Lanier High Baseball: Recaps: 2004 Game Recaps
LANIER COUNTY BLOWS BY TURNER COUNTY, 9-2 TO TAKE 1ST PLACE IN THE THIRD ANNUAL BULLDOG INVITATIONAL. LANIER JUMPED ALL OVER THE REBELS, 6-0 AFTER TWO INNINGS AND EVENTAULLY WENT ON TO TAKE A 9-2 VICTORY. B.J. LUCKY LED OFF THE GAME WITH A WALK FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE BY DEREK WHITE. RYAN ALLEN WALKED AND ALEX MOORE GOT BEANED TO MAKE IT 1-0. CHAD MATHIS FOLLOWED WITH A FIELDERS CHOICE TO MAKE IT 2-0. GREG SEALEY SINGLED IN 2 MORE RUNS TO MAKE IT 4-0. CHAD MATHIS SCORED ON A THROWING ERROR TO 3RD TO MAKE IT 5-0. THE DAWGS AHD A CHANCE TO PUT IT AWAY IN THE SECOND, BUT SEVERAL OFFENSIVE MISCUES HURT THEM AFTER LUCKY SCORED ON A RBI SINGLE BY ALLEN. ALLEN GOT CAUGHT IN A LINE DRIVE DOUBLE PLAY TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. TURNER SCORED IN THE 6TH AFTER A TURNER PLAYER REACHED ON A ERROR AND SCORED ON THEIR 2ND HIT OF THE GAME. LANIER ADDED THREE MORE IN THE 6TH AFTER MILTON GLOSTER, DEREK WHITE, RYAN ALLEN AND ALEX MOORE ALL SINGLED. FOR THE TOURNEY, RYAN ALLEN WAS NAMED MVP GOING 7-10 AT THE PLATE WITH 9 RBI'S AND (1-0). DEREK WHITE (6-8 WITH 6 WALKS), B.J LUCKY (3-6 WITH 8 WALKS & 7 RUNS)(1-0) AND ALEX MOORE (1-0) AND BATTED .500 MADE THE ALL TOURNEY TEAM. JOSEPH HAYMON AND B.BEVERLY FROM WARE MAGNET MADE THE TEAM. HEATH BOWEN FROM ECHOLS COUNTY, R. HARRIS AND D. BAKER FROM TURNER COUNTY FINISHED OUT THE TEAM. LANIER POUNDS WARE COUNTY MAGNET 13-2 AS FRESHMAN, RYAN ALLEN THREW A ONE HITTER THRU FIVE INNINGS AFTER BEING PULLED AFTER CUTTING HIS THROWING ARM AFTER DIVING FOR A POPUP. B.J. LUCKY CAME ON IN RELIEF AND ALEX MOORE FINISHED THE GAME GETTING 3 STRIKEOUTS. RYAN ALLEN HELPED HIS OWN CAUSE GOING 3 FOR 4 WITH 5 RBI'S. B.J. LUCKY WAS 1 FOR 1 WITH 4 WALKS AND SCORED 4 TIMES. DEREK WHITE WAS 2FOR 3, 3 SB'S, 2RBI'S, AND A PAIR OF WALKS. DEE MAGBY, CORY PEARSON, ALEX MOORE ALSO HAD A HIT. LANIER LED 10-0 GOING IN TO THE 5TH. Monday, March 1 LANIER PITCHERS DOMINATE SEASON OPENERS. MOORE'S NO HITTER HELPS LANIER CRUISE TO A 12-1 WIN. MOORE HIT TWO BATTERS AND THE DAWGS MADE THREE ERRORS AS ECHOLS STILL ONLY MANAGED BASERUNNERS ON THE NIGHT. OFFENSIVELY, DEREK WHITE (2-2 AND A WALK),FRESHMEN RYAN ALLEN (2-3 WITH A WALK) AND GREG SEALEY (2-3)LEAD LANIER.WE STRUGGLED EARLY AND THEN PLAYED PRETTY WELL LATE. I THINK HAVING 3 FRESHMAN, AND 3 SOPHOMORES WHO DID NOT PLAY LAST YEAR ON THE FIELD.BRITANY WEST BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PLAYER TO STEAL A BASE AND SCORE A RUN IN LANIER COUNTY HISTORY. ECHOLS PLAYED PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING THE FACT THEY MADE NO ERRORS, THEY MADE US EARN EVERYTHING WE GOT LANIER FALLS TO HILLARD, 5-0 IN GAME ONE OF FLORIDA ROADTRIP. THE HILLIARD FLASH (6-1) HAD JUST KNOCKED COUNTY RIVAL AND THE #5 RANKED, AAAAA WEST NASSAU PIRATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. HILLIARD'S STARTING PITCHER WAS BRILLIANT ALLOWING JUST 2 HITS AND 0 WALKS IN A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT OF THE DAWGS 5-0. LANIER'S TRIO OF PITCHERS ALLOWED ONLY 2 HITS AS WELL, BUT 7 WALKS LED DIRECTLY TO THEIR 6 RUNS. STARTER RYAN ALLEN LASTED 2 INNINGS SURRENDERING JUST ONE HIT, BUT 4 WALKS. HILLIARD MADE IT 1-0 IN THE FIRST AFTER A WALK , STOLEN BASE, GROUND BALL TO 2ND AND A SACRIFICE FLY TO LEFT FIELD. IN THE 2ND, ALLEN WALKED THE LEADOFF BATTER AGAIN AND A PASS BALL ON A STEAL ENABLED HIM TO GET TO 3RD. WITH 2 OUTS, LANIER MADE THIER FIRST OF 3 CRUCIAL ERRORS ON THE NIGHT MAKING IT 2-0. DEREK WHITE CAME ON IN RELIEF AND ALLOWED JUST 1 UNEARNED RUN IN 3 INNINGS. IN THE 4TH TRAILING 3-0, LANIER MISSED ITS ONLY OPPPORTUNITY OF THE NIGHT. COREY PEARSON SINGLED AND MILTON GLOSTER REACHED ON AN ERROR. B.J. LUCKY HIT A SHOT THAT THE 2ND BASEMAN KNOCKED DOWN ON A DIVING PLAY AND GOT HIM BY A HALF STEP. DEREK WHITE HIT A SHOT ,BUT HILLIARD MADE THE PLAY TO END THE INNING. HILLIARD ADDED 1 IN THE 5TH AND 2 IN THE 6TH ON WALKS AND 2 ERRORS FROM RELIEVER B.J. LUCKY. GAME TWO OF FLORIDA ROADTRIP, LANIER FALLS LATE TO AUCILLA CHRISTIAN, 13-3 IN THIER WORST OUTING OF THE YEAR. THE DAWGS MADE 5 COSTLY ERRORS AT THE WRONG TIME AND THE WARRIORS (7-1)TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THEIR MISTAKES. AUCILLA WENT UP 1-0 WHEN ALEX MOORE BALKED HOME A RUN WITH 2OUTS AND 2 STRIKES IN THE INNING. LANIER TIED THE GAME 1-1 AFTER LUCKY WALKED AND WENT TO 3RD ON A SINGLE BY DEREK WHITE. RYAN ALLEN DROVE LUCKY HOME. IN THE 4TH, AUCILLA WENT UP 4-1 AFTER GREG SEALEY MADE AN ERROR ON A BUNT AND STEPHEN ALBRITTTON MADE AN ERROR TRYING TO COMPLETE A DOUBLE PLAY BALL. THE BOTTOM FELL OUT IN THE 4TH AS RYAN ALLEN DROPPED A ROUTINE THROW AT FIRST. ALEX MOORE THEN THREW THE BALL AWAY ON A SACRIFICE BUNT. B.J.LUCKY CAME IN AND PROCEEDED TO WALK 2 IN A ROW BEFORE ALEX MOORE THREW ANOTHER ROUTINE GROUNDER AWAY TO MAKE IT . THAT MADE IT 10-1 WITH OUT AUCILLA GETTING A HIT. RYAN ALLEN CAM ON IN THE 5TH, ALLEN SURRENDERED 2 RUNS WITHOUT A WARRIOR HIT. LANIER SCORED TWICE TO CLOSE TO 11-3 AFTER DEE MAGBY REACHED ON AN ERROR AND B.J.LUCKY DROVE HIM IN WITH A HIT.DEREK WHITE REACHED ON A FIELDERS CHOICE, STOLE 2ND AND SCORED ON AN INFIELD SINGLE BY ALX MOORE. WHITE CAME ON IN RELIEF AND ALLOWED 1 BLOOP SINGLE IN HIS OUTING ON THE MOUND AND WALKED 3 BATTERS.
LANIER SWEEPS TWIGGS COUNTY 13-2 AND 6-0 AS RYAN ALLEN (2-1) THREW A NO HITTER AND DEREK WHITE (1-0), GREG SEALEY AND CHAD MATHIS THREW A 1 HITTER. FRESHMAN DEE MAGBY LED THE TEAM WITH 3 HITS INCLUDING A HOMER AND A DOUBLE. RYAN ALLEN ADDED 2 DOUBLES AS WELL AS FRESHMAN GREG SEALEY WITH A DOUBLE. EACH HAD 2 RBI'S AS WELL.STEPHEN ALBRITTON WAS 2-3 IN THE 1ST GAME. TUES.MARCH16 LANIER 11 ECHOLS CO.1 ALEX MOORE THREW A COMPLETE GAME 2 HITTER STRIKING OUT 9 AND WALKING 2. LANIER JUMPED ON STARTER HEATH BOWEN FOR 3 IN THE 1ST WITH GREG SEALEY DLEIVERING A CLUTCH 2RBI HIT. IN THE 2ND , LUCKY SINGLED AND SCORED ON A RBI SINGLE BY RYAN ALLEN TO MAKE IT 3-0.IN THE 4TH, WHITE AND LUCKY SCORED AGAIN IN THE GAME TO MAKE IT 6-0.IN THE 5TH , STEPHEN SCORED AFTER HE TRIPLED.ECHOLS SCORED THEIR ONLY RUN ON AN THROWING ERROR BY THE PITCHER. IN THE 6TH , LANIER SCORED 4 RUNS ON A SINGLE BY WHITE,ALLEN,MOORE AND PEARSON WALKED AND STEPHEN ALBRITTON DOUBLED. FOR THE GAME , LUCKY ,RYAN ALLEN,GREG SEALEY AND STEPHEN ALBRITTON EACH HAD 2 HITS. BERRIEN COUNTY RIPS BULLDOGS. BERRIEN SHOWED HOW THEY BEAT AAAAA, TIFT COUNTY ON MONDAY DISPLAYING A GOOD OFFENSE AND EXCELLENT PITCHING ENROUTE TO A 14-0 WIN IN 5 INNINGS. RYAN ALLEN (2-2) STARTED AND LAST 2 INNINGS BEFORE 3 ERRORS AND 3 WALKS GOT BERRIEN ROLLING IN THE 3RD. RELIEVERS DEREK WHITE AND GREG SEALEY CAME ON WITH LIMITED SUCESS AS THEY SCORED 14 RUNS RUNS OFF 8 HITS.CORY PEARSON LED LANIER ON OFFENSE. WE KNEW WE WERE IN TROUBLE WHEN WE LOST LUCKY FOR THESE NONREGION GAMES AND BOTH OF OUR 2B GOT SICK AND MISSED TODAYS GAME TO BOOT. WE PLAYED WELL IN SPOTS, BUT OUR DEFENSE LET US DOWN IN THE 3RD. BERREIN SCORED 9 UNEARNED RUNS BEFORE THE WHEELS FELL OFF. THE DAWGS BLEW A GOLDEN OPPROTUNITY TO TAKE SOLE POSSESSION OF 1ST PLACE WITH A HEARTBREAKING LOSS 12-11 TO WARE ON TUESDAY. THE DAWGS PLAYED VERY POORLY ON DEFENSE ALLOWING JUST 6 HITS, BUT COMMITING 7 ERRORS AND ALLOWING 6 RUNS TO SCORE ON PASS BALLS FROM 3 DIFFERENT CATCHERS. WITHOUT THE SERVICE OF 2B STEPHEN ALBRITTON AND 3 PLAYERS LEAVING THE TEAM, WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND TO GET THE JOB DONE. I DID A POOR JOB OF GETTING MY TEAM READY TO PLAY AS WE MADE MISTAKE AFTER MISTAKE. PITCHERS ALEX MOORE AND RYAN ALLEN STRUCK OUT 13 BATTERS IN THE GAME , BUT 3 REACHED ON ERRORS BY THE CATCHERS AND ALL 3 SCORED. B.J.LUCKY AND CORY PEARSON COLLECTED 2 HITS APIECE AS OFFENSIVELY WE OUTPLAYED THE EAGLES. DEFENSIVELY , WE DID EVERYTHING WRONG YOU CAN DO IN 1 GAME. FRI. MARCH 26 BULLDOGS FALL AT CLINCH COUNTY IN A GAME WHERE WE COULD HAVE WON IF WE HAD MADE JUST A COUPLE OF THE RIGHT PLAYS. WE LEFT THE BASES LOADED IN THE 1ST, 2ND , AND 3RD. MADE 2 BASERUNNING ERRORS WHICH COST US 2 RUNS EARLY. LUCKY MADE 2 ERRORS THROWING TO WRONG BASES EARLY IN THE GAME WITH 2 OUTS AND THE NEXT GUY HOMERED. WE HAVE 4 FRESHMEN , 2 SOPHOMORES AND 3 JUNIORS STARTING AND WE ARE PLAYING LIKE IT. EVERY TIME WE GET IN A CRITICAL SPOT, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A FRESHMEN THERE AND WE CANT GET IT DONE. THE LOSER WAS FRESHMAN RYAN ALLEN (2-3) AND LEE DOUGLAS WAS THE WINNER. LANIER GETS MUCH NEEDED WIN OVER BROOKS COUNTY, 4-0 BEHIND A SPARKLING 2 HIT PITCHING PERFORMANCE AND STRIKING OUT 10 TROJANS. RYAN ALLEN WAS 2-3 WITH 2RBIS WHILE DEE MAGBY HAD AN RBI 3B, MILTON GLOSTER RBI SINGLE, DEREK (1-2 WITH A WALK) AND ALEX MOORE (1-3). WE STILL ARE LEAVING TOO MANY RUNNERS AS WE LEFT THE BASES LOADED TWICE AND HAD SEVERAL OTHERS GUYS AT THIRD. FRIDAY NO. 4 ATKINSON COUNTY EDGES LANIER, 8-6 IN PEARSON BEHIND THE PITCHING OF CAM NEWMANS. ATCO JUMPED OUT TO A 3-0 AFTER 3B GREG SEALEY MADE A COUPLE OF ERRORS AND HAD 2 HITS IN THE INNING. LANIER CAME BACK TO 3-2 WHEN JOHNNY HUNT DOUBLED OFF THE LCF WALL. ATCO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SEVERAL LANIER MISCUES AND WON THE GAME. B.J LUCKY HAD A GRAND SLAM IN THE GAME. WE MADE A COUPLE OF ERRORS AND HAD SOME WALKS AT BAD TIMES AND THE REBELS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. THE TEAM THAT PLAYED THE BEST TODAY WON. APRIL,13,TUES. BULLDOGS DROP REGION GAME TO PELHAM IN A CRUCIAL REGION GAME IN PELHAM. STARTER ALEX MOORE, (5-4) ALLOWED FOUR HITS IN THREE INNINGS OF WORK AND WALKED FOUR. RELIEVER GREG SEALEY ALLOWED NO HITS AND NO WALKS IN HIS TWO INNINGS OF WORK. LANIER MADE SEVERAL ERRORS WHILE PELHAM MADE NONE. B.J. LUCKY AND DEREK WHITE CONTINUED TO BE THE ONLY BULLDOGS WHO LEAD THE DAWGS AT THE PLATE. PELHAM WENT AHEAD 3-0 IN THE THIRD WITHOUT GETTING A HIT IN THE INNING. IN THE 4TH, MOORE LOST HIS COMPOSURE ON THE MOUND AS THE UMPIRE HAD A VERY TIGHT STRIKE ZONE AND WE HAD TO THROW IN THE WHEEL HOUSE. OVERALL, IT WAS A BAD NIGHT FOR BULLDOG BASEBALL. LANIER COUNTY 10 - WARE COUNTY MAGNET 6. THE LANIER COUNTY BULLDOGS BOUNCE BACK WITH A MUCH NEEDED REGION WIN TODAY OVER THE WARE MAGNET EAGLES. JOSEPH HAYMON TOOK THE LOSS FOR WARE STARTING AND FINISHING THE GAME. WARE'S JAKE STEWART CAME IN THE 1ST AND PITCHED EXCELLENT UNTIL LATE IN THE GAME. STARTER RYAN ALLEN (3-4) WAS BRILLIANT EARLY AND THEN BEGAN TO STRUGGLE, ALEX MOORE CAME IN AND FINISHED THE GAME. FOR WARE, JOSEPH HAYMON AND JAKE STWART BOTH FINSHED THE GAME WITH 3 HITS FOR ALL OF WARE'S OFFENSE. LANIER'S B.J. LUCKY WENT 2-3, ALEX MOORE, 2-4 WITH 2 RBI'S, CORY PEARSON, 2-4 AND MILTON GLOSTER, DELIVERED A BIG 2 OUT 2 RBI SINGLE EARLY IN THE GAME. IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR BOTH TEAMS AS DID NOT PLAY WELL. WE DID A GOOD JOB PUTTING THE BALL IN PLAY TONIGHT WITH A RUNNER AT 3RD AND 2 STRIKES AS 7 PLAYERS HAD RBI'S. CLINCH COUNTY 5 - LANIER COUNTY 2 IN LAKELAND, IT WAS A TIGHT ONE FOR 6 INNINGS AS CLINCH LED 2-1 BEFORE 2 WALKS AND AN ERROR OPENED THE DOOR FOR A KEY 2 OUT HIT THAT SEALED THE GAME FOR THE PANTHERS. LANIER MISSED A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITES TO GET OUT FRONT EARLY, BUT FAILED TO EXECUTE. LANIER OPENED THE GAME WITH THE BASES LOADED, A BOTCHED BUNT AND A STRIKEOUT LOOKING ON A FULL COUNT HURT US EARLY. CLINCH ON THE OTHER HAND SCORED ALL 5 OF THEIR RUNS WITH 2 OUTS. TRAILING 2-1 IN THE 5TH WITH RUNNERS ON 2ND AND 3RD, DEREK WHITE GOT CALLED OUT LOOKING ON A 3-2 PITCH WHICH LOOKED WAY OUT. LUCKY HAD JUST MISSED A 2 RUN HOMER WHICH HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE FENCE IN THE 360 POWER ALLEY. LUCKY LED LANIER 2 HITS, RYAN ALLEN AND MILTON GLOSTER ADDED A HIT APIECE OFF CORBITT WHO WENT THE DISTANCE. CLINCH GOT 6 HITS OFF LOSER ALEX MOORE WHO ALLOWED JUST 2 EARNED RUNS. LANIER'S 2B MADE 2 ERRORS IN THE 6TH WHICH ALLOWED CLINCH TO GET 3 INSURANCE RUNS. WE HAD OUR CHANCES, WE HAD 3 BALLS FALL IN THAT JUST WENT OFF THE FIELDERS GLOVES WHICH COULD HAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME. LANIER FALLS AT SEMINOLE COUNTY, 11-3. FRESHMEN RYAN ALLEN STRUGGLED ON THE MOUND ALLOWING 4 HITS AND 5 WALKS IN THE FIRST 2 INNINGS. LANIER'S FRESHMEN GREG SEALEY CAME ON IN RELIEF AND KEPT THE DAWGS IN THE GAME UNTIL THE 6TH WHEN SEMINOLE FINALLY GOT 3 HITS OFF HIM. LANIER'S B.J. LUCKY AND DEREK WHITE CONTINUED TO LEAD THE DAWGS AS THEY DID MOST OF THE DAMAGE FOR THE DAWGS. LUCKY HAD A DOUBLE, A WALK, JUST MISSED A HR, AND HIT A SHOT BACK TO THE PITCHER. WHITE REACHED 3 OF 4 TIMES AND SCORED 2 RUNS. BOTH TEAMS MADE JUST 1 ERROR APIECE IN THE GAME. STEPHEN ALBRITTON ALSO ADDED AN RBI SINGLE. IT WAS MORE THE SAME STORY ...LEAVING RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. SEMINOLE'S ACE, SMITH, PITCHED WELL FOR THE WIN. LANIER POUNDS ECHOLS COUNTY, 16-0 & 8-3. DEREK WHITE THREW A ONE HITTER IN GAME #1 . IN GAME #2 , ALEX MOORE PITCHED A ONE HITTER IN A RUN RULE GAME TO GIVE THE DAWGS THEIR 4TH REGION WIN. RYAN ALLEN WENT 2-2 WITH 4 RUNS SCORED, A HR, 2B AND 5 RBIS. LUCKY PICKED UP 2 HITS AND SCORED 3 TIMES. ALEX MOORE WAS 2-2 WITH 2 WALKS. DEREK WHITE WAS 1-2 WITH 2 RUNS SCORED.
