The American Legion playoffs -aka the second season - are here and, unlike the past two years, Wayne County Post 11 got this one started in a positive fashion.
Garrett Davis turned in his usual spectacular performance on the mound and did more damage with his bat as Wayne drew first blood in its best-of-three playoff series with Rocky Mount Post 58 Monday night with a 5-1 win at Mount Olive College.
Tonight's game will be played at Rocky Mount Academy. T.J. Hinson will start on the mound for Post 11.
Wayne coach Brad Reaves had planned to start Davis in the second game but decided to switch because of the possibility of bad weather all week. The team that wins the first game wins the series if the other team wins game two but the series is not finished.
Davis was making his first start after five relief appearances totaling nine innings. He went six innings, striking out 11 while walking two and allowing four hits.
He also provided Wayne with much needed firepower at the plate in the form of a home run and a triple.
Neither team took full advantage of its opportunities. Wayne had 18 runners and Rocky Mount 12.
Post 11 had two big innings. In the three-run third, Nolan Lancaster walked but was caught stealing. Chad Gurley fell behind 1-2 before walking. Jackson Massey then hit a 3-2 fastball to left and wound up at third after the fielder failed on a diving attempt to catch the liner.
He scored on Walker Gourley's grounder. Rocky Mount starter Zach Woodley fell behind Davis 2-0 and served up a fastball that cleared the right field fence in a hurry.
The runners continued for Wayne over the next two innings but without any runs to show for it as the team stranded seven.
Davis left after having thrown 89 pitches. It was then up to Massey to hold the lead. He didn't get off to a good start. Leadoff batter Adam Hodges reached on a single and later scored on a two-out error. But Massey picked off that runner to end the inning.
Wayne came back to give Massey some breathing room in the home half. Davis tripled with one out, and John Wooten walked. Jay Rose's grounder was bobbled as the second baseman attempted to throw to second. Will Edgerton bunted his way on base, and Zack Wright was hit by a pitch to force in a run. But again, the promise of a bigger inning fizzled as the next two batters struck out.
Rocky Mount had its own frustrating inning in the eighth. Andrew Webb drew a leadoff walk, and Brian Allen singled to left to put Rocky Mount in a position to rally. But Massey was again up to the task, as he struck out the next batter on three pitches and got the other two outs on popups.
Rocky Mount...AB..R..H..BI.........Wayne............AB..R..H..BI
Moore cf..........4..0..0..0................Massey rf-p..4..1..1..1
Webb ss...........2..0..1..0................Gourley ss......5..0..0..1
Macklin rf........4..0..0..0...............Davis p-rf.......5..2..3..2
Womble 1b......4..0..0..0................Wooten 3b.....2..1..0..0
Berry 3b...........4..0..0..0...............Rose 1b...........2..0..0..1
Hodges dh-2b..3..1..1..0................Edgerton lf.....4..0..2..0
Pearce c............4..0..1..0................Lancaster cf...3..0..1..0
Cockrell lf..........4..0..2..0...............Gurley 2b.......3..1..0..0
..........................._______....................................._______
............................31...1...7...0..................................31...5...8...5
RM.........000..000..100 - 1..7..2
Wayne...003...000..10X - 5..8..1
E-Webb, Rose,Hodges. DP-RM 1, Wayne 1. 3B-Massey, Davis.
HR-Davis. SB-Gurley. CS-Lancaster, Massey, Moore. S-Allen.
RM.................IP..H..R..ER..BB..SO..NP
Woodley (L).....6...6...3...3...5...5...109
Allen..................2...2..2..1..1..3...33
Wayne
Davis (W)..........6...4...0...0...2...11...89
Massey...............3...3...1...1...1...2...46
WP-Massey, PB-Pearce, Wright. HBP-Webb (by Davis), Wright (by Allen), Massey,
(by Allen),
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