Post 81 Eastern Randolph tops Haywood County 8-3 in Round One of the American Legion State Baseball Tournament(with Full Report)

Final:Post 81 Eastern Randolph 8, Haywood County 3
WP:Bailey Steed(Southeast Guilford HS)….Carmine Pagano(Southeast Guilford HS) 1-4/3 Runs

         
              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
ER81          1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0   8  14 0
HYW           0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0   3  8  1

Post 81 in action again on Saturday….
(Courtesy of Seth Arrington)

Eastern Randolph Post 81 beats Haywood County Post 47 8-3

Easton Jones had two extra base hits, sparking Eastern Randolph Post 81 to an 8-3 victory over Haywood County Post 47 on Friday at Newman Park at Catawba College.

He doubled in the first inning, homered in the fifth inning, and singled in the third and seventh innings.
Haywood County Post 47 couldn’t get anything going as long as DJ Laxtonwas pitching. Haywood County Post 47 managed just one hit off of Laxton, who allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out one during his 2 2/3 innings of work.

Bailey Steed got the win for Eastern Randolph Post 81. He allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four, walked one and surrendered seven hits.

Bryce Burgess took the loss for Haywood County Post 47. He lasted just five innings, walked one, struck out one, and allowed five runs.

The game’s last lead went to Eastern Randolph Post 81 thanks to a first inning rally that saw one run cross the plate on an RBI double by Jones.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 matched its two-run third inning with two more in the fifth. In the third, Eastern Randolph Post 81 scored on an error, bringing home Brayden King.

Eastern Randolph Post 81 added three more runs in the top of the seventh. A single by Jones ignited the offense,, plating Hunter Curtis.

After pushing across three runs in the bottom of the seventh, Haywood County Post 47 faced just a 8-3 deficit. An RBI single by Hunter Stewart, an RBI single by Matt Ridley, and a sacrifice fly by Bret Baldwin gave Haywood County Post 47 life. Finally, Laxton got Mason Fox to ground out to end the threat.

BATTING
Eastern Ra… AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
H Curtis     5 2 2  0   0 2  0
B Beck       3 1 1  0   1 0  2
C Pagano     4 3 1  0   1 0  6
E Jones      5 1 4  5   0 1  1
D Laxton     4 0 1  1   0 0  4
J Sipe       4 0 2  1   0 0  0
R Yates      4 0 0  0   0 0  3
C Aldridge   4 0 1  0   0 1  1
B King       4 1 2  0   0 0  1
Totals      37 8 14 7   2 4  5

Haywood C… AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
M Fox       4 0 0 0    0 1   1
N Summey    4 0 1 0    0 0   0
C Raleigh   3 0 2 0    1 0   0
G McCurry   4 1 1 0    0 0   2
H Stewart   3 1 1 1    1 1   0
H Underwood 1 0 0 0    0 0   0
 J Milkey   1 0 0 0    0 1   3
T Holden    2 0 0 0    0 1   1
 M Ridley   2 0 1 1    0 0   2
Totals     30 3 8 3    2 5   6

1B: Curtis 2, Beck, Pagano, Jones 2, Laxton, Sipe 2,
Aldridge, King 2 2B: Jones HR: Jones TB: Curtis 2, Beck,
Pagano, Jones 8, Laxton, Sipe 2, Aldridge, King 2 SAC:
Beck SF: Laxton CS: Aldridge Team LOB: 5 1B: Summey, Raleigh 2, McCurry, Tatham, Stewart,
Ridley, Baldwin TB: Summey, Raleigh 2, McCurry,
Tatham, Stewart, Ridley, Baldwin SAC: Milkey SF:
Baldwin SB: Raleigh CS: Summey Team LOB: 6

PITCHING
Eastern Ran… IP H R ER BB SO HR
B Steed     6.1 7 3 3   1 4   0
D Laxton    2.2 1 0 0   1 1   0
Totals      9.0 8 3 3   2 5   0

Haywood Co… IP H R ER BB SO HR
B Burgess  5.0 7 5 4   1 1   1
E Meece    4.0 7 3 3   1 3   0
Totals     9.0 14 8 7  2 4   1

WP: Steed HBP: Steed P-S: Steed 89-52, Laxton 34-23 LP: Burgess P-S: Burgess 76-46, Meece 53-33
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