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Lions beat Hawks By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor Kyle Skelton was the lead pitcher for the H.W. Byers Lions last Thursday. The first Hawk batter he faced was Demetri Oliver. Oliver
hit his second pitch, which went straight down the left field line for
a single. After a walk, Holly High had two on with one out. Skelton
retired the side with his second strikeout. The Hawks left two stranded. Dean
Bridgeforth pitched first for the Hawks. He gave out a couple of walks
before Christopher Echols hit it solidly for a double and an RBI. The
Lions then scored two more on a wild throw. The Lions were working off
of two outs but put two more on via walks. Another run was walked in
and the bases were left loaded for a second time. Holly
High made a mound change, replacing Bridgeforth with Anthony Chairez.
Justin Sellers hit one a solid lick which was misjudged by the left
fielder. He emptied the bases and made it to third. The side was
retired before he could make it home. After one complete inning, Byers
was ahead 7-0. Sellers relieved Skelton on the mound. He gave out one charity base and got the last out on a strikeout. Echols
singled and made it home on errors. Chairez struck out the next two
batters. This completed the second inning and the score was 8-0. Chairez
stepped up to the plate for Holly High and hit a sky-high double, which
allowed the Hawks to score two runners who were already on base. The
third Hawk run crossed the plate on errors. Two and a half innings were
completed and the score was 8-3. Back on the
mound, Chairez was reaching his stride. He was getting plenty of zip on
the ball. He had one Lion fly out and he had a pair go down swinging to
close out the third. At bat Jeremy Scruggs hit an
inside-the-park round tripper which started out as a double. He and the
base runner made it home on a Lions’ error. The Hawks crept a little
closer at 8-5. The Lions would score one run in their turn at bat to
finish the fourth at 9-5. Byers warmed up a new
pitcher in the top of the fifth. Germaine Glass stroked a single and
drove in one run. He would cross the plate himself on a Lion error. The
Lions didn’t cross the plate in the bottom of the fifth and the Hawks
were two behind at 7-9. Byers would go on to
score one more run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 10-7. Holly
High could not add to its total in the top of the seventh and the Lions
closed out their season with a win at 10-7.
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