Lynn Burke
03-28-2007, 08:40 AM
STORY: Tabb 7, Grafton 2
By Jason Jordan
jjordan@dailypress.com
YORK — Experience told Tabb High baseball coach Doug Baggett that no matter the slight lead his team held or how efficient it had been defensively through three innings, when it’s playing at cross-town rival Grafton, a Clippers’ run is imminent.
But Baggett didn’t want the Tigers to withstand the Clippers’ run.
“I wanted them to answer it with our own run,” he said. “We knew we’d have to score runs.”
They did.
Tabb reeled off four runs in the last three innings to roll past Grafton 7-2 on Tuesday.
The win kept Tabb undefeated and snapped a two-game winning streak by the Clippers, in which they had outscored Bruton and Southampton 27-4 last week.
“I feel comfortable with the entire lineup hitting,” Baggett said. “I know that they can get it done from top to bottom.”
The Tigers got it done from the beginning.
Gerald Zingraf singled to center field to score pinch runner Jeff Schrott in the top of the first to take an early 1-0 lead.
Then in the top of the second, Brice Earnhardt blasted John Bayse’s fastball over the centerfield fence, and in the top of the fourth, Davey Everheart singled to center field to score Cody Brown, giving Tabb a 3-0 lead.
Tabb’s tough defense forced Grafton to leave eight runners on base through the first three innings, but the Clippers got things rolling in the bottom of the fourth.
First, Ryan Wagner scored Tyler Tweedy, and then Sam Hawkins singled to center field to score Tristan Maldanado, cutting the Tigers’ lead to 3-2.
“That put a little more pressure on us,” said Everheart, who went 3-of-4 and managed two RBI. “They were trying to come back.”
The Tigers answered with two runs in the top of the fifth and two more in the top of the seventh to secure the win.
“We never have any doubts when we go to bat,” said Ryan Nichol, who went 3-for-4. “We just know we’re gonna put the ball on that bat. Especially against our rivals.”
Baggett said that the game was Tabb’s most complete of the young season.
“Defensively we did a great job again,” he said. “And the bunt job came up big for us again. The pitching wasn’t what it has been, but I’m not disappointed with it. I’m just pleased that they played defense the way they did.”
TABB 7, GRAFTON 2
Tabb 110 120 2 — 7 14 1
Grafton 000 200 0 — 2 4 4
WP — Guy (2-0). LP — Bayse (0-2). Standouts — Tabb, Everheart 3-4 (2 RBI), Zingraf 2-5 (RBI), Earnhardt 2-4 (RBI, home run), Nichol 3-4, Patrick 2-4 (RBI). Records — Tabb 4-0, 4-0 Bay Rivers, Grafton 2-2, 2-2. «
By Jason Jordan
jjordan@dailypress.com
YORK — Experience told Tabb High baseball coach Doug Baggett that no matter the slight lead his team held or how efficient it had been defensively through three innings, when it’s playing at cross-town rival Grafton, a Clippers’ run is imminent.
But Baggett didn’t want the Tigers to withstand the Clippers’ run.
“I wanted them to answer it with our own run,” he said. “We knew we’d have to score runs.”
They did.
Tabb reeled off four runs in the last three innings to roll past Grafton 7-2 on Tuesday.
The win kept Tabb undefeated and snapped a two-game winning streak by the Clippers, in which they had outscored Bruton and Southampton 27-4 last week.
“I feel comfortable with the entire lineup hitting,” Baggett said. “I know that they can get it done from top to bottom.”
The Tigers got it done from the beginning.
Gerald Zingraf singled to center field to score pinch runner Jeff Schrott in the top of the first to take an early 1-0 lead.
Then in the top of the second, Brice Earnhardt blasted John Bayse’s fastball over the centerfield fence, and in the top of the fourth, Davey Everheart singled to center field to score Cody Brown, giving Tabb a 3-0 lead.
Tabb’s tough defense forced Grafton to leave eight runners on base through the first three innings, but the Clippers got things rolling in the bottom of the fourth.
First, Ryan Wagner scored Tyler Tweedy, and then Sam Hawkins singled to center field to score Tristan Maldanado, cutting the Tigers’ lead to 3-2.
“That put a little more pressure on us,” said Everheart, who went 3-of-4 and managed two RBI. “They were trying to come back.”
The Tigers answered with two runs in the top of the fifth and two more in the top of the seventh to secure the win.
“We never have any doubts when we go to bat,” said Ryan Nichol, who went 3-for-4. “We just know we’re gonna put the ball on that bat. Especially against our rivals.”
Baggett said that the game was Tabb’s most complete of the young season.
“Defensively we did a great job again,” he said. “And the bunt job came up big for us again. The pitching wasn’t what it has been, but I’m not disappointed with it. I’m just pleased that they played defense the way they did.”
TABB 7, GRAFTON 2
Tabb 110 120 2 — 7 14 1
Grafton 000 200 0 — 2 4 4
WP — Guy (2-0). LP — Bayse (0-2). Standouts — Tabb, Everheart 3-4 (2 RBI), Zingraf 2-5 (RBI), Earnhardt 2-4 (RBI, home run), Nichol 3-4, Patrick 2-4 (RBI). Records — Tabb 4-0, 4-0 Bay Rivers, Grafton 2-2, 2-2. «