A Night Worth Wearing Hood

Game time temperature was 64  degrees but a rugged breeze hardly never less than 10 miles per hour but every  now and then it may have hit 30 with a few gusts that blew over empty folding chairs. By games end felt 45 degrees even though when I got to my car it was still 61.

Zack Patterson and David Harrison squared off in a game Nash Central needed badly to stay in the Big East race.  Rocky Mount only a game short of first needed it to keep in a game of the lead. The wind maybe took both aces an inning to adjust but what those saw were two top class pitchers that both had to dig deep to keep their teams in The game.

Aided by a dropped ball in centerfield Nash Central scored one run in the third and a second run scored on an single by the Cameron Taylor.  Rocky Mount responded getting one run back after Jamar Ellis opened the  inning with a double. Logan Pearce drove home run number one with a sac fly to centerfield.

Nash Central scored again in the bottom of the fourth with hits by Drifton Padgett he scored after Chase Minchew singled to left and got by the left fielder.

Down 3-1 the Gryphons started the inning with a walk. A double off the wall by Zack Keeter put runners on second and third.  Spencer Ramsey laced a single tying the game with two rbi.  Ramsey would score after a Jamar Ellis single and an error brought home run number three in the fifth an a 4-3 Gryphons lead.

This pitch count rule is a major focus in the 6th inning.  David Harrison has walked six batters his pitch count runs out with two out nobody on in the bottom of the sixth.  Ben Seracki came  on to pitch.  He is greeted with a single by Colby Carter but ended the inning with a fly to right.

Patterson gets one out in the seventh before he is done in by the pitch count and a Jarmar Ellis single is the only harm for reliever Hunter Robinson.  Ben Seracki strikes out the side in the seventh and the Gryphons win their 10th game of the season and their first come from behind win.

Rocky Mount is 5-1 in the Big East while The Bulldogs drop to 2-4.  Rocky Mount heads to Hunt Tuesday with first place on the line.

Big East Action:

Southern Nash 4. Fike 2. Southern Nash 3-3. Fike 2-4
Hunt 4 Northern Nash 0. Hunt 6-0. Northern Nash 0-6