Baseball

Athens Academy @ Monroe Area
March 27, 2008

The Spartans played a close, hard fought game against the Purple Hurricanes with lots of hits and runs.

Highlights:
• Tag Galvin was 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s
• Henry Terrell was 2 for 4 with 1 RBI
• Evans Wellborn went 1 for 3 with a monster homerun to left center, scored three times and had 3 RBI’s
• James Colquitt and McKay Matthews hit the ball hard with each having 1 hit
• James made a couple outstanding catches in left field
• Matt Woodruff went 1 for 3 with a triple to the right field fence

Pitching:
• Tag Galvin pitched the first 4 innings
• Henry Terrell pitched the 5th-7th innings

Scoring:
• Third inning:
o McKay walked and stole second. Matt walked and Patrick Jansen was hit by a pitch loading the bases.
o Evans Wellborn walked with the bases loaded, sending McKay home
o Hunter Stiles singled to right scoring Matt.
o Tag Galvin singled scoring Patrick (Everett Young ran for Tag)
o With the bases loaded, Mark Sanders walked scoring Evans with the 4th run of the inning.

• Fourth inning:
o Matt reached on an error by the third baseman and stole second
o Patrick doubled, sending Matt home
o Evans reached on a error by the first baseman scoring Patrick
o Evans went to second on a hard hit ball by Hunter
o Tag singled up the middle, scoring Evans
o Everett came in to run for Tag and stole second base
o Henry singled, sending Everett home for the 4th run of the inning

• Fifth inning:
o James led off the inning with a single to short, showcasing his outstanding speed (he was then thrown out attempting to steal second on a very close call)
o McKay singled and stole second
o McKay came home when the first baseman couldn’t handle a hard hit ball by Patrick who was safe at first
o Evans Wellborn took the next pitch over the fence in left center for a powerful two run homer (the 10th and 11th runs of the game)

The Spartans had 11 hits and several hard hit balls were caught by the defense. Both teams made some excellent defensive plays. Neither team would give up. Matt tripled in the seventh, but the Hurricanes had the last at bat and took advantage by scoring the winning run. The Spartans will travel to Athens Christian on Tuesday, April 1st, for a 4:30 game. Hope to see you there.

Final score: Athens Academy 11, Monroe Area 12

Athens Academy: 7-3 overall, 4-1 region