There is that old saying that you see something at the old park that you have never seen before and tonight it happened. Trailing Durham Post 7 2-0 in the bottom of the third Dawson Sikes started P 58's third inning with a walk. Josh Pittman sacrifice bunt was well placed beating it out for a hit. Colby Carter reached base the hard way getting hit. Bases loaded no outs time for a deep blast from Noah Schrock right.
Noah hit a pop up maybe ten feet toward first base but it was hit a mile high. Looked like it was going to be foul. The wind played tricks all night on many balls hit in the air and as the first baseman gets under the ball it is blown fair and the first baseman fails to even get a glove on the ball. Fair ball every base runner starts moving including Dawson Sikes who was on third. The first baseball picks up the now fair ball and tosses home to the catcher who steps on the bag for a force out and throws to third where Josh Pittman looks as if Durham is going to get a double play on a force play on Pittman. The catchers throw sails to left field and Pittman scores what everyone thought cut the lead to 2-1.
Come to find out the fielding umpire called an infield fly rule on Noah Schrock which made him an automatic out. Infield fly all runners advance at their own risk. So with Schrock out there is no force at home and the catcher needed to tag Sikes out but he didn't because he thought it was a force play and threw wildly to third.
After the dust had settled and all the arguing was over Rocky Mount scored two runs on a fly ball that never went more than ten feet from home. Whether it gave Coleman Pitt life or shook up Durham Rocky Mount scored six more runs before the inning ended. There were two big hits as Logan Pearce knocked home two runs with a double rolling to the wall in left and Josh Pittman tripled over the right fielder's head scoring two runs.
Coleman Pitt was missing two possible pitchers tonight as David Pittman and Reid Johnson were both playing in the State Games in Raleigh. So Coleman Pitt sent Trey Wells to the mound and he gave way to Trevor Mills who gave way to Zack Keeter and Josh Daniels pitched the ninth. Coleman Pitt gave up five runs on 14 hits but were never in jeopardy in this one as they added three more runs in the eighth to win 11-5.
Josh Pittman for the second game in a row had three hits and 2 RBI. Colby Carter reach with two hits and a RBI. Noah Schrock, Tyler Barrett, Logan Pearce 2 RBI, John Michael Kelly RBI all had a hit. Luke Fenlen led Post seven going 4-6 with five RBI.
The last two games Coleman Pitt played 25 innings and produced only seven runs. The third inning CP 58 scored eight runs alone. Coleman Pitt goes to 3-0 in division play and 6-3 over all winners of six straight. Next time out for Coleman Pitt will be next Wednesday night when Durham returns in what will not be a division game.
Friday, June 17, 2016
Legion On The Field Tonight
I have to admit that Coleman Pitt Post 58 to date has surprised me in now standing at 5-3 on the season and 2-0 in division play. Legion ball reflects how your high school teams fared and every team had a really good pitcher and then some throwers. Those really good pitchers dominated in high school and now at the midway point in the season have done just as well in legion. You know Legion is the next step up. Not quite college but it is an all star team of the players from your area and what they can do against other all star teams.
Those of you parents that have been sold that bill of goods as the only way to get college coaches or the pros to look at your kids is travel ball Wednesday night there was a scout from the New York Yankees in the house. He came to us, we didn't have to go to them. So Legion is still very viable in kids who want to play at the next level of college or the extra special kid who could go pro right out of high school.
The last two games Post 58 pitching has allowed five runs in which four were earned in 25 innings. That is an ERA of 1.44. Our defense has added help to pitching by getting an out on a ball headed for a hit but if this team continues to pitch and play defense the way they have the last five games we will be in every ball game.
If it has taken 25 innings to play two games and your team gave up only five runs then the real weakness of this team is it's ability to score runs themselves. The hitting totals are improving each game but eleven hits Wednesday resulted in only three runs in 12 innings. The hitting needs to get to where if the pitchers give up only three the seven runs we scored we were never in jeopardy of losing. 4-3 and 3-2 games could both have been losses if it wasn't for the pitching and defense.
Contact when in the batters box is a key element to hitting. Leadoff batter Josh Pittman looks like a slapper at the ball when he has batted both for the Gryphons this spring and P58 now. It just looks like there is no way he can hit the way he slaps at it. He has the knack to get on base with a slap to left field and he is a left handed batter. He has speed and can beat out hits that start our as a simple grounder straight at a defensive player. That speed it is hard to hit a ball in the air that he can't catch in the outfield.
In terms of Legion age this is a young team and most if they wish to do so and come back to Legion next year will be a year older. Senior Legion is 17 and 18 year olds. This team has as least two if not more that are still 16 years and we are very competitive with teams older than we are so the future is bright.
What did it mean for this year not to have a team last year. A couple of players could have been on this team last year. Spencer Brickhouse from Bunn and a left handed pitcher from Roanoke Rapids. Both players Brickhouse for Wilson and the RR kid in Ahoskie. Brickhouse of course is heading to ECU but is playing Legion in Wilson since he played there last year and they would have to sign a waiver in order for him to play for us and who in their right mind would give up a player of his statue because we didn't have a team last year.
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda that's spilled milk and we won three of the four games played against those two squads this year so the guys we got must be pretty good too. Our future continues tonight as Durham Post 7 will be at Legion Field at 7pm. We need to score more runs but I can tell you one thing the last two games 4-3 win over Wilson in 13 innings and 3-2 victory over Apex in 12 innings is as good of ball as you can see any where. Come see for yourself.
Those of you parents that have been sold that bill of goods as the only way to get college coaches or the pros to look at your kids is travel ball Wednesday night there was a scout from the New York Yankees in the house. He came to us, we didn't have to go to them. So Legion is still very viable in kids who want to play at the next level of college or the extra special kid who could go pro right out of high school.
The last two games Post 58 pitching has allowed five runs in which four were earned in 25 innings. That is an ERA of 1.44. Our defense has added help to pitching by getting an out on a ball headed for a hit but if this team continues to pitch and play defense the way they have the last five games we will be in every ball game.
If it has taken 25 innings to play two games and your team gave up only five runs then the real weakness of this team is it's ability to score runs themselves. The hitting totals are improving each game but eleven hits Wednesday resulted in only three runs in 12 innings. The hitting needs to get to where if the pitchers give up only three the seven runs we scored we were never in jeopardy of losing. 4-3 and 3-2 games could both have been losses if it wasn't for the pitching and defense.
Contact when in the batters box is a key element to hitting. Leadoff batter Josh Pittman looks like a slapper at the ball when he has batted both for the Gryphons this spring and P58 now. It just looks like there is no way he can hit the way he slaps at it. He has the knack to get on base with a slap to left field and he is a left handed batter. He has speed and can beat out hits that start our as a simple grounder straight at a defensive player. That speed it is hard to hit a ball in the air that he can't catch in the outfield.
In terms of Legion age this is a young team and most if they wish to do so and come back to Legion next year will be a year older. Senior Legion is 17 and 18 year olds. This team has as least two if not more that are still 16 years and we are very competitive with teams older than we are so the future is bright.
What did it mean for this year not to have a team last year. A couple of players could have been on this team last year. Spencer Brickhouse from Bunn and a left handed pitcher from Roanoke Rapids. Both players Brickhouse for Wilson and the RR kid in Ahoskie. Brickhouse of course is heading to ECU but is playing Legion in Wilson since he played there last year and they would have to sign a waiver in order for him to play for us and who in their right mind would give up a player of his statue because we didn't have a team last year.
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda that's spilled milk and we won three of the four games played against those two squads this year so the guys we got must be pretty good too. Our future continues tonight as Durham Post 7 will be at Legion Field at 7pm. We need to score more runs but I can tell you one thing the last two games 4-3 win over Wilson in 13 innings and 3-2 victory over Apex in 12 innings is as good of ball as you can see any where. Come see for yourself.
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