Chili Dogs (Argila) score early, often in victory

PEACHTREE CITY-The Home Plate Chili Dogs (Argila) scored in every inning behind a 14-hit attack Monday afternoon to defeat Top Prospect West 14-1 in a WWBA 17U tournament game at Home Plate that was called after five innings.
The Chili Dogs will face BPA Tuesday morning at 10:15 at Home Plate while the TPB squad will play in Cartersville.
The Chili Dogs started their scoring binge in the top of the first inning as Jett Lowery (Newnan) was hit by a pitch, stole second and came home on a one out double by Sean White (Starr's Mill) who scored on a double by Michael Maginnis (Newnan).
In the bottom of the first, TPB cut the lead in half with two outs as Larson Scholz (Asheville, NC) drilled a 2-0 offering over the left field fence for a solo home run.
However, the Chili Dogs took the run back as Kile Greenwald (Whitewater) drilled a pitch to same area as Scholz' solo home run and the lead was 3-1.
After the inning's first out, Logan Spivey (Upson-Lee) and Daniel Courtney (Starr's Mill) had back-to-back singles then scored on a two out double by Garrett Carter (Ola).
The Chili Dogs took a 5-1 lead into the top of the third inning when they added four more runs to assume a 9-1 cushion that was never in jeopardy.
Maginnis reached on an infield error that allowed him to reach second, advanced to third when Ben Moseley (Starr's Mill) grounded out and came home on a single by Quinlan WIley (East Coweta).
Greenwald singled and Whitewater teammate Chris Buchanan was hit by a pitch before Spivey had a single that scored Wiley.
A single by Courtney, a sacrifice fly by Lowery accounted for the other two runs of the frame.
The lead was more than enough for starting pitcher Connor Smith (Trinity, Sharpsburg) who pitched solid after the home run by Scholz.
He would complete his three-inning stint allowing three hits and recording five strikeouts.
TPB made a pitching change to start the top of the fourth inning but Home Plate continued to add to the lead as White drilled a solo home run over the right field fence that increased the advantage to 10-1.
Austin Hendricks (Upson-Lee) pitched a perfect bottom of the fourth inning with a pair of strikeouts that allowed his teammates to come off the field and add to the lead.
Greenwald reached on an infield error and with one out moved to second as Spivey reached on an infield single.
Courtney followed with a walk and with two outs, Dekel Williams (East Coweta) and Hendricks followed with bases loaded walks that resulted in runs.
Maginnis closed the scoring barrage with a two run single. Jake Willis (Whitewater) closed the game in the bottom of the fifth with a quick frame.