Martin vs DeSoto

Game Summary
 The JV Warriors went to Desoto to face off against the Eagles. The Warriors put 5 on the board during the top of the first and never looked back. Dillon Dawson, Alec Shurack, Russell Metcalf and Travis Yost all hit singles, Tony Rizzotti hit a double, Cameron Shultz and Felix Martinez drew walks and Kyle Chatham took first on an Eagle error. In the bottom of the first although Trey Thompson walked the first Eagle he faced the next three batters went down in order. The first out was a bunt to move the runner to second, Thompson threw to Rizzotti at first for the out, the next was a pop up to Shurack at second and the final out of the inning was a strike out looking. The second inning wasn’t as productive for the Warriors with the only base runner being Trevor Slocum who was hit by a pitch. The first Desoto hitter in the second flew out to Martinez in right field and the next two batters went down swinging. Despite Martinez hitting a single during the third the Warriors were once again held scoreless. Thompson struck out the side during their half of the third inning. In the fourth the Warriors went wild. The inning included two hits from Yost, a double and a single, two singles from both Shurack and Martinez, singles from Slocum and Shultz, Rizzotti drawing a walk and Chatham reaching twice due to errors. Other Warriors that got on due to errors were Dawson, Shultz, Slocum and Rizzotti. Warriors went two full time through the line up before the batters turned to opposite hand hitting and bunts being laid down to the pitcher to stop the bleeding. Thompson struck out the first two Eagle up during the fourth, walked the third and the fourth got the only Eagle hit for the night. The final batter of the game hit back to Thompson who fielded the ball and threw the runner out at first to wrap up the game 18 – 0 Warriors. Thompson faced 15 batters, struck out 8, walked 2 and gave up 1 hit.


Box Scores

Pitcher: Thompson (W)

Catchers: Chatham

Multiple Hits: 3 Hits: Yost, Shurack, Martinez, 2 Hits: Metcalf

Extra Hits: 2 B: Rizzotti, Yost, Metcalf