State Games NC - Underclassmen Baseball Action
June 15th, 2007 Posted in High School Baseball, State Games of NC - 2007
Day one summaries
In game one, Region 6 beat Region 2, 5-1.
Region 6 got a good pitching performance from Adam Waters of Hopewell High School and got key hits up and down the lineup to score 6 runs in their game one victory.
In game two, Region 4 beat Region 8, 10-5.
Corey Ayers (Richmond) blasted a first inning home run and Region 4 kept hitting all game to beat Region 8.
In game three, Region 3 slugged past Region 1, 14-10.
Region 1 opened the game by scoring 6 runs in the top of the first, but Region 3 responded quickly with 6 runs in the second and kept pounding the ball, including a 5 run sixth inning, and a Corey Thompson (Apex) home run.
In game four, Region 5 crushed Region 7, 11-2.
Region 5 got a two-run homer from Michael Nunn (Southern Alamance) in the second, added three runs in the 5th, one run in the 6th, and finally five runs in the 7th to route Region 7.
Day 2 summaries
In game one, Region 7 wins a close one over Region 1, 3-2.
In the 5th inning with Region 1 tailing 2-1, Marc Felton (First Flight) hit a double to drive home Cameron Rollins (North Pitt) to tie the score at 2. In the bottom half of the 5th, Region 7 broke the tie with a RBI single by Ethan Ford (Alexander Central), which ended up being the winning run.
In game two, Region 2 edges Region 4, 4-3.
Region 4 was the first to score in the 3rd with back to back hits that led to 2 runs. Region 2 answered in the top half of the 4th with 3 runs on back to back doubles and a triple. Region 4 would tie it up on a RBI single by Manny Beltran (South View). With a tie ballgame in the 7th inning, Braxton Lewis (South Lenoir) would blast the game winning home run to lead Region 2 to victory.
In game three, Region 6 takes out Region 8, 7-2.
Region 6 started off the scoring with a 2nd inning home run by Richie Shaffer (Providence). Region 6 continued to pour on the runs in the third inning with four runs on three hits. Region 6 added two more runs on three hits in the fourth inning. Region 8 scored their only two runs in the fifth inning with a single by Matt Overbey (AC Reynolds) that scored one and a passed ball that scored the other.
In game four, Region 5 wins in extra innings over Region 3, 1-0.
This game was dominated by pitching with no runs being scored through nine innings of play. Region 5 sent out seven pitchers to hold Region 3 to no runs through ten innings. In the bottom of the tenth, Region 5 sent up Zack Briggs (Central Davidson) to the plate with a man on third and two outs in hopes he could deliver a hit and end this marathon. Briggs delivered with a line drive single that plated the runner at third and won the game for Region 5.
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