Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: #1 LCMS EDGES #2 ATCO IN 4-3 AND 19-1
#1 LCMS EDGES #2 ATCO IN 4-3 AND 19-1
IN A REMATCH OF THE 2 MIDDLE SCHOOL POWERS, THE DAWGS PULLED OUT A DRAMATIC 4-3 AS THEY SCORED 2 RUNS IN THE LAST INNING TO WIN. RYAN ALLEN WAS THE WP. DANIEL CLEMENT WAS THE LOSER. GAME 2 WAS A 19-1 BLOWOUT WITH RYAN WHITE OUTDUELING COLT DAY . WHITE STRUCK OUT 6 INCLUDING STAR 8TH GRADER DANIEL CLEMENT AND ALLOWED 1 HIT IN 3INNINGS.
ATCO CAME READY TO PLAY AS TIMMY WOOD DRILLED A DEEP BALL TO CF TO START THE OFF 7TH GRADER ETHAN MCRAE. CF RYAN ALLEN DRILLED A STRIKE TO RYAN WHITE TO THROW WOOD AT 2ND. HARPER SINGLED NEXT,WENT TO 2ND ON A PASS BALL AND SCORED ON A GROUND OUT TO NATHAN BASS TO MAKE IT 1-0. ATCO'S DANIEL CLEMENT WAS GREETED BY RYAN WHITE'S SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE. HE STOLE 2ND AND SCORED ON RYAN ALLEN'S SINGLE. A BASE RUNNING ERROR BY DEE MAGBY AND GREAT PLAY BY ATCO HELPED THEM ESCAPE FURTHER DAMAGE. IN THE BOTTOM OF 2ND , ANOTHER BASERUNNING MISTAKE COST LANIER A RUN AS STUART COOPER WAS THROWN AT THE PLATE WITH NO OUTS. LANIER'S ACE RYAN ALLEN TOOK OVER IN THE 3RD AND WAS GREETED BY A TIMMY WOOD DOUBLE.HE WENT TO 3RD ON A PASS BALL AND SCORED ONA FLY BY HARPER. ATCO EASED OUT AHEAD 3-1 IN THE 4TH WHEN LEE CHAUNCY WALKED AND EVENTAULLY SCORED . LANIER CLOSED TO 3-2 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 4TH AS GREG SEALEY SINGLED AND SCORED ON A RBI SINGLE BY NATHAN BASS. IN THE 5TH, RYAN WHITE DOUBLED OFF CLEMENT TO START THE INNING,STOLE 3RD ON SCORED ON A FIELDERS CHOICE BY RYAN ALLEN. THE GAME ENDED ON A DEEP SOLO HOMERUN BY DEE MAGBY(5TH OF THE YEAR) TO LEFT CENTER. 7TH GRADERS RYAN WHITE AND NATHAN BASS LED LANIER WITH 2HITS. ATCO'S 7TH GRADER TIMMY WOOD HAD 2 HITS.
GAME 2 WAS A DIFFERENT STORY AS RYAN WHITE (4-0) 1 HIT THE REBELS AND STRUCK OUT 7 IN A 19-1 GAME WHICH WAS CALLED WITH LANIER BATTING IN THE 3RD WITH NO OUTS. DEE MAGBY HIT ANOTHER LONG HOMERUN AND AN INSIDE THE PARK HOMERUN. RYAN WHITE WAS 2-2 WITH 2 WALKS AND 4 RUNS. RYAN ALLEN WAS 3-4 AS WAS ETHAN MCRAE.
COLT DAY WAS THE LOSING PITCHER FOR THE REBELS.
HATS OFF TO THE REBELS AND THE DAWGS ON A GREAT FIRST GAME. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT MOST OF MY FORMER LITTLE LEAGUERS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB. MASON AND RYAN SPENT THE WEEKEND TOGETHER WITH ZANE TEASING MASON ABOUT BEING STURCK OUT BY HIS BUDDY.
