Very good game at Powhatan this evening. Interesting in that both teams used one of their top two respective starters despite it being a non-district contest. After 2, it was 0-0 and looked like we were destined for a pitching duel between Cosby's Travis McQueen and Powhatan's Crone (sorry don't know his first name).
All of a sudden we had all sorts of offense in the middle innings. For Cosby, Luke Lowery hit one of the more impressive HR's you'll ever see at the HS level. Not one of those big flies, more of a cannon shot liner to left. Cleared the fence at the 340' mark, went another 40' and hit a backup screen about 25' high. I think it might've gone 420' if the screen hadn't been in the way. It was still moving like a rocket when it sprung back off the screen. After a hit, Garrett Birnbaum hit a HR to straightaway CF, which if you've been to Powhatan you know is quite a poke as well.
Powhatan did not roll over, though. After it got to 9-6 in Cosby's favor, Powhatan got a couple of hits and an RBI grounder to make it 9-7, then Luke Scherzer homered to LCF to tie it up. The next inning, Tyler Allen's 3-run shot over the scoreboard let Powhatan pull away. Tanner Phillips and Joe Manion combined to shut out Cosby over the final 3 1/3 innings and that was that.
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