Junior \ ;ii sit \ Sports Mount Tabor Edges Parkland ICBAKV VkV^tl A ?*> - By JEROME RICHARD Cttyrt* Sports Editor . Mount Tabor finally won a close junior v: rsity baseball game. t ? The Spartans carried a 2-7 record into their game with visiting Parkland April 19, despite outscoring opponents by 1 1 runs. After the close losses, the Spartans experienced the other side of the ledger against Parkland, slipping past the Mus tangs 5-3 with a four-run sixth inning highlighted by Chris Cel est i no's bases-loaded ground-rule dou ble. "We've outscored opponents by 11 runs this year, so you can tell we've fallen short many times," Mount Tabor coach Mike Kneisel said. "That is why this win is very satisfying and why the kids were so excited. "We've had innings this year where we've got ten runners on base, but didn't capitalize. We haven't been getting the key hits, but today we did when we needed them." That was especially true 'in the sixth inning when the Spartans erased a 3-1 deficit with their four-run outburst Parkland pitcher Brian Meadows opened the inning with a strike out before walking Trey Davis, Chris Inch and Grant Brittain to load the bases. Celestino's double drove in Davis and Inch for a 3-3 tie and Brittain scored on a fielder '^choice for a 4-3 lead. Jett Tomatore's single off reliever Nathan Barron drove in Celestino with the final run. Meadows limited the Spartans to four hits while striking out 10 batters and walking eight before running into trouble in the sixth. Asked why he went with Meadows so long With Four-Run after the southpaw struggled in the fourth and walked three consecutive batters to load the bases in the sixth, Parkland coach Dana Grieser said, "That was between me and the pitching coach. We made a mistake. We probably should have taken Meadows out because we had other pitchers who could have come in. Meadows has come through many times before for us and we thought he might come through again." Parkland fell behind 1-0 in the fourth, but came back with a vengeance in the fifth, scoring three times against Spartan starting pitcher Chad Henley. The key blow was a towering two-run double to left centerfield by Chris Fulp. "Henley had some control problems, but he was making good pitches even though he gave up some runs," Kneisel said. "He pitched a good game, but he had no run support." v Sixth Inning Henley was relieved by Bradley Brown in the fifth. Brown shutout the Mustangs the rest of the way, but not before some anxious moments in the last inning. Brown walked two consecutive batters with two outs before Brian Lucas' pop up ended the game. ? "I would be nervous with anyone on the mound in a situation like that, but with Bradley on the mound I'm less nervous because he is so loose and confident." Kneisel said with a chuckle, recall ing how Brown bounced the b^ll on his forearm between pitches in the last inning. "His fight and determination get him through. He has the most fight of anyone on the team. "This team is a bunch of fighters, as you saw today. At 2-7 coming into this game it would have been easy to get down, but these guys continued to play hard and fight. That says a lot about them." '' ? v >? r--? : ?; v:- - ' . . K. ?- ' *? v# ? f r*? action of the Carver! Emit Forsyth junior, vanity baseball gam* Is reflected in a coach's sun glasses. East Forsyth won the April 18 game. 12-6. Photos by Motigaa Vaquera : , .v> ? ' ' ' , .''A. ??"'?J' <\ . .. ?' ?'?, t ?? *r.vrlated a run and another walk loaded the bases with one out Mandy Evans singled in a run and with the bases loaded and two outs Heather Ivester lofted a ball to left field that was misplayed, allowing the tying run to score before Evans was cut down at the plate for the third out. Carver pulled out the victo ry in its half of the seventh when Nicky Moss and Mont gomery drew back-to-back walks to leadoff the inning. Ellen Collins' infield hit loaded the bases with no outs, bringing Greene, the clean-up hitter, to the plate. She walked to force in the winning run. "I told Jennifer to take one strike and then, because she is good hitter, to go after the pitch if it looked good to her," Fergu son said of his last-inning instructions to Greene. "When she got two balls she looked at me and I told her to take the next two pitches since we had the bases loaded. "The young lady that was pitching hadn't put two straight strikes over the plate and with the pressure and with her proba bly getting tired, 1 think that wore her down and she walked Jennifer to force in the winning run." . Ferguson thought a 11-4 loss to Glenn the day before the Yellow Jackets' battle with North Forsyth had a positive impact on his team's mental state entering the fray with the Vikings. 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