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Will Norris was the tough luck loser in his first Varsity start this summer against East Wake and after a tough loss at South Central, the Trojans rebounded very nice on Tuesday night at Spartan Field at SSS.
With the game scoreless in the top of the second, the Trojans struck first as CJ Schmitt led off the inning with a single and after a walk, Colin Perry laid down a bunt that the Spartan pitcher miss handled allowing Perry to reach which set up a sacrifice fly from Brett Walters then, Alec Hulmes laid down a great bunt as Garner squeezed home a run.
After another great inning from Norris, Garner went right back to work in the fourth with two outs as Brett Walters sent a looping fly ball to left field which fell in for a hit and hustling all the way, Walters ended up at second which proved to be hit as the very next batter, Alec Hulmes doubled to left to plate another run and give Garner a 3-0 lead.
The final Trojan run of the game came in the sixth when Colin Perry led off the inning with a single and Connor Torruella got his first Varsity hit of the summer and it was an RBI single back up the middle and Garner led 4-0.
In the bottom of the seventh, Garner sent Norris back out to try for the complete game shut out and after getting the first out, he ran into a bit of trouble as he loaded the bases with two outs before Blake Mitchell got a two run single which lifted Norris from the game as the Trojan crowd gave him a good hand as Jacob Baker came in to get the final strikeout of the game and his first save of the summer.
The 4-2 win gives the Trojans at 2-2 record on the season as they host Smithfield-Selma tomorrow at 7:00 at Trojan Park. The JV game begins at 5:00.
Winning Pitcher: Will Norris - 6 2/3 Innings, 7 Hits, 2 Runs, 1 Walk, 8 Strikeouts
Losing Pitcher: Hunter Jones - 5 1/3 Innings, 8 Hits, 4 Runs, 2 Walks, 5 Strikeouts
Save: Jacob Baker - 1/3 Inning, 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 Walks, 1 Strikeouts
JV Improves to 4-0
The JV Summer team improved to 4-0 on the season with a 12-7 win over SSS game one of the double header. Steven Brown got his second win of the season for the Trojans who scored 10 runs in the second inning and staved off a late Spartan rally to win the game.
