ELIZABETHTOWN – South Columbus’ N. Thompson, Levi Stocks and A. Sumner cracked singles that produced the tying run in the 6th inning as the Stallions and East Bladen battled to a 5-5 tie in their Waccamaw Conference junior varsity baseball opener that was halted due to the time limit.
The Eagles, now 1-1-2, and the Stallions (0-2-1), are scheduled to meet again Friday at South Columbus.
East Bladen snapped a 4-4 tie with a 5th inning run. Torrean Cogdell ripped a double to left field, and Colton Daly yanked a single to right field. An error on the play scored Cogdell. Isaiah Lee blasted a double to left field to put 2 Eagles in scoring position, but 2 fly outs and a pickoff ended the threat.
Daly batted 2-for-3 with a run batted in to lead the Eagle hitters. Lee and Cogdell hammered doubles, and Tyler Eason walloped a triple. Cogdell scored 2 runs, and Zach Sholar, Braylon Cromartie and Cade Rogers scored 1 run each.
Cromartie started and pitched 5 innings for East allowing 4 unearned runs on 4 hits and 5 walks while striking out 5. Easton Bostic worked an inning of relief and gave up a run on 3 hits while striking out 1.
Stocks batted 2-for-4 with a run scored to lead the South hitters. Landon Hathoway pitched 3 innings and gave up 4 runs on 2 hits and 5 walks while striking out 5. D. Ward worked 2 innings of relief and allowed a run on 3 hits while striking out 4.
Three Eagle errors and a walk produced a pair of South runs in the 1st inning. Walks to Sholar and Cogdell started the East 1st inning. Daly knocked in Sholar with a single to right. Rogers, the courtesy runner for Daly, stole 2nd base and a Stallion error on the play scored Cogdell. Rogers advanced on Eason’s fly ball then darted home on a wild pitch for a 3-2 East lead.
Cromartie drew a 2-out walk in the Eagle 2nd inning, raced to 3rd base on an error by the pitcher then stole home on the back-end of a double steal with Sholar who had walked to pad the lead to 4-2.
Two walks, an error and L. Nance’s RBI-single resulted in 2 South runs in the 3rd inning that tied the game 4-4.
South Columbus 202 001 — 5-7-4
East Bladen 310 010 — 5-5-6
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