Pitching solid in pair of games in 18U tournament at Home Plate

PEACHTREE CITY-For the exception of one half-inning, runs were at a premium in games played Wednesday afternoon at the Home Plate Complex during the 18U Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association tournament.
Two games involved the Sox team of Senoia who faced the Mavz GA White team out of Peachtree City in the opener and finished with the BigStix out of McDonough.
In game one, four pitchers allowed two hits in seven innings as the Sox defeated the Mavz 3-0 while the BigStix scored all of their runs in the bottom of the third inning to come away with a 4-2 win over the Sox.

Former East Coweta player Caleb Cashion retired
all six batters he faced in the 3-0 win over the Mavz.

The Sox generated most of their offense in the top of the first inning as former Northgate Viking Christian Dyer reached on a fielders choice and with two outs Dyer's former high school teammate Donovan Cash reached on a dropped third strike.
Both came home as former Whitewater player Chris Buchanan lined a double to center field.
Mavz starting pitcher Jacob Thompson from Starr's Mill settled down and retired seven of the next eight before allow a single in the top of the fourth inning to East Coweta grad Jordan Kenty.
After Kenty was caught trying to steal second base, the Sox still had a chance to add to the lead as Cash doubled and Buchanan reached on a walk but Thompson was able to induce a pair of flyballs to end the threat.
Meanwhile, the combination of Brad Grasser (McIntosh), Caleb Cashion (East Coweta), Andrew Villiger (McIntosh) was holding the Mavz in check as they had a string of 14 consecutive batters retired after the second inning.

In a losing cause, the Mavz' Jacob Thompson gave
his club a quality start in four and one-third innings

The Mavz received solid pitching in the game from starter Jacob Thompson (Starr's Mill) who despite allowing the first two runs of the game was able to keep the Sox off base during his stint.
After recording his sixth strikeout of the day and allowing a walk in the top of the fifth inning, Thompson was replaced by former Whitewater Wildcats Jacob Bringuel who retired the next two batters in the frame and pitched through the sixth inning with the help of a 6-4-3 double play.
In the top of the seventh inning, Bringuel surrendered a walk to Cash and after two outs, hit Cashion and surrendered a single to J.J. Freed (East Coweta) that scored Cash then was relived by
Ryan Barber (East Coweta) who ended the frame.
Villiger manged to pitch into the seventh inning by getting a ground out before an infield error allowed Will Betsill (Whitewater) to reach.
After recording a strikeout, Villiger was replaced by Cash who allowed a pair of baserunners before ending the game by recording a strikeout.

In game two, the Sox' Jack Seppings (Landmark Christian) and the BigStix' Koby Dunn (George Walton Academy) manged to get through the first couple of innings with allowing a run.
The Sox would get on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning as Zachary Carlton (East Coweta) reached on a one out walk and scored on a two out single by Cash.
Dyer scored the second run when he came home from third when Buchanan was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, the BigStix responded with scoring four times to take the lead.
With one out in the frame, three straight batters reached before Jaden Oden (Dutchtown) had an RBI single with a sacrifice fly and two run scoring singles to follow.
There weren't any more scoring threats as  the Sox had two batters reach base in the final four innings while the BigStix saw nine of 10 retire.