MOUNT ULLA — Clay Everson’s grand slam keyed an eight-run fifth inning as
West Rowan rallied past North Rowan 12-9 on Friday night.
North starter Brandon Doby
carried an 8-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth, but walks and the failure to
turn a double play set up a big inning for the Falcons (6-1), who plated all
eight runs after there were two outs.
“We came out flat again and
Doby was pitching a super ballgame,” said West coach Chris Cauble. “Before
the fifth we had a heart-to-heart, got some intensity back and the guys answered
the call.”
Especially Everson, who had been
in an 0-for-10 slump. He actually had two hits in the fifth, as he started all
the excitement with a single.
North (0-5) outhit the Falcons
14-8. Blake Nichelson, Jimbo Davis, Brett Mulkey, Ronnie King and Ranon Barber
had two hits apiece for North. Davis homered, doubled and scored three runs.
Matt Morgan tripled and two runs
scored for West. Justin Graham and Everson scored two runs apiece, while Bryan
Graham and Ben Hampton knocked in two.
Paul Link was the winning
pitcher. Daniel Cauble notched the save.
- Wonder baseball loses to
Mountaineers
KANNAPOLIS — A.L. Brown lost to
Kings Mountain 6-3 in nonconference baseball on Friday night.
Five errors and a critical
baserunning mistake in the seventh did in the Wonders (1-4) and pitcher Zach
Ward.
John Graham, Ryan Petty and Brett
Stirewalt had RBIs for the Wonders, who start 3A North Piedmont Conference play
next week.
“We could’ve played easier
teams before we started conference but that just gives you a false sense of
security,” said A.L. Brown coach Empsy Thompson. “Hopefully, these tough
games will get us ready.”
- Green Dragons drop another
tough one
West Davidson left the bases
loaded twice and dropped a 5-3 nonconference baseball game to East Davidson on
Friday.
Dustin Hobbs pitched well for the
Green Dragons (2-5) but took the loss.
Michael Joyner went 2-for-3 with
a double and an RBI and Adam Self went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
“We’re starting to hit our
stride,” said West coach Dale Barnes. “Tonight, we gave ourselves a chance
to win against a real good team.”
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