Post 232 returned home on Monday night as they welcomed Clayton Post 71 to town. Garner would get 6 strong innings from starter Sean Willingham, as he allowed just three runs, as Post 232 held on to defeat Clayton 8-5 on Monday night.
Garner got the scoring started in the bottom of the first when Hunter Brown doubled down the right field line to plate Micheal Zeblo to give Garner a 1-0 lead. Clayton would answer in the top of the second to tie the game.
But Post 232 would come right back in the bottom of the third as Zeblo scored again this down on a Post 71 error. But, again Clayton would answer in the top of the fourth to tie the game again.
Garner would finally get to Post 71 starter Chris Hinton in the sixth, Jeremy Conyers led off the inning with a double to right center, Pat Monahan then tried to get down a sac bunt, but the throw over threw third base as they tried to get Conyers who was on the move and Garner had runners at the corners.
After a walk to Zeblo loaded the bases, Dillon Creech singled to plate Conyers. Fuquay alum, Daniel Terry was the next to hit and he laced a double to right which scored two more runs and gave Garner a 6-2 lead. Post 232 added two more runs in the sixth when Hunter Brown singled home Terry and Paco Martin singled home Brown.
Matt Keil would come on to pitch the seventh and and got the first two outs of the ninth inning, before running into a bit of trouble and giving way to Zeblo for the save as Garner got the win 8-5 improving to 9-4 on the season as they remain in first place in Area I.
Garner travels to Riverside High School tonight to take on Durham Post 7 at 7:00. They return to Trojan Park on Thursday night as they host Cary Post 67 at 7:00.
CLA 5 11 4
GAR 8 12 2
Winning Pitcher: Sean Willingham
Losing Pitcher: Chris Hinton
Save: Micheal Zeblo
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