Gryphons Clinch Second

There will be no doubt the Knights of Northern Nash hope David Harrison graduated soon. The first time The Knights and the Gryphons met Harrison pitched four innings walking none giving up two hits and striking out five.

Tonight Harrison goes the distance giving up two hits striking out 12  and did not walk a batter.  So for the season 11 innings pitched four hits allowed 17 strike outs and zero walks against Northern Nash.  Rocky Mount wins 7-0.

The last few conference gamesThe Gryphons has had some good hitting nights.  Tonight is a ten hit night including two triples and Northern contributed four errors.

The Gryphons scored in The first after leadoff batter Josh Pittman walked and Jamar Ellis drove him home with a single.  Northern's only threat came in second.  Josh Daniels floated a single to left.  Playing for  sac bunt Aaron Gerlach attempted and Daniels beat the throw your second.  A sac bunt put runner on second and third but Harrison struck out the next two to snuff out any rally.

The Gryphons struck for four in the third getting a single from Josh Pittman, an rbi double by Spencer Ramsey followed by another double by Jarmar Ellis. The second triple of the night by David Harrison plated Ellis.  Harrison scored  on an error.

Ramsey, Ellis and Harrison had back to back to back singles in the fourth to score run six and the Gryphons 7th was aided by two base on balls and an error to round out the scoring.

The win brings the Gryphons to 7-2 and guaranteed two place in next weeks tournament and a semi final home game Tuesday against the Monday 3/6 match up Monday.  We know for sure right now Northern will be the sixth seed.

Rocky Mount's make up Tuesday night's rain out tomorrow night at Southern Nash.  Northern finishes conference play 0-10

There was thrilling baseball played everywhere else in Big East conference play.  Hunt went to 9-0 with a ten inning 2-1 win over Fike.  Fike finishes it's conference play at 4-6.

Southern Nash topped Nash Central 3-2.  The win clinches 3rd for Southern Nash at 5-4 with a game tonight against Rocky Mount While Fike and Nash Central 3-6 will play the 4/5 game in the Big East tournament   Monday. Nash Central host Hunt tonight.

The Rocky Mount boys tennis team have completed their regular season undefeated and this afternoon swept through the conference team title 9-0 to head to state playoffs undefeated.

Rocky Mount boys track and field teams wins the Big East championship while the girls finish second.

FLOODED Out

We are having a hard time recording little league games for WHIG TV.  The night they can record the the ball games right now is Wednesday which is the senior little league.  So far of the three possible nights we have been ready to tape we been rained out once and last night flooded out.

I think the street that runs by the sports complex is Inpendendence Drive.  Coming off Wesleyan Blvd.  There were road closed signs so if you circle around to the YMCA the road close sign is near the playground toward the sports complex.  You can see water running across the road beyond the play ground.

Tuesday night Trea Turner former NC State baseball player and now the starting shortstop for the Washington Nationals hit for the cycle.
He hit a single,  double, home run and a triple.  It is only  third time in Washington National history that a player has hit for the cycle.

He also drove in 7 runs in the game to be only the second player in major league history to hit for the cycle and driven in 7 runs in the same game.  The only other player in major league history Joe DiMaggio.

Tonight is the NFL draft and there is plenty  of conversation  that the Cleveland Browns will pick UNC football quarterback Mitch Trubisky as the number one draft pick in this years draft.,,we will know  later tonight.

Heard over the weekend that Benton Moss threw for the first time since his back injury early in spring training.  He is on the Advanced A  team in Port Charlotte Florida which is the spring training home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

High school baseball resumes tonight after Tuesday's rainouts.
Northern Nash visits Rocky Mount. Southern Nash travels to Nash Central and Fike invades Hunt.