Baseball

Athens Academy verses Hebron Christian
April 14, 2008

Russ DeVore was outstanding on the mound, pitching all seven innings and striking out six as the Spartans won an important region game at home.

Highlights:
• Matt Woodruff made four sensational catches in center field showing ‘great range’ and ‘nice wheels’
• Russ struck out a Lion in the first inning and Hunter Stiles fired a strike to second, throwing out a runner trying to steal
• The Spartans turned a double play in the third, going from Russ to McKay Matthews to Patrick Jansen
• McKay was 2 for 3 at the plate with a double, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI’s
• Thomas Sanders came in as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning and took the first pitch to center for a solid RBI single
• Tag Galvin, Patrick and Evans singled

Scoring:
• First inning:
o McKay led off the inning with a walk, stole second, went to third on consecutive walks by Matt and Patrick, and came home on a wild pitch
o Evans Wellborn walked, loading the bases
o Henry Terrell hit a long sacrifice fly, scoring Matt
o Tag singled, loading the bases
o Hunter was hit by a pitch, sending Patrick home
o Thomas Sanders came in to courtesy run for Hunter
o Mark Sanders walked, scoring Evans
o McKay doubled to right field with Tag and Thomas scoring
 Six runs scored

• Sixth inning:
o Mark Sanders reached second on a two base error
o Thomas singled Mark home
o McKay singled, sending Thomas to second
o Matt reached on an error
o Patrick also reached on an error, allowing Thomas and McKay to cross the plate
o Henry executed the perfect suicide squeeze, with Matt hustling home
 Four runs scored

The Spartans played exciting team ball and were fired up in the dugout to put another notch in the victory column. Strong pitching, timely hitting, and great defense led the Spartans to their sixth region win of the season. They will travel to Commerce tomorrow for another region game at 5:00. Hope to see you there!

Final score: Athens Academy 10, Hebron Christian 2