Last night was a special night. Not only did the JV and Varsity both have the honor and privilege of playing at Coolray Field (Home of the Gwinnett Stripers), but both teams walked away with wins!!!
The JV Horns beat St. Pius 2-1 and the Varsity Horns beat St. Pius 5-1.
For the JV, Joey Bellagamba went 5 1/3 awesome innings on the hill allowing only 3 hits, 0 runs, and striking out 8 before handing the ball over to Caleb Fones to close it out in the 6th and 7th. Fones went 1 2/3 innings allowing only 1 hit, 0 earned runs, and striking out 2.
The offense was led by Diego Rubio (2-2 with a run), and Jason Nisi (1-1 with 2 RBI's)
With the win, the JV improve to 3-3 on the season!!
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For the Varsity, it was pitching by committee. Zachary Murray started the game and went 2 innings allowing 1 hit, 0 runs, and struck out 4. Next was Jeremy Scott. Scott went 1 inning allowing 1 hit and 0 runs. Next was Chase Niekro. Niekro went 1 inning allowing 0 hits, 0 runs, and struck out 2. Next was Ethan Davis. Davis went 1 inning allowing 2 hits, 1 run, and struck out 1. Next was Jose Santiago. Jose went 1 inning allowing 0 hits and 0 runs. Closing it out was Mikey Kass. Kass came in for the 7th inning allowing 0 hits, 0 runs, and struck out 2.
The offense was much like the pitching where everyone played a part. The offense was led by Andrew Walton (1-1 with a walk, Sac Fly, 1 R, 1 RBI), Chase Coursey (1-2 with a double), Ben Saxon (1-2 with a single and 1 run), Ethan Cole (1-2 with an RBI double). Sean Murphy (1-2 with an RBI single), Jake Hay (1-1 with an RBI double), Joey Bellagamba (1-1 with a double and a run), and Mason Friedel (1-1 with a single).
With the win, your Varsity Longhorns finish the non-region schedule at 6-9. We open up region on Monday as we travel to Gainesville for game 1 of a 3 game series. First pitch is at 5:55pm.
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Tomorrow:
- 3:30pm 9th Grade vs Grayon @ Lanier
- 5:30pm Grayson 9's ve Peachtree Ridge 9's
- 7:30pm 9th Grade vs Peachtree Ridge
Saturday
- 11:00am 9th Grade @ North Gwinnett
- 11:00am JV vs North Gwinnett @ Lanier
- 1:30pm 9th Grade vs Peachtree Ridge @ North Gwinnett
- 4:00pm JV vs Peachtree Ridge @ Lanier