WEB CAST. Garner Optimist Club
The Trojans were back in action on Friday as they played host to the Smithfield-Selma Spartans for their second conference match up of the year and from the opening pitch you knew it was going to be a special night at Trojan Park, but the only problem was, it was a special night for the Spartans as they blanked Garner 7-0.
Hunter Brown got the ball for Garner and pitched well enough to win, but the offense just didn't come through as Brown's counterpart, Tate Parrish, was untouchable on Friday night.
SSS started things off in the first with a lead off single by Dylan Brown and two batters later, Blake Mitchell grounded out to score Brown. The Trojans came up empty in the first and the second was more of the same as the Spartans got the lead off man on base and he later came around to score on a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 SSS after two.
The third inning was the costly inning for the Trojans as Smithfield-Selma sent nine batters to the plate and five runs came across to score, but you can't lay it all on the Trojan pitching as the defense lost a couple of ball in the twilight sky allowing the inning to continue and allowing the Spartans to take a 7-0 lead.
That was more than enough for UNC signee Tate Parrish, the Spartan Senior was making just his second start of the year and on Friday showed why he is a UNC commit. The only blemish on the night for Parrish was a pair of walks to Connor Torruella. Other than the two walks, Parrish kept Garner off balance all night.
Garner could just not find any offense as they were no hit on Friday night and will look to get back on track on Tuesday when they host Southeast Raleigh at 4:00.
Winning Pitcher: Tate Parrish - 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K
Losing Pitcher: Hunter Brown - 5 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
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