Eastern Randolph Post 81 come from behind to beat Rowan County Post 342, 10-9

Courtesy of Seth Arrington with Eastern Randolph baseball…

Eastern Randolph Post 81 come from behind to beat Rowan County Post 342, 10-9
Carmine Pagano(Southeast Guilford) went 2-4/Run/BB for ER…..

With the score tied at nine in the eighth inning, Easton Jones came to the plate and singled, scoring Bryson Beck.

Jones was solid at the plate for Eastern Randolph Post 81. Jones went 3-5, drove in one and scored one run.

Both squads had things going at the plate, tallying 19 runs and 29 hits, including six extra base hits. There were eight pitchers used in the game as the two managers searched for any way to finish it off.

Ryne Yates racked up two RBIs on two hits for Eastern Randolph Post 81. He homered in the sixth inning and singled in the eighth inning.

JT Moore got it done on the hill on the way to a win. He allowed two runs over 3 1/3 innings. Moore struck out none, walked three and gave up six hits.

Alec Hamilton was the game’s losing pitcher. He lasted just two innings, walked none, struck out one, and allowed three runs.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 closer DJ Laxton put away the final six outs to record the save.

In the top of the first, Eastern Randolph Post 81 grabbed the early lead, 3-0. Jones singled to ignite Eastern Randolph Post 81’s offense. The scoreboard lit up again for Eastern Randolph Post 81 when Beck scored on an error and Jones scored on an RBI single by Jacob Sipe.

One Rowan County Post 342 baserunners came all the way around to score in each of the first, third and sixth. In the first, Rowan County Post 342 scored on a groundout by Juan Garcia, bringing home Harrison Baucom.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 scored three runs in the sixth inning, and then followed it up with three more in the eighth. In the sixth, Eastern Randolph Post 81 scored on an RBI double by Sipe, scoring Carmine Pagano.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 went up for the duration of the game after the eighth inning. Additional runs came from a groundout by Brayden King and an RBI single by Beck.

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
ER81       3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 10 17 3
RC342      1 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 9 12 4
BATTING
Eastern Ra… AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
B King 5 1 0 1 1 1 3
B Beck 5 3 2 1 0 1 1
H Curtis 5 0 3 0 0 0 2
E Jones 5 1 3 1 0 1 1
D Laxton 4 0 0 2 0 1 6
C Pagano 4 1 2 0 1 0 2
J Sipe 4 1 3 2 1 1 2
G White 2 0 0 0 0 2 3
 R Yates 3 2 2 2 0 0 2
C Aldridge 5 1 2 0 0 1 3
Totals 42 10 17 9 3 8 10
Rowan Cou… AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
H Baucom 3 3 1 1 3 0 0
M Caldwell 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
J Garcia 4 0 0 2 0 0 6
R Myers 4 1 1 0 1 1 1
H Mitchem 3 2 3 2 2 0 0
D Ritchie 5 0 2 1 0 0 5
K Otto 5 1 2 1 0 0 1
J Simpson 4 1 2 1 1 0 0
L Poteat 5 1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals 35 9 12 8 10 2 10
1B: Beck 2, Curtis 3, Jones 3, Sipe 2, Yates, Aldridge 2
2B: Pagano 2, Sipe HR: Yates TB: Beck 2, Curtis 3, Jones
3, Pagano 4, Sipe 4, Yates 5, Aldridge 2 SF: Laxton Team
LOB: 10
1B: Baucom, Myers, Mitchem 3, Ritchie 2, Otto 2, Poteat
2B: Simpson 2 TB: Baucom, Myers, Mitchem 3, Ritchie 2,
Otto 2, Simpson 4, Poteat SF: Garcia SB: Baucom, Otto
CS: Otto Team LOB: 10
PITCHING
Eastern Ran… IP H R ER BB SO HR
J Hudson 3.2 5 7 7 7 1 0
J Moore 3.1 6 2 1 3 0 0
D Laxton 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 9 8 10 2 0
Rowan Coun… IP H R ER BB SO HR
H Shepherd 6.0 8 6 3 2 7 1
N Jarrett 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 0
A Hamilton 2.0 5 3 2 0 1 0
C Fries 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
H Mitchem 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 17 10 6 3 8 1
WP: Moore SV: Laxton P-S: Hudson 80-40, Moore 69-38,
Laxton 24-15
LP: Hamilton P-S: Shepherd 94-60, Jarrett 9-6, Hamilton
25-19, Fries 2-2, Mitchem 11-6