MOUNTAINEER BASEBALL

Blue Rallies to Beat Black in Game #1
Story by Staff – 11/03/09

The Eastern Baseball Team began their fall World Series on Monday.  Despite falling behind twice, the Blue Team rallied to defeat the Black Team 9-5.

Team Black took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning on a RBI ground out by Chris Munoz.  After Coleman Rhoades scored on a throwing error, Munoz delivered again in the top of the 2nd inning with a two out RBI single.  Trailing 3-0, the Black Team scored 1 run on a throwing error in the bottom of the 2nd.  Neither team scored until the 5th inning.  Rhoades hit a RBI single to put the Black Team up 4-1.  The Blue Team escaped further damage, when Tyler Vann induced a bases loaded double play to end the inning.  In the bottom of the 5th inning, Sam King tied the game with a three run home run.  Team Black took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 6th inning on a RBI double by Nathan Goodall.  The Blue Team responded again with five runs in the bottom of the 6th.  Houston Slemp lead off the inning with a home run and then King drove in a run with a double.  Anthony Trevino doubled home two more runs and later scored on a wild pitch.  Andrew Watson tossed a scoreless 7th giving the Blue Team the victory.

TEAMS  1  2  3  4  5  6  7    R   H   E
Black     1  2  0  0  1  1  0     5    7   4

Blue      0  1  0  0  3  5  x      9   10  1

WP: Burke

LP: Dilling

Leading Players:

Black: Coleman Rhoades 2-3 (BB, run), Tyler Sparks (3 IP, 1 run, 3 hits, 3 K’s)
Blue: Houston Slemp 2-4 (HR, run, RBI), Sam King 2-4 (2B, HR, 2 runs 4 RBI’s), Anthony Trevino 4-4 (2B, SB, run, 2 RBI’s), Tyler Vann (2 IP, 1 run, 2 hits, K), Andrew Watson (IP, 0 runs)