Post 11 Stays Unbeaten with Doubleheader Sweep

Note: I will post the season statistics tomorrow. Edgecombe box is here.
The Garner box is here. It's almost two. Time for some beauty sleep.

Note 2:

Post 39 defeated New Bern Post 24:

Runs Hits Errors
Post 39 7 14 5
Post 24 5 9 4


It was a good day for the home team, and a great day for its shortstop.

Walker Gourley had six hits, including three doubles, drove in five runs and stole four bases as Wayne County Post 11 remained undefeated with a double header sweep of non-division opponents in the sweltering heat at Southern Wayne High School Sunday afternoon and evening.

Wayne's unusual schedule continues unabated as it will take another week off before resuming Area I East South Division play Monday, June 16 at home against New Bern Post 24.

Gourley drove in four runs in the opener as Wayne (1-0, 6-0) defeated North Division foe Edgecombe County 8-3. In the nightcap, John Wooten had three hits and drove in three runs in a 7-2 win over Area I West member Garner Post 232.

Gourley gave his team a 2-0 lead in the third inning against Edgecombe with a double to center field. Edgecombe tied it in the fourth before Post 11 got those runs back in the fifth with the aid of two wild pitches and two walks. Gourley was part of a first-and-third double steal with Tyler Edwards.

Wayne added four in the sixth for all the cushion it needed. Edwards and Gourley produced consecutive two-run singles to center to make itj 8-2.

Michael Douglas went five innings for the win and stayed away from the big inning despite allowing six hits and two walks. Both of his runs were unearned.

Garner's porous defense and anemic offense helped Wayne in the second game. Taylor Allen went four strong innings before running into trouble in the fifth. Adron Hollowell relieved him with runners on first and second with no outs and a run home. Garner managed only one more run in the inning and couldn't mount any threats against Hollowell the rest of the way.

Gourley doubled home one run in the two-run first, and Wayne took advantage of four errors in the third to score three more to take a 5-0 lead. Wooten and Thomas Pilkington had RBI singles.

Wooten drove in two more runs an inning later with his third hit.

Wayne continues to score an exceptionally good number of runners and is doing an excellent job at run prevention. Over half of Post 11's runners have made it home while less than a third of the opposition's has.