Baseball

Athens Academy verses Towns County
March 20, 2008

Highlights:
• Mark Sanders: 3/3 with 3 runs scored, 2 RBI’s
• Matt Woodruff: 3/4 with 2 runs scored, a triple, 2 stolen bases and 3 RBI’s
• Patrick Jansen: 1/1 with 2 RBI’s
• James Colquitt: 1/ 2 with two runs scored and 2 RBI’s
• Tag Galvin: 1/3 with a double and 2 RBI’s

Pitching:
• Russ DeVore went the first two innings
• Henry Terrell went the next two innings, picking up the win
• Tag Galvin pitched the fifth inning, facing only three batters

Scoring:
• First Inning:
o Patrick Jansen was hit by a pitch in the first and scored on a throwing error

• Second Inning:
o Mark Sanders singled, stole second and came home on Matt’s triple
o McKay Matthews singled, stole second and also came home on Matt’s triple
o Matt tripled and scored after three consecutive walks by Patrick, Evans Wellborn and Hunter Stiles (who got the RBI)
o Tag Galvin doubled sending Patrick and Evans home
o Mark Sanders doubled sending Thomas Sanders (running for Hunter) and Tag across home plate
o James walked
o McKay reached on an error and Mark hustled home for the 8th run of the inning
o Matt singled sending James home for the 9th and final run of the inning

• Third inning:
o Hunter led off the inning with a walk (Thomas came in as a courtesy runner)
o Henry Terrell was hit by a pitch. Everett Young came in as a courtesy runner for the pitcher
o Mark slugged his third consecutive hit, loading the bases
o Thomas came home while Everett Mark moved up a base on a wild pitch
o James fired a line drive to center field for a single, scoring Everett and Mark
o James stole second base, went to third on an error and came home on another error.
o Patrick singled sending McKay and Matt home (who had both reached base on errors) for the 5th and 6th runs of the inning

• Fourth inning:
o Gaines Hill (in for Hunter), Tag Galvin and Henry reached first on consecutive walks
o Russ DeVore came in to run for Tag and James Waugh came in to run for Henry
o Everett Young hit a long sacrifice fly to right field sending Gaines home for the final run of the game

The Spartans picked up their fifth win of the season and the second in the Region. It was fun to see Bucky Woodruff at the game. The Spartans will play at Prince Avenue next Monday, March 24th. Hope to see you there!

Final Score: Athens Academy 17, Towns County 5 (in 4 ½ innings)
Russ DeVore pitching against Towns County