Widmer perfect at the plate: 4-4. Colbourne 3-4.
6:00 p.m. Triad Bulls 9, Battery Cannons 2016’s - 3 - FINAL in 6 innings
Headline: Alec Widmer perfect from the plate 4-4. Craig Colbourne 3-4. Matty Edwards a complete game on the hill!!
The Bulls started the game with 3 straight singles (O'Brien, Widmer, Colbourne) and Colbourne's single scored Davis O'Brien for a 1-0 lead. After Ryan Harrell walked, Nathan Harrell's sac fly scored Widmer to put the Bulls up 2-0. Josh Byrd walked and then Craig Colbourne scored on Isaac Campbell's infield ground ball. End of the 1st, Bulls up 3-0.
The Bulls added a 3rd inning run when Matty Edwards singled to bring home Nathan Harrell and gave the Bulls a 4-0 lead.
The Cannon's cut the lead to 4-1 with a 4th inning run.
The Bulls broke the game open in the top of the 5th with 4 runs to go up 8-1. Matty Edwards hit his second consecutive RBI single, this time scoring Josh Byrd. Alec Widmer singled to score Isaac Campbell. Ryan Harrell scored on a wild pitch to Craig Colbourne and then Craig knocked in Davis O'Brien with a single.
The Cannon's kept firing and scored 2 in the bottom of the 5th to cut the Bulls lead to 8-3.
In the top of the 6th, the Bulls scored their final run when Drew Tiano's infield ground ball scored Josh Byrd.
Matty Edwards shut 'em down in the bottom of the 6th to end the game.
Bulls pitching: Matty Edwards threw all 6 innings for a complete game. Matty allowed 6 hits, 3 runs, walked 2 and struck out 3. Nice job Matty!
Leading hitters for the Bulls:The Bulls put 14 hits on the board (14-30). Alec Widmer (4-4 with 1 RBI), Craig Colbourne (3-4 with 2 RBI's), Nathan Harrell (2-3 with a double and 1 RBI), Josh Byrd (2-3), Matty Edwards (2-4 with 2 RBI's) and Davis O'Brien (1-3).
| BOX SCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
R |
H |
E |
| Triad Bulls |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Battery Cannons 2016’s |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Date: June 13, 2015
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Avery County High School
