WEB CAST.
Coming into play Thursday night, Holly Springs was talked about as one of the best teams in the area, but tonight at Trojan Park, Garner was the better of the two squads as they defeated Holly Springs 4-2.
Jacob Baker got the ball for the Trojans and in five innings of work, pitched outstanding allowing just one run while scattering four hits and striking out nine. However, in the game of baseball, you have to score to win and Garner was the first team to do that in the bottom of the second.
After a lead off walk to Colin Perry there was one out as Brett Walters popped up a bunt attempt, but was helped out by his teammate Connor Torruella who was hit by the Justin Manning pitch to put two runners on with two outs. That brought Jared Newbry to the plate and on the first pitch he saw, Newbry laced a single to left field for his first RBI of the season and Garner had a 1-0 lead.
Following the Newbry single, Jesse Fisher drove home his third run of the season when he singled to left to score Torruella and give the Trojans a 2-0 lead.
Garner's lead grew to 3-0 in the fourth when with one out, it was the fantastic Freshman, Jared Newbry who singled to left and scored three batters later on CJ Schmitt's RBI single.
But, give the Golden Hawks some credit as they never went away and after getting a run in the fifth inning to make it 3-1, the Hawks put another run in the sixth.
In the games sixth frame, AJ Sconzo singled with one out then Mike Roach sent a ground ball to short that went under the glove of Jared Newbry to put two one with one out. With the error allowing the inning to continue, Donald Hedgepeth was hit by a Matt Powell pitch and drove home the final Holly Springs run of the game.
Garner added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth on a RBI single from Aquail Sanders. That would be more than enough for Jackson Pleasant who pitched the final inning and 2/3 to get the first Garner save of the year.
The Trojans (2-9) will be back in action on Friday afternoon as they travel to Western Harnett High School to take on Lee Co. with first pitch slated for 4:00.
