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Game Played 5/27/2009 8:30PM
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BRAVES OPEN CABA STATE WITH FOURTH WIN OVER GA PROSPECTS
On just one day's rest after winning the USSSA Georgia Super NIT Championship, the Braves returned to the East Cobb Baseball Complex for the opening round of the CABA Georgia State Championship. It was a new day for the Braves to play in a new tournament, sanctioned by a new association and played on a new field, but it was not a new competitor or a new result. For the fourth time this season, the Georgia Prospects could not hold back the Braves as we cruised to a rain-shortened, five-inning win by the score of 7-2.
Offensively, the Braves doubled the Prospects hit production at the plate, stroking 8 hits across 4-2/3 innings of offense before the complete game was called due to rain. The friendly confines of Field #5 necessitated well-placed hits in order for us to score runs the non-manufactured way, and the Braves were up to the task from the onset. Lead-off hitter #5 Hunter Swilling ripped the second pitch he saw down the third base line and into the corner for a DOUBLE in the bottom half of the first inning. #33 Stephen Wrenn followed with a second pitch line drive into centerfield to move Swilling to third base. A double steal appeared to put-out Wrenn between first and second base as Swilling crossed the plate, but the Prospects' second baseman failed to apply the tag and Wrenn was called safe at second base. Following a passed ball that moved Wrenn to third, #2 Sam Ayers connected on a sacrifice fly to centerfield that scored Wrenn for a 2-0 lead. The Prospects next handed the Braves two baserunners on an error by their centerfielder on a deep fly off the bat of #16 Nathaniel Maggio and an error by their first baseman on a dropped put-out off the bat of #22 Jon Jon Banks which enabled Maggio to score. #44 Jordan Brown then recorded a single in the inning on a shot to the right of second base, but he and Banks were stranded as the Braves settled for a 3 run first inning. After going quietly in the bottom half of the second inning and leaving #33 Stephen Wrenn stranded at second base after his lead-off DOUBLE in the bottom half of the third inning, the Braves strung 4 singles together in the fourth inning to take a 7-2 lead. After a throwing error by the Prospects' third baseman and a hit batsman, #11 CJ Brazil, #1 Nick Sexton, #5 Hunter Swilling, and #33 Stephen Wrenn recorded back-to-back-to-back-to-back singles to put 4 runs across the plate. But, with bases loaded and only 1 out, the Prospects changed pitchers and managed to get out of the inning without further damage. Then, as the Braves were batting with 2 outs in the bottom half of the fifth inning, the skies opened and a hard rain began to fall. Within minutes there was standing water in the batter's box and basepaths and the complete game was called.
Defensively, #1 Nick Sexton was called upon for his second start on the hill and he went 2-1/3 innings, giving up 0 earned runs on 2 hits and 3 walks with 3 strike outs. #11 CJ Brazil relieved Sexton in the third inning and pitched 2-2/3 innings, giving up 0 earned runs on 2 hits and 3 walks with 0 strike outs. Our defensive play was a bit uninspired, but we nonetheless made most of the routine plays behind our 2-man pitching staff and committed only 1 error that led to the Prospects first run. #16 Nathaniel Maggio gunned down two Prospects' base stealers at second base in the first and fourth innings, and #11 CJ Brazil fielded a hot grounder on the mound and made a put-out at third base that turned into an inning-ending double play in the fourth inning after an errant throw from third base to first base. As the Prospects base runner tried to advance after the errant throw, #44 Jordan Brown fired back across the diamond from first base to put-out a limping Prospect player at third base.
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