April 8 at Salem High School baseball field in Conyers, GA
Wednesday was our third time seeing Kevin Barham pitch and after a pair of up-and-down performances the Salem lefty produced his finest outing on a warm evening east of Atlanta.
With several professional scouts in attendance, the spotlight was on University of Georgia signee Jonathan Hughes, but Barham was better. He allowed just two singles and worked out of his only jam of the night in the first inning when he walked two and allowed a single, yet left the bases loaded by catching Derek Eder looking for the third out.
Barham was rarely challenged after that and he tossed six innings and out-pitched the righty Hughes (4 IP, 7 H, 4 ER).
Salem didn't knock the ball around the park (of the team's eight hits only Yorel James' RBI-single in a two-run first could be considered a hard-hit ball), but all that mattered was the Seminoles came away with a 4-1 win and moved to 7-4 in Region 8-AAAAA.
Another nice win for the Seminoles, which followed a Monday victory over Winder-Barrow that snapped a seven-year, 11-game losing streak in that series.
Nicknames that aren't really nicknames
What do you have for us, Flowery Branch fans?
Andrew Nolt - "Nolter"
Stephen Skeggs - "Skegger", "Steveo", "Skeggy", "Skeggers"
Hughes - "J.B.", "John-Boy"
Trey Groves - "T-Bone"
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