Baseball Drops Series Finale
4/13/2008 4:24:00 AM | Baseball
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Andy Moye (Alpharetta/Alpharetta) settled down after the first, retiring 11-of-12 batters in a stretch from the second to the fifth inning. After two quick outs to start the fifth, GS committed four throwing errors during the next two at-bats, but only one run scored. Moye finished off the frame striking out Jason Altenhof.
The Eagles had a runner in scoring position with only one out in each of the first four innings but could not come up with the key hit. It took an error in the fifth to help tie the game.
With two outs, Ty Wright (Montrose/West Laurens) reached on an infield single then
The Mountaineers (18-19, 3-9) regained the lead in the sixth, taking advantage of a base hit and error all with two outs. Moye walked the next two batters to load the bases, which prompted head coach Rodney Hennon to bring in Aaron Eubanks (Moultrie/Colquitt County). He got a groundout from Rand Smith to end the scoring threat.
David Rubinstein hit a leadoff homer in the eighth then App scored an insurance run in the ninth.
The Eagles attempted a ninth inning rally. With one out, David Richardson (Dahlonega/Lumpkin County) and Brian Pierce (Roswell/Roswell) walked. They advanced on a wild pitch. Jeremy Beckham (Griffin/Griffin) brought home one run on a RBI groundout. Wright stepped to the plate, representing the tying run, but he was retired on a popup to end the game.
Moye (2-4) turned in his best outing of the year, allowing just one earned run (three in all) in a career-long 5.2 innings pitched. He walked three and struck out three. Eubanks gave up two runs over the final 3.1 innings.
Wright, Porter and Beckham combined for six of the team's eight hits.
