Southeastern District Games: March 13-17 (Week 1)

Western Branch 7 Deep Creek 0 Senior Shane Johnsonbaugh throws a 66 pitch complete No Hitter game against Deep Creek tonight According to the Western Branch web site www.Westernbranchbaseball.net

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Originally posted by WB Reporter:
Western Branch 7, Deep Creek 0. Shane Johnsonbaugh pitched a very efficient complete game, throwing approximately 66 pitches and allowing only 1 hit and issuing 1 walk. Those WB players with multiple hits were Garrett Brooks (2), Kyle McPherson (single & double), and Grant Maiorana (single & double).

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Originally posted by 2012 WB:
Western Branch 7 Deep Creek 0 Senior Shane Johnsonbaugh throws a 66 pitch complete No Hitter game against Deep Creek tonight According to the Western Branch web site www.Westernbranchbaseball.net

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Originally posted by WB Reporter:
Western Branch 7, Deep Creek 0. Shane Johnsonbaugh pitched a very efficient complete game, throwing approximately 66 pitches and allowing only 1 hit and issuing 1 walk. Those WB players with multiple hits were Garrett Brooks (2), Kyle McPherson (single & double), and Grant Maiorana (single & double).

Guess it is a judgment call. Most of the "old-timers" I spoke with agreed with my call of a hit.

Wow give the kid his due on a well pitched game. Seems the score keeper is an old timer too!!!!!

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Originally posted by Smith Baseball:
From what I understand... 5 or 6 walks (2 intentional) and 2 hits in the bottom of the 7th for 4 runs off of NR pitchers who haven't had much varsity experience on the mound? Is that right?

That about sums it up.

Any truth to the rumor that the Pilot was present? Given the scant coverage, I presume not. Does this qualify as a big upset or just a bump in the road?

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Originally posted by El gato:
Any truth to the rumor that the Pilot was present? Given the scant coverage, I presume not. Does this qualify as a big upset or just a bump in the road?

1) If they were present, they still weren't present. Coverage around here is anemic at best.

2) This is a HUGE upset, even though I think your question was rhetorical.

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Originally posted by El gato:
Any truth to the rumor that the Pilot was present? Given the scant coverage, I presume not. Does this qualify as a big upset or just a bump in the road?

Two observations

1) 3 guys Brandon Lowe, Zach Vann, and Tyler Brown are a combined 12 for 18 with 10 RBI. The rest of the team is 5 for 36 with 2 RBI.

2) Tyler Brown and Zach Rice have thrown 12-2/3 of 13-1/3 innings giving up 4 of 9 runs while both threw 90+ pitches.

While its still early others will need to pick it up or it may be a disappointing year.

My concern with NR is the arms after Brown and Rice. I heard Kyle Moore has had some good bullpens in the fall. Who is after those guys?

Arms after those two are Trevor Riggs, Colin O'Brien, Travis Johnson, and Brandon Savage. Moore did throw well in the Fall but has not thrown so far this year.

i thought kyle moore was gonna be nansemond river's closer!

The Pilot and Virginia Preps reports Johnsonbaugh threw a no hitter vs. Deep Creek last night. Is that right? I was at the game and I thought I remember Deep Creek getting a hit. WB Reporter? What say you?

Shane is a great kid. He played with us for a couple of years and has a PG WWB Championship ring to prove it. I heard he threw well.

For those of us not at the game, can anyone accurately explain the hit/error in question?

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Originally posted by redbird5:

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Originally posted by Go Dawgs:
Indian River 8 Nansemond River 7

Wow. Didn't see that one coming.

ditto.

The Deep Creek player hit a hard grounder just inside the bag down the third base line. The third basemen laid out for it and was able to stop the ball with his body. Looked more like a hit and good defensive play than an error to me. But I guess a plausible argument can be made both ways. Just for the record, I am a casual fan and have no vested interest one way or the other.

Hickory / Great Bridge game postponed due to rain and lightning. Rescheduled for Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by WB Reporter:
Hickory / Great Bridge game postponed due to rain and lightning. Rescheduled for Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.[/
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The game is rescheduled for monday ,3/19 at 5:30 we were told wb reporter

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Originally posted by CARDS FAN:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by WB Reporter:
Hickory / Great Bridge game postponed due to rain and lightning. Rescheduled for Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.[/
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The game is rescheduled for monday ,3/19 at 5:30 we were told wb reporter

Thanks. I got my information from highschoolsports.net where the SED athletic directors post the schedule and changes. If it is at 5:30, I hope the AD corrects his misposting since the schools encourage parents of athletes to check there for the latest.

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Originally posted by WB Reporter:

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Originally posted by CARDS FAN:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by WB Reporter:
Hickory / Great Bridge game postponed due to rain and lightning. Rescheduled for Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.[/
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The game is rescheduled for monday ,3/19 at 5:30 we were told wb reporter

Thanks. I got my information from highschoolsports.net where the SED athletic directors post the schedule and changes. If it is at 5:30, I hope the AD corrects his misposting since the schools encourage parents of athletes to check there for the latest.

Hickory games can always be verified on their website, which is usually updated often.
http://hickoryhawksbaseball.com/

OSCAR SMITH SCOREKEEPER COMMENTS

Smith . . - 3 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 3 // 9 - 9 - 3
Lakeland - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 1 // 6 - 7 - 3
WP: McNeil (1-0) LP: Fitzwater SV: Packert

Smith came out strong in the top of the 1st with 4 hits and a walk to score 3 runs. But Lakeland answered with 2 in the bottom half, with one being aided by a catcher's interference call on what would have been a flyout.

Jarrett McNeil & Robert Fitzwater settled down after that, with no more earned runs scoring until the 6th. In the top of the 4th, Smith scored 3 unearned runs on 1 hit, 1 walk, and 3 Lakeland errors to make it 6-2.

Lakeland scored 3 in the the bottom of the 6th on 2 hits (RBI double by McCaw & RBI single by Bass), with the last run coming across on a 2-strike, 2-out wild pitch to make the game 6-5.

Smith answered in the top of the 7th with a single by Conner Smith, an RBI double by McNeil, a pinch-hit infield single by Stephen Lorkiewicz (in his first AB of 2012), and an RBI single by Thomas Packert to make it a 9-5 game.

Lakeland started the bottom of the 7th with a hit-by-pitch (first pitch of the inning), a balk to move the runner to second base, a flyout, and a walk by reliever Logan Lex before Packert came in to close it out. The first batter Packert faced lifted a routine fly to right-center in which the two Smith outfielders looked at each other as the ball fell between them, scoring the 6th Lakeland run. A groundout and strikeout ended the game.

Smith:
D. Barnett ('15): 1-3, 2 R, BB, SB
C. Smith ('13): 2-4, 2 R
J. McNeil ('12): 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 5 K ; RBI-Double
S. Lorkiewicz ('12): 1-1, R
D. Loudon ('13): 1-3, 2 RBI, BB
T. Packert ('15): 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB ; .2 IP, K, Save
T. Ennis ('14): 1-3, R, BB

Lakeland:
D. Fenton ('12): 1-4
B. Harris ('15): 1-3, 2 R
S. McCaw ('14): 3-4, 2 2B, R, 3 RBI
J. Bass ('13): 2-3, 2B, RBI
R. Fitzwater ('15): 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 10 K

PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS:
* Robert Fitzwater looked pretty good for a freshman on the mound for Lakeland... striking out 10 in 5.2 IP.
* Stephen Lorkiewicz returned for Smith as a pinch-hitter & may be back full-time next week.
* Freshmen & Sophomores contributed heavily for both sides.

Sean Townsend said the game was rescheduled for Monday at 530 this morning on the radio.

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Originally posted by redbird5:
My concern with NR is the arms after Brown and Rice. I heard Kyle Moore has had some good bullpens in the fall. Who is after those guys?

I agree. They'll put up big numbers regularly but can be hittable.

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Originally posted by luv baseball:

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Originally posted by redbird5:
My concern with NR is the arms after Brown and Rice. I heard Kyle Moore has had some good bullpens in the fall. Who is after those guys?

I agree. They'll put up big numbers regularly but can be hittable.

Brown and Rice gave up 7 hits in almost 13 innings. I think that combination is as good as any 1-2 combo in the District. What did them in against Indian River was their relievers inability to find the strike zone more than being hittable.

Hickory 3, Great Bridge 1

Hickory had only 4 hits tonight, but beat Great Bridge. R. Blake pitched a complete game yielding 7 hits. Beard had three hits for GB. More details later.

Hickory 3 to 1. Win over Greatbridge.

Hickory looked good with some timely hits, solid defense, good pitching and taking advantage of some Great Bridge errors.

Hickory scored 2 runs in the first inning on 2 hits, 2 errors, a walk, a balk and 4 k's. Line was something like this: k, double, k, pick-off of the runner at second getting back safely on a dropped catch (should have been the third out), double, k dropped third strike, walk, balk, k.

Hickory made it stand up with Ryan Blake keeping GB off balance all game except for Beard's 3 hits. Blake pitched 7 innings, 7 hits and 8 k's. Hickory scored again later in the game on a double, ground out, fc with the catcher dropping the throw at home which allowed the third run to score.

GB scored in the top of the seventh on three hits by Beard, Con. Jones and Newell.

Connor Jones took the loss with 4 1/3 innings, 4 hits, 7 k's, no earned runs, while Cooper Jones finished up looking good.

Nice win for Hickory.

Couple of additional comments to add to QUAD's summary. The Hickory defense played well such that Blake only had to throw approximately 80 pitches in the 7 innings he pitched while Great Bridge's defense forced Connor Jones to pitch 28 pitches in his first inning alone. Blake pitched 5 innings where he faced only 3 batters. One of those innings was the 5th inning when Christian Lowery, playing center field, laid out to make a nice diving catch for the second out of that inning.

In the inning in which Hickory scored its 3rd run, the ground out which QUAD mentions was a well executed, no outs, sac bunt down the third base side by Tyler Best, advancing Christian Lowery who had led off the inning with a double.