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Foley Miscues Open
Floodgates For Daphne
By DANIEL BOYETTE -
Baldwin Register Sports Reporter
Gulf Shores,
AL (February 19, 2010) -- Daphne took advantage of two
Foley errors on one play in the fourth inning to score three
runs and break open a tie game en route to a 10-4 win
Wednesday night in the Hank Aaron Classic.
With runners on first and second
and the score tied 3-3, Daphne's Jordan Blanchette hit the
ball to right field, where it was misplayed. Both runners
scored and Blanchette was able to reach home due to an
errant throw to third base.
Dillon Schaniel got his first
career win, going four innings and allowing three runs on
three hits with three strikeouts and four walks. Sam Gresham
gave up a run in one inning of relief and Tyler Berridge
tossed two scoreless innings for the Trojans.
"We had some young pitchers on
the mound; the first two pitchers have not had any varsity
experience, so they did a good job," said DHS coach Joe
Hutchins, whose team improved to 3-0. "It's a learning
experience. They've got to work on getting ahead in counts
and working the game a little faster, but I thought they did
a good job for their first time out."
Jamin Graham (0-1) took the
loss, allowing four earned runs on four hits over four
innings with two strikeouts and four walks.
Foley (2-1) got within two with
a run in the top of the fifth, but Daphne answered with a
run in its half of the inning and added three more in the
sixth.
Tyler Powell drove in two runs
for Daphne and Kyle Reese had a RBI triple. Schaniel, Russ
Mosley and Berridge also drove in one run each for the
Trojans.
Taylor Wheaton, Zach Hughes and
Eric Fontaine had one RBI apiece for the Lions, who play
Mary Montgomery at 7 p.m. tonight at Hank Aaron Stadium in
Mobile.
Daphne's perfect showing in
regional site play will allow the Trojans a shot to claim
the tourney title. Daphne plays Fairhope at 7 p.m. Monday at
Hank Aaron Stadium with the winner advancing to Tuesday's
championship game.
"We're going to play a real good
team next time. It's going to be somebody that's 3-0 and
we're going to have to play better," Hutchins said.
"Tonight, we made a couple of errors and we let (Foley) get
a couple of rallies and did a couple of things we shouldn't
have done. But all in all, we played OK. But we know from
now on, our schedule gets really tough. We're going to have
to step up our game and have a couple of days of good
practice and be ready to go." |
