Early lead gives Eastern Randolph Post 81 victory over Kernersville Post 36, 12-2

American Legion Baseball results courtesy of Seth Arrington….
Early lead gives Eastern Randolph Post 81 victory over Kernersville Post 36, 12-2

Eastern Randolph Post 81 jumped out to an early lead on Kernersville Post 36 and captured a 12-2 victory on Wednesday.

With five runs in the first three innings, Eastern Randolph Post 81 left no doubt about the eventual outcome.

An RBI single by Hunter Curtis, an RBI single by DJ Laxton, and a groundout by Nick Nelson during the first inning and an RBI double by Curtis and an RBI single by Zack Burke in the second inning fueled Eastern Randolph Post 81’s offense early.
Curtis got a hit in each of his four at bats.

Bailey Steed kept contact to a minimum, striking out six Kernersville Post 36 batters. Steed allowed two earned runs on seven hits and no walks over six innings.

Dylan Tuttle was charged with the loss. He allowed 10 runs in 3 2/3 innings, walked none and struck out one.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 built upon its lead with five runs in the fourth. The inning got off to a hot start when Curtis singled, bringing home Carmine Pagano. That was followed up by Laxton’s single, plating Curtis.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 piled on two more runs in the bottom of the seventh. A double by Burke ignited the offense,, bringing home Brayden King. That was followed up by Easton Jones’s single, plating Curtis.

          1 2 3 4 5 6 7    R H  E
K36       0 0 0 0 0 2 0    2 7  1
ER81      3 2 0 5 0 0 2   12 19 1

BATTING

Kernersville… AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
L Sheets       4 0 0 0   0   1 0
J Nester       4 0 1 0   0   1 1
B Edwards      3 0 1 0   0   1 1  
C Kampfer      3 1 2 0   0   1 1
J Adkins       3 1 1 0   0   0 2
M Hailey       3 0 0 0   0   0 2
S McGee        3 0 2 2   0   1 0
M Wells        3 0 0 0   0   1 2
T Howerton     3 0 0 0   0   2 1
Totals        29 2 7 2   0   8 6


Eastern Ra…   AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
C Pagano       5 3 2 0   0   0 4
H Curtis       4 4 4 3   0   0 0
Z Burke        5 1 3 2   0   0 2
E Jones        5 1 2 1   0   0 4
D Laxton       4 1 3 2   0   0 1
N Nelson       3 0 0 1   0   1 6
F Brothers     1 0 0 0   0   0 0
B Beck         4 1 1 1   0   0 1
C Aldridge     3 0 2 1   0   0 0
 T Michaels    1 0 0 0   0   1 0
B King         3 1 2 1   1   0 0
Totals       38 12 19 12 1   2 7

1B: Edwards, Kampfer 2, Adkins, McGee 2 2B: Nester
TB: Nester 2, Edwards, Kampfer 2, Adkins, McGee 2
Team LOB: 6
1B: Curtis 3, Burke 2, Jones 2, Laxton 3, Beck, Aldridge
2, King 2 2B: Pagano 2, Curtis, Burke TB: Pagano 4,
Curtis 5, Burke 4, Jones 2, Laxton 3, Beck, Aldridge 2,
King 2 SB: Pagano Team LOB: 7

PITCHING
Kernersville…      IP  H   R ER BB SO HR
D Tuttle          3.2 16  10 8   0 1  0
J Bunting         1.1  1   0 0   0 0  0
T Howerton        1.0  0   0 0   0 1  0
H Hayse           0.1  2   2 2   1 0  0
Totals            6.1 19  12 10  1 2  0

Eastern Ran…      IP H R ER BB SO HR
B Steed          6.0 7 2 2  0  6  0
Z Burke          1.0 0 0 0  0  2  0
Totals           7.0 7 2 2  0  8  0

LP: Tuttle HBP: Hayse P-S: Tuttle 71-46, Bunting 14-9,
Howerton 15-11, Hayse 12-7
WP: Steed P-S: Steed 89