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Mount Tabor Edges Parkland
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By JEROME RICHARD
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. 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
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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."
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18 game. 12-6.
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Livengood's RBI Single Lifts Titans by RJR
Aaron Livengood's two-out
single in the bottom of the sev
enth inning drove in the win
ning run as West Forsyth edged
Reynolds 7-6 in junior varsity
baseball April 18 in Clemmons.
Livengood's line drive
down the third base line drove
in Joe Burchette with the win
ning run as West Forsyth
improved to 4-5 overall and 2-3
in the Central Piedmont 4-A
Conference. Reynolds fell to 3
7-1 overall and 1-4-1 nr the con
ference.
The Titans went to their last
at-bat trailing 6-5 before pulling
out the come-from-behind vic
tory. Jeramie Burchette ignited
the rally with a one-out walk
and stole second.
Joe Burchette hit a screamer
to the shortstop, who overthrew
the ball at first, allowing
Jeramie Burchette to score the
tying run and Joe Burchette to
take second.
Britt Heath flied out to cen
ter field for the second out, set
ting the stage for Livengood's
game-winning hit on a one-and
one pitch.
Marcu!s Smith laced a pair
of singles and drove in three
runs to pace the Titans' offen
sive attack. Daniel Corum and
Jeijuan Thompson scored twice
and Corum stole two bases and
Thompson one. Andrew Lein
bach's double and single paved
the way for Reynolds, while
teammates Jake Guarantano.
Antwon Rucker and Nick
Bryant each scored a run.
David Brewer pitched five
innings for West Forsyth, allow
ing six hits, six runs (two
earned) and three walks, while
striking out two batters.
Brandon Payne picked up
the win in relief, striking out
five of the eight batters he faced
and walking one. Payne raised
his record to 2-1 with the victo
ry.
Richmond Hill relieved for
the Demons in the second, sur
rendering one hit and three
walks and striking out four bat
ters in six innings.
Carver Walks to First Victory of the Year
from page 15
ized on eight Carver errors to
grab a 1 7-6 lead.
Carver reverted back to its
base-on-balls strategy begin
ning in the bottom of the fourth,
using six walks and a single
from Julie Marshall along with
a Viking error to pull within 17
1 1 . The Yellow Jackets had the
strategy down to a science in
the fifth when eight of its 1 1
batters drew walks to score
seven times for a 18-17 lead.
Carver extended the margin
to 24-17 with six runs in the
bottom of the sixth. The hosts
had four walks in the frame
along with singles by Kim
Montgomery and Jennifer
Greene, the latter driving in a
run.
North Forsyth rallied in the
top of the seventh to tie the
game at 24-24. Tara Fraley
reached on an error and Shan
non McMahon followed with a
walk before Sandy Glasgow
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rifled a shot to center that took
a bad hop, allowing three runs
home. A walk, error and field
er's choice ]>lated 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.
'i knew we would come out
ready to play after what hap
pened yesterday," he said. "We
were close to Glenn until the
fifth inning when they broke the
game open. We couldn't get the
hits when we needed them.
Today, we got the hits and took
the walks."
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