Baseball Loses in Ninth Inning to App State
4/12/2008 4:08:00 AM | Baseball
STATESBORO,
Wes Hobson led off the ninth with a single off Blake Nation (Brooks/Starr's Mill). Rand Smith hit a potential double play ball but the relay throw to first sailed past Jeremiah Parker (Carrollton/Carrollton) and Smith advanced to second. A pinch-hit double by Andrew Franco and RBI single from Adam Beasley proved to be the difference.
Ty Wright (Montrose/West Laurens) lined a two-out double in the ninth but Phillip Porter (Marietta/Sprayberry), the potential tying run, flew out to end the game.
Hobson started the scoring with a 2-run homer in the second inning. In the third Kyle Kamppi (Savannah/Benedictine Military) made quick work of the Mountaineers throwing just six pitches.
GS got on the board in its half. Jeremy Beckham (Griffin/Griffin) lined a single up the middle. He stole second then advanced to third on Wright's flyball to the warning track. Porter lined a two-out double down the left field line to bring home Beckham.
The Mountaineers (17-19, 2-9) added a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a 3-1 lead. During the fifth A.J. Wirnsberger (
Shehan and Benedict hit back-to-back doubles to start the sixth, tying the score at 3-all.
Kamppi struck out a career-high seven batters in a career-long six innings pitched. He allowed three runs on six hits and did not walk a batter. Tony Chisman (Conyers/Salem) pitched two hitless innings, striking out three. Nation (1-3) suffered the loss.
Porter tallied three hits and Shehan added two as both teams finished with nine hits.
Sherrill (1-2) gave up the one hit in two innings. Aubrey Edens allowed three runs on six hits in five innings, striking out six. Hobson had three hits and two RBI.
