Round One Ragsdale ready and moves past Parkland in Jamestown

Courtesy of Mike Ellis, with the Jamestown News:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Parkland 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 – 5 3 4
Ragsdale 3 2 2 3 0 2 x – 12 12 5

Ragsdale won their first round Piedmont Triad Conference tournament game on Wednesday night, defeating the # 6 seed Parkland Mustangs by a 12 – 5 score. With the win, the # 3 seed Tigers advance for a Semi-Final matchup with # 2 seed Southwest Guilford on Friday night at SWG at 5:00 PM.

Ragsdale scored in each of the first four innings to build up a 10 – 0 lead and appeared set to wrap the game up early. Zach Hodges was on the mound and had breezed through the first four innings allowing only one hit, a Tyler Boone double in the fourth, and had not allowed a run. Things fell apart for the Tiger defense in the fifth as Parkland sent 9 men to the plate and Ragsdale committed 4 errors. The four errors combined with a walk and one base hit allowed the Mustangs to score 5 unearned runs and prevent Ragsdale from winning by virtue of the “10 run rule”. After the disastrous fifth, Hodges only faced 6 batters over the last two innings as he collected a complete game win improving his record to 6 – 2 on the season.

Walt Sparks was the Tigers leading hitter as he went 3 for 4 with a first inning three run homer and two doubles. Sparks drove in 4 runs on the night and scored three runs. Hodges and Mike Whited had multiple hit nights for the Tigers as Hodges went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and an RBI while Whited also went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored. Ragsdale had 12 hits on the night as eight different players hit safely.

Tyler Boone got the start for the Mustangs and took the loss as he went 3 2/3 innings, giving up 10 runs on 11 hits.

Ragsdale improves to 16 – 6 and advance to the second round of the Conference Tournament. Parkland wraps up their season with a 7 – 15 record.

The Big Box Score:
Parkland at RAGSDALE
5/5/2010 Jamestown, NC (Ragsdale Baseball Field)

Parkland High School ( ) RAGSDALE HIGH SCHOOL (16-6)
Player AB R H RBI
WITHERSPOON, STEVE 2B 4 1 1 0
SURFACE, TYLER C 4 1 1 1
HENDERSON, SEAN SS 4 1 0 2
ROUSE, LAARUS 3B 2 1 0 0
BOONE, TYLER P 3 0 1 1
BASHAM, LANDON 1B 3 0 0 0
HAYNES, RYAN DH 2 0 0 0
MERCEDES, HUGO LF 3 0 0 0
MARTIN, KEENON CF 3 1 1 0
RUSSELL, JACOB RF 0 0 0 0
Total: 28 5 4 4

Player AB R H RBI
ANDERSON, DESEAN CF 3 1 1 1
FULTZ, BEN LF 4 2 0 0
SPARKS, WALT DH 4 3 3 4
STONE, BILLY RF 3 1 1 1
MORRISON, KYLE 1B 2 0 0 0
ARMWOOD, CHRIS RF 1 0 1 0
HODGES, ZACH P 3 2 2 1
WHITED, MICHEAL SS 2 2 2 0
CARSTENS, MITCH 3B 4 0 1 3
SWAIN, TREY C 3 0 1 0
DESJARDINS, GRANT PR 0 1 0 0
LEITNER, MICHAEL PH 1 0 0 0
SOUTHCOTT, TYLER 2B 0 0 0 0
Total: 30 12 12 10

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – R H E
Parkland 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 – 5 4 4
RAGSDALE 3 2 2 3 0 2 x – 12 12 5

E- WHITED, CARSTENS(2), BASHAM, HENDERSON(2), WITHERSPOON, SOUTHCOTT(2). DP- PHS(0): ; RAGS(0): . LOB- PHS(4): BOONE(2),HAYNES,HENDERSON; RAGS(6): SPARKS,WHITED(2),CARSTENS,HODGES,MORRISON. 2B- SPARKS(2), STONE, CARSTENS, BOONE. 3B- . HR- SPARKS.
IP H R ER BB SO
Parkland
BOONE, TYLER 3.2 11 10 4 3 5
RUSSELL, JACOB 2.1 1 5 3 2 1
RAGSDALE
HODGES, ZACH 7.0 4 5 0 2 6

W-HODGES, ZACH. L-BOONE, TYLER. S-. WP- . PB- SWAIN(2), SURFACE(2). BK- . HBP-
T- 00:00, A- 0