Morgan County at Rockdale Post 77
June 7 at Henson-Carr Legion Field in Conyers, GA
Thirty-two hits is a lot for an offense to accumulate in 18 innings of a doubleheader. Rockdale Post 77 had that many hits in EIGHT offensive innings on Sunday as they opened their American Legion season with 20-2 and 6-2 victories over the Morgan County High School summer travel team.
Each game ended after visiting Morgan County had batted in the top of the fifth inning - game one by-run rule and the teams played just five innings in the nightcap.
Quite a day for Rockdale:
* They batted around in three of their four offensive innings in game one, sending 10 to the plate in the first, 13 in the second and 12 more in the fourth. In 41 plate appearances, Post 77 batters reached base 30 times.
* In that opener, Morehouse College's Cole Gibson, the No. 8 hitter in the lineup, went 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBIs, No. 7 hitter Barrett Burdett had three hits and five RBIs & clean up hitter Jason Howell (Clark Atlanta signee) went 4-for-4 with a walk. Every starter had at least one RBI, except for lead off man Yorel James, who was 3-for-4 and drew a walk.
* Matthew Hammers hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first for the big hit of game two. Post 77 reached base in 12-of-23 plate appearances and its on-base percentage for the day was .650, or 41 points higher than 2004 Barry Bonds.
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