Baseball

Athens Academy verses Tallulah Falls
March 3, 2008

The Spartans were victorious in their first region game of the 2008 season defeating Tallulah Falls with many fans in the stands.

Pitching:
• Patrick Jansen pitched all four innings only allowing one unearned run, striking out six while walking three.

Offensively:
First inning: 15 Spartans came to the plate! 9 Scored!!
• McKay Matthews led off the game with a smashing triple to right center and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Matt Woodruff
• Matt stole second base and went to third on a passed ball
• Patrick Jansen walked and advanced to second on a passed ball
• Matt and Patrick scored on a single by Evans Wellborn
• Evans stole second and went to third on a passed ball
• Hunter Stiles walked and advanced to second on a passed ball
• Tag Galvin reached first on an error, sending Evans home and Hunter to third
• Hunter scored on a passed ball
• Mark Sanders walked
• James Colquitt came to the plate with men on second and third and took the first pitch to deep left field for his first home run of the season (a three run shot!)
• McKay came to bat for the second time the inning and reached first on an error
• Matt, Evans and Hunter walked, with Hunter earning an RBI as McKay crossed home plate
Third Inning:
• Patrick, Evans and Hunter had back to back to back singles with Patrick scoring on Hunter’s single
• Henry Terrell singled sending Evans across the plate for the 11th run of the game
Fourth inning:
• McKay led off with a single
• Matt reached first on an error
• Gaines Hill walked loading the bases
• Evans walked sending McKay home
• James Waugh reached on an error scoring Matt
• Zack Kittle reached on a fielder’s choice scoring Gaines
• Everett Young walked, again loading the bases
• Mark Sanders walked scoring Thomas Sanders who was running for Evans
• Russ DeVore walked sending Zack home with the winning run

Defensively:
• Hunter threw out runners attempting to steal second in the second and fourth innings

Highlights Included:
• McKay: 3 for 4 with a triple
• Patrick: 1 for 2
• Evans Wellborn: 2/2 with 3 RBI’s
• Hunter Stiles: 1/1 with 2 RBI’s
• James Colquitt: 2/2 with a homerun and 3 RBI’s

The mercy rule was applied as the Spartans picked up their third victory of the season.

Final Score: Athens Academy 16, Tallulah Falls 1