June 4 at East Cobb Baseball Complex in Marietta, GA
Things were going just fine for Stockbridge, Georgia's Catch 42 until the bottom of the fourth inning.
Catch 42 led 3-1 heading into that frame before Jeffery Hutcheson lined a lead off double down the left field line against Lawrence Harvey. Harvey got an infield pop out, but he lost the strike zone shortly after that. Harvey threw just two strikes as East Cobb drew three consecutive walks, the last of which forced home a run to make it 3-2 and chased the right-hander from the game. Reliever Myles Smith didn't fare any better as the southpaw gave up a go-ahead, two-run single to Alan Carter, then walked four of his own as the Braves scored six times to take a 7-3 lead and win by that score.
Amazing what can happen in a baseball game in just one half-inning.
Before that, Mason Calloway had ignited a pair of run-scoring rallies. Calloway, who I cover at Newton High School, opened the game with an infield single, moved to second on an throwing error and eventually scored from second on a ground out to shortstop to make it 1-0. In the third, Austin Holm and Calloway each had one-out singles and the duo pulled off a double steal (Holm swiped home) before Calloway scored on a single by Smith to put Catch 42 up 3-1.
Excellent work by Carter, who not only delivered the go-ahead hit, but came on in relief of starter Chase Shell and tossed three scoreless innings, striking out five to pick up the win.
Nicknames that aren't really nicknames
Catch 42
Calloway - "Mase", "Maso"
Austin Jeter - "Jete"
East Cobb
Hampton Clark - "Hamp"
Jimmy Richardson - "Richie"
Other things heard
Catch 42 third baseman Dillon Withers shouting encouragement to Smith: "same thing, rinse and repeat".
East Cobb third base coach: "there's ducks out there".
No comments:
Post a Comment