MIDDLE SCHOOL SPLITS WITH ARDMORE - BASEBALL TAZ

BASEBALL TAZ REPORTING -  MONDAY 26 AT BLAKE JONES FIELD

The Middle Devils were back in action tonight hosting a doubleheader against the Ardmore Tigers and we came away with a loss and a win.
Josh Johnson opened Game One on the mound and looked pretty good getting two quick outs before the bugaboo bit his defense and we gave up four to open the first inning. In the home half of the first,  Austin Berry drove in Johnson and Bryce Tyler
brought home Ethan Wilson to make it  2 - 4 with one inning complete.  The Tigers picked up three more gifts in the second to go up seven runs.  Elkmont's Eli Hobbs drove in Connor Norman, who had been  advanced by Johnson, to give us three run of our own. The third inning got out of hand and Ardmore had 14 runs but Norman drove in Tyler Watts and Brady Garris who was the courtesy runner for Bryce Tyler to make it 5 - 14 after three complete innings.  Travid Riggs came in as the relief pitcher for the Red Devils to finish the fourth inning and the game ended 5-19. Johnson picked up a K (strikeout) and Bryce Tyler had a solid game as catcher behind the plate.

Game Two saw Elkmont pull together when they easily could have folded and quit for the night.  Eli Hobbs opened on the mound and the defense played pretty solid behind him. The Tigers got two in the top of the first but we answered with a score by Hobbs who was brought home by Ethan Wilson to make it, 1 - 2. The score remained 1-2 thru three complete innings with Ardmore picking up two more in the top of the fourth but the Middle Devils had a big rally, surging back in the bottom of the 4th. Bryce Tyler advanced Connor Norman who was the courtesy runner for Travis Riggs and Taylor Thomas had a nice drive to score Norman. Jackson Cook then drove in Thomas and Brady Garris scored on a passed ball.  Aron Moss added a big hit to score Josh Johnson and then crossed home plate  himself on a passed ball to put us up 6 - 4 at the end of the fourth inning.  Ardmore scored two to tie the score at 6 - 6; Taylor Thomas came on in as relief to get us out of the inning,  6 - 6. Wilson opened the bottom of the fifth with a single that was mishandled, allowing him to advance to second and then third on a passed ball.  Riggs took care of the rest with a drive up the middle to score Wilson and the good guys won, 7 - 6.

Eli Hobbs picked up three Ks (strikeouts) and Taylor Thomas had one in relief. The Middle Devils will be in action tomorrow traveling to Decatur Heritage. Taz out!!!!! 


Book Stats:  Allison Garris

Game 1	Ardmore @ Elkmont
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Final
East Lawrence	4	3	7	5	-	19
Elkmont	2	1	2	0	-	5
Pitching:
Josh Johnson, 3 innings, 1 Strike Out, 2 Walks, 7 Hits, 1 Hit Batter
Travis Riggs, 1 inning, 1 Strike Out, 1 Walk, 3 Hits
13 Defensive Errors
Starting LineUp		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Josh Johnson	P	W	E6	F8
Eli Hobbs	SS	K	2B		K
Taylor Thomas	P				F4
Ethan Wilson	1B	W	F4		E3
Travis Riggs	1B				K
Austin Berry	3B	4-3		5-3
Bryce Tyler	C	1B		E5
Peyton McCown	2B	E6		F2
Tiyler Walts	LF	K		1B
Jonathan Craig	RF		6-3	W
Conner Norman	CF		1B	1B
Game 2	Ardmore @ Elkmont
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Final
East Lawrence	1	0	0	5	1	7
Elkmont	2	0	0	2	2	6
Pitching:
Eli Hobbs, 4 innings, 3 Strike Outs, 3 Walks, 4 Hits
Taylor Thomas, 1 inning, 1 Strike Out, 2 Walks, 0 Hits