Wayne Rolls Past Edgecombe

Two teams going in opposite directions met Thursday night at Tarboro's C.B. Martin Middle School ... with predictable results.

Wayne County Post 11 built a comfortable lead and coasted to a 14-3 win over Edgecombe County Post 316 in an Area I East non-division game. Wayne (13-2) will have a long layoff before heading to New Bern for a makeup game on Wednesday. Edgecombe is finished with its initial season of American Legion baseball.

Edgecombe briefly held the lead before Wayne seized control with five second-inning runs despite getting only two hits. But those two hits were big ones.

Wayne loaded the bases on an error, Conner Narron's walk and a hit batter. Jackson Massey then launched a breaking pitch over the 345-foot marker in right centerfield. Walker Gourley sent the next pitch over the left field fence for a 6-2 lead.

Narron made it 7-2 in the third when he followed Nolan Lancaster's lead off double with an RBI single to left.

In the fourth, Gourley reached on an infield hit and Davis singled to right. After a double steal, the next two batters went down, and it appeared Edgecombe might escape. But Tyler Ham walked on a full count to keep the inning alive. Lancaster hit a roller to the third base side of the mound, and the throw to first was wild, resulting in three runs.

Wayne managed only one hit over the next three innings before adding four in the ninth after three walks loaded the bases with none out. Will Edgerton drove in one run with a triple and John Wooten added an RBI double.

Taylor Bullard went five innings for the win despite allowing seven hits and three walks. Jackson Massey, who walked four and allowed five runs in his last outing, threw the final two innings and fanned five.


Wayne.......AB..R..H..BI..................Edgecombe.....AB..R..H..BI
Massey rf-p..5..2..2..4....................Norville rf-p--cf..4..1..1..0
Gourley ss..5..2..2..2.......................Goodwyn c..4..1..2..1
Davis dh..3..1..1..1............................Ruffin dh-rf..5..0..2..0
Edgerton dh..3..1..2..1.....................Boykin ss..4..0..1..1
Wooten 1b..5..0..1..1........................Tharrington cf-p..2..0..1..1
Pilkington 3b ..5..0..1..0..0..............Smith p..0..0..0..0
Ham c..2..1..0..0...............................Arrington 2b..5..0..0..0
Wright c..3..0..0..0...........................Davis 1b..5..0..1..0
Lancaster cf..4..3..2..1......................Fairman 3b..5..1..2..0
Narron 2b..2..2..1..1..........................Wells lf..3..0..0..0
Casey lf..3..2..1..0............................................._________
..............._________........................................37..3..10..3
...............40...14...13...10

Wayne 151...300004-14...13...2
Edgecombe 210...000...000 - 3...10...4

E-Boykin 2, Davis,Fairman, Norville, Gourley DP-Wayne 1, Edgecombe 1.
LOB-Wayne 10, Edgecombe 14.
2B-Lancaster, Fairman 2, Davis, Wooten. 3B-Edgerton. HR-Massey, Gourley.
SB-Massey, Gourley 2, Davis. SF-Gourley.

.................IP..H..R..ER..BB..SO
Wayne
Bullard (W)...5..7..3..2..3..5
Rose.......2..2..0..0..2..2
Massey..2..1..0..01..5
Edgecombe
Davis (L)...3..8..9..7..1..0
Norville...2..2..1..1..1..1
Tharrington...3 2/3..1..4..4..6..5
Smith..1/3..2..0..0..0..0
WP-Tharrington. PB-Goodwyn. HBP-Casey (by Davis), Goodwyn (by Bullard),
Narron (by Tharrington).