Baseball

Athens Academy @ Prince Avenue
March 24, 2008

Patrick Jansen was impressive on the mound as he went 3 1/3 innings before allowing a hit against Prince Avenue in a well played game.

Highlights:

• McKay Matthews: 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, a stolen base and 1 RBI… he showed outstanding hustle in the fourth inning making the most of a well hit ball down the third base line
• Patrick Jansen: 1 for 3 with a double and1 RBI
• Hunter Stiles: 2 for 3 with 1 RBI
• Tag Galvin: 2/2 with 1 RBI
• Mark Sanders: 2/3 with 1 RBI
• Patrick Jansen pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up 3 hits and no earned runs… he went 3 1/3 innings before giving up his first hit
• McKay Matthews came in relief, finishing the game and giving up only one hit
• Defensively, Mark Sanders was involved in seven defensive plays (5 assists and 2 put-outs)

Scoring:
• First inning:
o McKay led off the game with a strong double to left field and went to third on a wild pitch.
o Patrick Jansen was hit by a pitch. Thomas Sanders came in to run for him and advanced to second on a wild pitch. A walk to Evans Wellborn loaded the bases. McKay scored on a single by Hunter Stiles and Thomas scored when Tag Galvin also was hit by a pitch.
o Evans scored on an error by the shortstop.

• Second inning:
o McKay walked, stole second, went to third on a fly to center and came home on an error

• Third inning:
o Hunter led off the inning with a single. Everett Young came in to run for him, went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tag, and scored on a Mark Sanders single

• Fourth inning:
o McKay led off with a double, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Matt Woodruff and came home on a double by Patrick Jansen
o Thomas Sanders came in to run for Patrick and scored on a single by Tag Galvin

The Spartans picked up a huge win in the region with their victory over the Wolverines. It was great to see Brett Satterfield, who was home for spring break from the Air Force Academy, at the game. The Spartans once again put a well coached, fundamentally solid team on the field and reaped the benefits with an impressive win.

Final Score: Athens Academy 7, Prince Avenue 1