FAIRMONT- Fairmont rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat West Bladen 5-3 Saturday night in the opening round of the Robeson County Baseball Slugfest.
The Tornadoes pushed across single runs in the third and fourth innings to tie the game, then Seth Throndyke doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The Knights scored all 3 of their runs in the third inning. Freshman catcher Jake Butler drew a walk, and his courtesy runner, Cody Garner, was sacrificed to second base by senior Weston Pidgeon.
Senior Jarrett Williams was hit by a pitch, and senior Trent West knocked in Garner with a single. Scott Bowen walloped a double to deep-rightcenterfield that scored Williams and Trent West and put the Knights up 3-1.
Bowen finished 2-3 at the plate with the 2-run double to lead the Knight offense. Senior Caleb Sholar also batted 2-3, and senior T. J. Guyton was 2-4 at the plate with a double. Trent West’s rbi single accounted for the other West Bladen hit.
Sholar pitched 5-plus innings for West Bladen, and Bowen relieved him in the sixth inning.
“We put the ball in play but except for that one inning we hit it at people,” said Knight Coach Kim Cain. “We only had one error in the game, and Jonathan Ashworth made a diving catch in rightfield to save us a couple of runs.”
Randy Floyd pitched the complete game victory for Fairmont and scored 2 runs. Hunter Watts drove in 2 runs for the Golden Tornadoes.
West Bladen will play South Robeson Monday at 10 a.m. in a consolation bracket game.
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