March 10 at Rockdale High School baseball field in Conyers, GA
High school baseball in Georgia during the first week or so of March is often worth the price of admission if the price of admission is 11 peanut shells. The season is only a few weeks old, it's often cold and windy and coaches are still trying to figure out which players they can rely on and which players should join the track and field team.
Tuesday was one such game as the teams combined for nine errors (Athens Christian had seven), eight walks and a hit batsman. Athens Christian southpaw reliever Andrew Hayes had about as rough an inning as I've ever seen in the home half of the fourth as the sophomore made three throwing errors and balked home two runs, allowing Rockdale to pull to within 5-4.
Jelani Clarington, Rockdale's top all-around player, led off the seventh with a triple and scored the tying run two batters later on a sacrifice fly. Athens Christian would take the lead back for good a half-inning later when Clarington struck out the side, but also threw a pair of wild pitches, the last of which scored Chandler Pethel to give the Eagles a 6-5 lead/victory.
Nicknames that aren't really nicknames
Plenty of nicknames for the Athens Christian players. Thanks to the Eagles' fans, players and coaches for this comprehensive list:
* Pethel - "Sixer", "Chan", "P"
* Hayes - "Hayser"
* Dewitt Wood - "Woody", "D-Wood"
* Austin Turgeon - "Turg", "Turgo"
* Darion Barron - "Pap", "Pappy"
* A.J. Rowe - "Junior"
* Terrell Mattox - "T-Money", "Rel", "T"
* Jesse Thomas - "J-T"
* Emory Vaughan - "Emmer", "Em"
* Zach Gamber - "Gamby", "Gammer"
Webb Bobo All Stars
Let's welcome Athens Christian sophomore outfielder Archibald Killian to the team.
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