Athens Academy 18, Prince Avenue 5
April 30, 2010
A twenty win season is extremely impressive and that is exactly what the Spartans accomplished as they beat the Wolverines. The game was close until the fourth inning, when the Spartan bats exploded. They will be heading into the state play-offs as a number 2 seed, playing against Holy Innocents. Hunter Stiles had a sizzling bat as he corked two homeruns to center field… over 355 feet… and had 6 RBI’s. Patrick Jansen picked up his 8th win of the season.
Pitching:
• Patrick went the first four innings to pick up his 8th win, allowing 2 runs on five hits, striking out 5 and walking only one
• Lake Lindsay came in for the last two innings giving up 3 runs on four hits, striking out one and walking none
Offensively:
Fourteen hits: James Waugh 1/2, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI; Taylor Allen 1/1, 1 double one run scored, 1 RBI; Hunter Stiles 2/4, 2 homeruns, 2 runs scored, 6 RBI’s; Henry Terrell 2/4, 2runs scored, 1 RBI; Mark Sanders 2/ 3, 1 run scored; Forrest Liedberg 1/2; Alex Haver 1/2, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI; Nicholas Adams 2/2, 1 run scored, 1 RBI; John Braucher 1/1, 1 run scored, 2 RBI’s; Mason Mallory 1/3, 1 run scored, 1 double, 1 RBI
First Inning:
• James Waugh reached first on an error and stole second and third
• Henry Terrell also reached on an error with James coming in to score
1 run on 0 hits
Third Inning:
• Thomas Sanders led off the inning, being hit by a pitch
• James walked, with Thomas going to second
• Hunter grounded out to first, with Thomas and James advancing
• Henry singled to left field, with Thomas scoring
1 run on 1 hit
Fourth Inning:
• Alex walked
• John Braucher was hit by a pitch, moving Alex to second
• Mason Mallory took the first pitch to deep left field for a stand-up double, with Alex scoring
• Thomas walked
• James singled to right, plating John
• Mason came home on a passed ball
• Hunter went yard (355 feet) for a three run shot to deep center field
• Henry walked
• Mark reached on an infield single
• Alex singled to right, scoring Henry
• John singled to left center, sending Mark and Alex home
9 runs on 6 hits
Fifth Inning:
• Taylor led off the inning with a double down the left field line
• Hunter was intentionally walked
• Henry flied deep to fight, sending Taylor to third
• Patrick also went to deep right, sending Taylor to the plate
1 run on 1 hit
Sixth Inning:
• Nicholas singled to right field and went to second on a wild pitch
• John walked
• Thomas was hit for the second time of the night with a pitch
• Taylor hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Nicholas
• Hunter crushed his second 3 RBI homerun of the night to deep center
• Henry singled to left field
• Lake walked
• Forrest singled to left, loading the bases
• Nicholas singled down the left field line, scoring Henry
• Donta Eberhardt hit a hard hit ball to short, scoring Sam Clements, running for Lake
6 runs on 5 hits
Defense:
• Thomas went deep to his right catching a hard hit ball and throwing the runner out at first, with Lake covering
The Spartans finished the season with an intimidating win over rival Prince Avenue. Every player got into the game and made a positive contribution. The Spartans start their state playoff win with a double header against Holy Innocents this week… hope to see you there!
Final Score: Athens Academy 18, Prince Avenue Christian 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
Athens
Academy 1 0 1 9 1 6 18
Prince Avenue
Christian 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
Athens Academy (20-5), (13-3)