Baseball

Athens Academy @ Tallulah Falls
April 10, 2008

Tag Galvin had control of all his pitches as he gave up only one hit as the Spartans got back on the road to victory at Tallulah Falls.

Highlights:
• Tag pitched the full four innings, giving up one hit with two outs in the fourth inning, striking out 9 while walking only two
• McKay Matthews went 1 for 2, including a double, with four runs scored , 3 walks and 3 RBI’s
• Matt Woodruff was 2 for 2, including a double, with 2 runs scored, 2 walks and 3 RBI’s
• Patrick Jansen was 1 for 2 with a double and an RBI
• James Colquitt was 1 for 2 with 1 RBI
• Henry Terrell was 1 for 2 with two runs scored, 1 double and 1 RBI
• Thomas Sanders was 2 for 4 with 3 runs scored

Scoring:
• Second inning:
o Mark Sanders walked and stole second
o Thomas struck out, but reached first base on excellent hustle, sending Mark to third
o Thomas stole second
o McKay doubled, scoring Mark and Thomas
o Matt walked
o Patrick doubled, sending McKay home
 Three runs scored

• Third inning:
o Henry Terrell led off the inning with a solid double to left field, went to third on a passed ball and came home on a balk
o Mark Sanders walked
o Thomas doubled moving Mark to third
o Mark and Thomas scored on an error by the shortstop, with McKay ending up on second base
o Matt and Evans Wellborn walked, loading the bases
o Hunter Stiles singled, sending McKay and Matt home
o Evans scored on a passed ball
 Six runs scored

• Fourth inning:
o Thomas led off with a single
o McKay walked
o Matt singled up the middle, scoring Thomas
o James singled, scoring McKay
o Evans walked loading the bases
o Hunter reached on a fielder’s choice, scoring Matt as Evans was put out at second
o Russ DeVore came in to run for Hunter
o Tag and Henry walked scoring James
o Gaines Hill, pinch hitting for Mark, singled scoring Russ
o McKay walked sending Tag across the plate with the sixth run of the inning
o Matt doubled to left field scoring Henry and Gaines
o James reached on an error by the third baseman scoring McKay with the final run of the inning
 Nine runs scored

The team played well and displayed great spirit and support of each other in the dugout.

They will play again tomorrow at Hebron Christian at 4:00. Hope to see you there!

Special appreciation to Nancy Sanders, Lynn Stiles, Margaret Wellborn, Tom Sanders, Sr., and Tom Reigle for making the trip to Tallulah Falls to support the team.

Final Score: Athens Academy 18, Tallulah Falls 0