for his chance with the Washington Nationals. Probably will take an injury for that all important call.
Hobbs Johnson in his second season in Buloxi Mississippi but his first full season as a short reliever. The last time our check of Hobbs' progress his ERA was almost eight runs per game but since has had several short outings without allowing a run. His record is 1-0 ERA has dropped to 5.60 pitching 17.2 innings in 12 appearances. He has struck out 15.
Benton Moss has a 2-4 record in nine appearances and eight starts. He Has pitched 42.2 innings. He has struck out 46 batters and walked 14. Playing in the Florida State League for Port Charlotte about 100 miles south of Tampa. Not a bad place to spend the summer.
Collins Cuthrell is nine games into playing for Florence Kentucky in the Cincinnati area is batting 213 on 7 hits in 33 at bats. He still doesn't have enough at bats yet to worry about hit batting average as a three hit night can raise his average 50 points.
Former Gryphon Sonny Wooten who now lives in Wayne County and son John Wooten who played at ECU and for the past few seasons has been in the Nationals organization has called it quits in professional baseball.
One gives up and another's dream comes true. We told you last week about Whit Merrifield getting called up to the Kansas City Royals. Merrifield has now been to the plate 13 times with four hits including a double which computes to 308. Those kind of numbers keep you in the Big Leagues.
I am hearing that two former Gryphons are going to player summer college league baseball this summer. Blake Helms Barton and Cody Smith Chowan at this point I don't know who they are playing for. Can anybody help me?
The brackets have been announced and for all those fans from the area planning on making a trip to Cary and the Division II College World Series this weekend Lander University's first game is Sunday Night at 7pm. I am expecting a big Nash County turnout just like two years ago to watch Thomas Berry play his final week of college baseball. There will be many family and friends in attendance for all three Gryphons including "Baseball" Brett Johnson coaching third and Jim Leggett keeping he pitchers on their toes.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 will try to open their season tonight at 7pm at Legion Field on Howell street. They will be playing Pitt County Post 39 tonight and again at home Friday night.
Hobbs Johnson in his second season in Buloxi Mississippi but his first full season as a short reliever. The last time our check of Hobbs' progress his ERA was almost eight runs per game but since has had several short outings without allowing a run. His record is 1-0 ERA has dropped to 5.60 pitching 17.2 innings in 12 appearances. He has struck out 15.
Benton Moss has a 2-4 record in nine appearances and eight starts. He Has pitched 42.2 innings. He has struck out 46 batters and walked 14. Playing in the Florida State League for Port Charlotte about 100 miles south of Tampa. Not a bad place to spend the summer.
Collins Cuthrell is nine games into playing for Florence Kentucky in the Cincinnati area is batting 213 on 7 hits in 33 at bats. He still doesn't have enough at bats yet to worry about hit batting average as a three hit night can raise his average 50 points.
Former Gryphon Sonny Wooten who now lives in Wayne County and son John Wooten who played at ECU and for the past few seasons has been in the Nationals organization has called it quits in professional baseball.
One gives up and another's dream comes true. We told you last week about Whit Merrifield getting called up to the Kansas City Royals. Merrifield has now been to the plate 13 times with four hits including a double which computes to 308. Those kind of numbers keep you in the Big Leagues.
I am hearing that two former Gryphons are going to player summer college league baseball this summer. Blake Helms Barton and Cody Smith Chowan at this point I don't know who they are playing for. Can anybody help me?
The brackets have been announced and for all those fans from the area planning on making a trip to Cary and the Division II College World Series this weekend Lander University's first game is Sunday Night at 7pm. I am expecting a big Nash County turnout just like two years ago to watch Thomas Berry play his final week of college baseball. There will be many family and friends in attendance for all three Gryphons including "Baseball" Brett Johnson coaching third and Jim Leggett keeping he pitchers on their toes.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 will try to open their season tonight at 7pm at Legion Field on Howell street. They will be playing Pitt County Post 39 tonight and again at home Friday night.
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