The East Coweta
Indians took advantage of early miscues by the Newnan Cougars
to take an early that held in a 12-6 victory in a freshman baseball
game played Saturday in Sharpsburg.
By virtue of the
victory, the Indians are now 3-0 on the season as they prepare to
face the Whitewater Wildcats in a series involving the freshman,
junior varsity and varsity teams of the two programs beginning at
11:00 on Monday.
The Indians took the
lead in the bottom of the first inning as Daniel Smith was hit by a
pitch and advanced to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a pair
of errors that allowed Logan Frady to reach first and advance to
third.
With Keegan Rich at
the plate, Frady was able to score on a wild pitch with the former
eventually reaching base on a walk.
Jordan Kenty and
starting pitcher Levi Wilson reached on consecutive one out walks
that loaded the bases with Kaleb Gardner coming to the plate.
The first pitch hit
the dirt and Rich was able to come home with the final run of the
frame as the Cougars were able to avoid further damage.
In the bottom of the
second inning, EC extended the lead to 6-0 as Frady reached on an
error and Rich reached on a walk before Jacob Burgess had an RBI
single.
A force play, an
infield error that allowed a run preceded a walk and an RBI single by
Gardner that accounted for the final run of the frame.
The Indians added to
the run total in the bottom of the third inning as Leonard and
Quinlan Wiley led off by reaching on consecutive infield errors.
Leonard was erased
on a force play at third, but Frady followed with a solid single to
left that brought Wiley and Smith home and the EC lead was 8-0.
The Cougars came
back in the top of the fourth inning as AJ Gould was hit by a pitch
and Mason Bervadi reached on a fielders choice before a walk to
Hunter Keith loaded the bases.
A wild pitch scored
Gould to eliminate the shutout while Bervadi scored on a bases loaded
walk to cut the margin to 8-2
A stolen base of
home by Malik Truitt cut the Newnan deficit cut
the margin to 8-3 and a bases loaded walk
to Jackson Youngblood accounted for the final run of the frame and
the EC lead was 8-4.
In the bottom of the
fourth inning, the Indians regained some of the runs they surrendered
as Kenty singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch and advanced to
third on a sacrifice bunt by Gardner before scoring on a wild pitch.
The second run of
the inning came as Ashton DeLoach was able to score on an infield
error by the Cougars and the lead 10-4.
The Cougars cut the
score to 10-5 in the top of the fifth inning as Bervadi reached on a
two out walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and after stealing
third was able to score when Russell was hit by a pitch with the
bases loaded.
The Indians scored
their final two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as DeLoach was
hit by a pitch and stole second base before coming home courtesy of a
fielders choice hit by Daniel Smith.
Jonathan Williams,
who reached on a walk earlier in the inning, came home with the final
EC on an error by a Newnan infielder.
The final run of the
game came in the top of the seventh inning as Gould led off for the
Cougars with an a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch before
scoring on an infield error.
Wilson pitched the
first three innings for EC before he was replaced in the fourth
inning by Wiley who eventually gave way later in the game to Frady.
Austin Thomas
started for Newnan and pitched one inning before several other
hurlers worked the remainder of the game.
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