Varsity Baseball Round-Up

The Wesleyan Wolves won Game 1 in walk-off fashion scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 7^th to take an 8-7 victory.  Those three runs were just part of the 6 runs they scored in the final 3 innings after falling behind 7-2.  Relief pitcher Stacy Johnson came into the game in the 3^rd inning and provided 4.1 innings of solid pitching to give the Wolves a chance to fight back.  Finding themselves down 7-5 headed into the final frame with already one out recorded, Grayson McCollum blooped a single over the infield before the second out of the inning was made.  So with 2 outs and a man on second, Bo Britt hit a double down the left field line to score McCollum, Forrest Lietz then singled to score Carter Hayes who entered as a pinch runner for Britt, and finally Reed Purcell laced a single to center field to drive home Lietz who had advanced to second on a wild pitch the pitch before Purcell’s hit.  That hit was one of 3 hits in the opener for Purcell.  He collected 2 RBI in the game.  Lietz also had a multi-hit game with 2 singles and an RBI.

 

Dominick Scalese was the story in Game 2 as he threw a complete game shutout while striking out 11 and only surrendering 2 hits, his only 2 baserunners.  Schley Gordy had 2 hits as did Forrest Lietz.  Wesleyan pushed one run across in the top of the first and two more in the second, and that would be all the run support Scalese would need.

 

Wesleyan is now 18-9 on the season, and they are set to match up with Ringgold in the second round on Saturday.

The Wesleyan Wolves won a back and forth game tonight by the score of 10-9 at Lumpkin County High School in Dahlonega, Georgia.  With the win, the Wolves secured a #2-seed heading into Monday’s state playoffs where they will host the Hebron Christian Academy Lions.  Wesleyan scored the first four runs on the game in the top of the second inning, but Lumpkin County answered with 5 runs in the bottom of the inning.  Wesleyan added four more in the top of the third, but Lumpkin County tacked on 2 more of their own runs in the bottom of the third and one more in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Wesleyan added single runs in the sixth and seventh inning, but the Indians would not go away as they scored one in the bottom of the seventh and had the bases loaded when the final out was made.

 

Schley Gordy had 3 hits for the Wolves including a double and 3 stolen bases.  He also drove in 2 runs.  Reed Purcell also collected 3 hits including a double and had 2 RBI.  And Will Tucker drove in 2 runs on a double to get the scoring started.  Stacy Johnson threw 3.1 innings of relief of Purcell giving up only 3 hits to hold the Indians down while Wesleyan mounted its comeback.  Gordy threw the final 1.1 innings to record the save.

 

Wesleyan finished the regular season with a record of 16-9 and 13-5 within region play.

Game 1 was a back-and-forth affair.  The Indians jumped ahead with 2 runs in the first, but the Wolves came right back with 7 unanswered runs in the second and third innings.  But, the Indians would score 16 unanswered of their own in the fourth and fifth innings to seize a commanding 18-7 lead.  Wesleyan would scratch back but could not get close enough to actually threaten.  Schley Gordy would collect 5 RBI on a homerun and a pair of singles.  Dominick Scalese would hit 2 homeruns and tally 3 RBI.  And Townes Hardy would deliver on 3 singles and pick up 2 RBI.

 

Dominick Scalese seemed to have all the answers in Game 2 pitching all 7 innings, surrendering only 3 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 9.  He also hit a 2-run homer to put an exclamation point on Wolves’ lead at 7-2.  Bo Britt got the Wolves on the board in the fourth inning with an RBI double, and then Forrest Lietz hit a 2-run homer to give the Wolves a 3-2 lead from which they would not look back.

The Wesleyan Wolves baseball team defeated the West Hall Spartans by the score of 13-3 in a 5-inning affair played out on Donn Gaebelein Field in Peachtree Corners.  Wesleyan’s bats were the story of the night as the Wolves hitters smacked 6 home runs—Schley Gordy hit 2, Matthew Wright hit 2, and Dominick Scalese hit 2.  Gordy and Scalese each finished with 4 RBI and Wright tallied 2 RBI with their homers.  Grayson McCollum drove home 2 runs with a single and Townes Hardy brought in another on a pinch-hit single.  Forrest Lietz threw 3 innings and struck out 8 Spartans, and Shawn Simmons finished West Hall off with 2 innings of scoreless relief.  Wesleyan’s record is now 13-7 and 10-3 in region play.

The Wesleyan Wolves defeated the Gilmer High Bobcats by the score of 11-0 in a region match-up at Donn Gaebelein Field in Peachtree Corners.  Forrest Lietz was dominant on the mound throwing 5 innings allowing just 1 hit to go along with 12 strikeouts.  He also hit a solo homerun and collected a second RBI later in the game.  Schley Gordy paced the offense with a 3-hit night made up of a single, a double, a homer, and 5-RBI.  Bo Britt continued his hot streak with a solo homerun and a sacrifice fly to drive in 2 runs on the night.  Wesleyan is now 10-7 overall and 7-3 in region play.

The Wesleyan Wolves baseball team was victorious tonight over White County by the score of 9-1 in a game played in Cleveland, Georgia.  Dominick Scalese was dominant on the mound throwing a complete game with 7 strikeouts and surrendering only 3 hits.  But the story of the night was Wesleyan’s Bo Britt who went 4-for-4 and hit for the cycle (a single, a double, a triple, and a homer)!  He had 3 RBI over those four hits.  Schley Gordy was also 2-for-3 with a 2-run homer and a double and 3 RBI.  Wesleyan  is now 8-7 on the season and 5-3 in region play.

The Wolves dropped the “rubber match” in the region series with Pickens County by the score of 10-0 in a game played at Pickens High in Jasper.  The game ended in the 5^th inning due to the mercy rule as the Dragons put 3 on the board in the first inning, and 3 more in the third inning, and pushed 4 runners across in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Wesleyan only mustered 3 hits.

The Wesleyan Wolves won their region opener in 7-AAA by the score of 6-1 on a beautiful night in Jasper, Georgia, at Pickens High School’s Dunn Field.  Dominick Scalese pitched all 7 innings allowing just 4 hits while striking out 7 batters.  He also delivered a 2-RBI single in the top of the 7^th inning to seal the game away.  The Wolves got on the scoreboard in the first inning following a misplayed flyball off the bat of Joe Laurite which brought home Forrest Lietz.  Matthew Wright doubled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 4^th inning to make the score 2-1.  Then Laurite hit a solo homer in the 6^th to push the lead to 3-1.  The Wolves would tack on 3 more runs in the top of the 7^th inning for the 6-1 victory.  Laurite was 2-3 with a double and a homer and 2 RBI.  Wright was 1-3 with a double and a RBI and also made several good defensive plays at 3B.  Scalese was 1-4 with a 2-RBI single.  The Wolves are 4-3 and 1-0 in region play.