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| Post 53 thumps Sumter 15-5 |
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Staff Reports
HARTSVILLE - Hartsville Post 53 scored eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat Sumter 15-5 in an American Legion baseball game called due to the 10-run mercy rule at Jimmy White Park.
Sumter suffered its first loss of the season in League III to fall to 14-2 overall and 12-1 in league play. Post 53 improved to 8-5 on the season.
Hartsville led 7-2 entering the eighth before the P-15's scored three runs in the top of the inning to cut the lead to 7-5.
Cam Martin reached on an error to start the inning and Blake Graham singled. Jeremy Buckner singled in Martin to make it 7-3. Patrick Gordon followed with a two-run double to make it 7-5.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_2f1ef749-3870-505f-a6e6-a78a316fee1f.html (full story)
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| Reardon leads P-15's to 11-3 win over Cheraw |
Saturday, June 19, 2010
By DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com
With shortstop/pitcher Bruce Caldwell nursing a sore throwing arm, Sumter P-15's head coach Wallie Jones wanted to give him a night off from his duties at shortstop but keep his bat in the No. 3 hole in the lineup as the designated hitter. Thus, Jones changed his pitching plans for Friday's American Legion baseball game against Cheraw, starting Andrew Reardon on the mound as opposed to Jeremy Buckner, who would start in center and stay in the No. 2 spot in the order.
The left-handed Reardon made the move be a good one as he allowed just two runs in six innings of work as the P-15's defeated Cheraw 11-3 at Riley Park.
"Reardon gave us a good job tonight," said Jones, whose team improved to 14-1 overall and 12-0 in League III. "He gave us six good innings and battled after pitching three innings just two nights before. He gutted it out for us."
Reardon worked six innings to get the victory. He struck out eight while walking two and allowing just four hits.
Reardon didn't allow a hit through the first three innings before giving up a single to Taylor Lang to start the fourth. Cheraw, which fell to 2-9 on the season, loaded the bases with two outs but couldn't' get a run across.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_a22c1f8f-8101-5e8f-8cfc-8e8ce8cc2cab.html (full story)
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| P-15's roll past Post 68 |
Friday, June 18, 2010
By DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com
MANNING -- Tyler A. Smith didn't look long for the mound for the Sumter P-15's after he had faced the first five batters in the Manning-Santee Post 68 lineup in their baseball game on Thursday at the at the Manning High School field. Five hard-hit balls led to four hits,two runs and a 2-1 Manning lead.
And Sumter head coach Wallie Jones, who was already fretting about his pitching with the right-handed J. Tyler Smith playing in the North-South All-Star Game and the P-15's having already burned four pitchers in the first two games of the week, had only one thought: "Who am I going to pitch," he said.
It ended up being Tyler A. Smith.
From that point on, the left-handed pitcher was on his game. He didn't allow another hit in seven innings of work as Sumter rolled to an 18-2 victory to remain undefeated in American Legion League III.
Sumter improved to 13-1 overall and 11-0 in league play. Manning fell to 3-8 on the season.
Smith threw 40 pitches in the first two innings combined and finished with 103 as he worked seven innings. He struck out five and walked two.
"Tyler just settled down after that start," Jones said. "He went from people hitting line drives off of him to controlling the game. He was hitting his spots really well and settled down and pitched an outstanding game."
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_f17b8807-1431-5269-a574-6b85eef8d093.html (full story)
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| Pitching leads P-15's to win |
Thursday, June 17, 2010
By DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com
The Sumter P-15's pitching staff continued to pile up the strikeouts in their American Legion baseball League III games on Wednesday with starting pitcher Patrick Gordon and reliever Andrew Reardon doing the honors.
Gordon had 12 strikeouts in six innings and Reardon added seven more in three innings to give Sumter 19 punchouts as it defeated Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 6-1 at Riley Park.
Sumter improved to 12-1 overall and 10-0 as it prepares to start the second half of the league schedule. Dalzell fell to 1-9 on the season.
Gordon and Reardon one-upped Jordan Montgomery and Bruce Caldwell in the P-15's 7-4 victory over Camden on Monday. Montgomery and Caldwell combined for 18 strikeouts.
The right-handed Gordon was touched for an unearned run in the first, but settled down after that. He allowed just three hits while walking one.
The left-handed Reardon finished the final three innings to get the save. He struck out seven while walking one and allowing two hits.
Still, Sumter head coach Wallie Jones was not happy with the overall results that came out of Wednesday's contest.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_5f750081-1113-58cb-9c12-d19902eeb805.html (full story)
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| P-15's rally to win, take control of 1st place |
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
By TOM DIDATO Special To The Item
CAMDEN - One night after having its American Legion baseball game at Cheraw stopped by a possible tornado, Camden Post 17 ran into a problem of a more human nature on Tuesday.
Sumter's lefty-righty pitching tandem of Jordan Montgomery and Bruce Caldwell combined to set down 18 Post 17 batters on strikes to take a two-game lead in the win column over the hosts atop the League III standings following a 7-4 victory at American Legion Park in a game which started more than 45 minutes after its scheduled 7 p.m. start due to lightning in the area.
Once the game started, the only bolts which were to be seen were those delivered by the two Post 15 hurlers. Montgomery, a left-hander, got the starting nod and worked six innings of four-hit ball. He fanned 11 batters, but was trailing 3-2 after he pitched his final inning. However, Sumter scored three runs in the top of the seventh to go up 5-3, putting Montgomery in line for the victory, which he did pick up.
Caldwell came on to start the seventh. The right-hander gave up an unearned run on four hits with seven punchouts to earn the save for Sumter, which improved to 11-1 overall and 9-0 in league play.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_c17aad7b-6043-56a9-b198-adffa2c976c5.html (full story)
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| P-15's Jones happy with outcome in Challenge |
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Sumter P-15's didn't return home from the North Carolina-South Carolina American Legion Baseball Challenge with the undefeated record they took with them to Cherryville, N.C., over the weekend, but head coach Wallie Jones had no problems with his team's performance.
"All in all, I felt like it was a profitable weekend for us," said Jones, whose team beat Shelby, N.C., 2-1 and Cherryville 11-0 on Saturday before losing to Rowan, N.C., 3-2 on Sunday to fall to 10-1 on the season. "If you would have told me we would win two of three before we went up there, I would have taken that.
"We'd played six straight days, took Friday off, played a doubleheader on Saturday and another game on Sunday. That's nine games in nine days, so I think we came through that pretty well."
Sumter had outstanding pitching throughout the three games. Right-hander J. Tyler Smith limited Shelby to one run in nine innings and lefty Tyler A. Smith allowed two hits while striking out six and walking none in throwing a shutout against Cherryville in a game called after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. In the loss to Rowan, righty Jeremy Buckner limited the defending Southeast Regional champion to two runs and six hits in five innings while striking out six and walking one.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_b8954093-3912-50ae-b49c-126625524492.html (full story)
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| Sumter tops Shelby |
Sunday, June 13, 2010
From staff reports
CHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Bruce Caldwell hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning and J. Tyler Smith finished off a complete game to lift the Sumter P-15's to a 2-1 victory over Shelby, N.C., on Saturday in the North Carolina-South Carolina American Legion Baseball Challenge at the Cherryville High School baseball field.
All of the games in the challenge were originally scheduled for seven innings, but Sumter and Shelby went extra innings. The game was tied 1-1 after seven innings.
Caldwell hit his third homer of the season over the rightfield fence off of Shelby right-hander Jonathan Cooper.
Smith, the Sumter right-hander, came out in the bottom of the inning and gave up a hit, but finished off Shelby to improve to 3-0 on the season. Smith scattered four hits and struck out eight while walking none.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/article_c5d54015-3b29-578f-ba2b-b5761c9c03d5.html (full story)
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| Sumter blasts Cheraw 17-2 |
Friday, June 11, 2010
From staff reports
CHERAW - The Sumter P-15's improved to 8-0 in American Legion League III with a 17-2 baseball victory over Cheraw on Thursday at Tom Brewer Field in a game called after seven innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.
Zach Sherrill led Sumter's 17-hit attack by going 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double and four runs batted in. Bruce Caldwell and J Tyler Smith also hit homers for Sumter.
Patrick Gordon went the distance on the mound, scattering seven hits while striking out six and walking two.
"Patrick got better as the game went along tonight," said Sumter head coach Wallie Jones.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/local_sports/article_66699811-7ad0-5e42-acd0-c96eefc47997.html (full story)
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| Montgomery leads P-15's to 5-0 victory |
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Keith Gedamke / The Item Sumter’s Jordan Montgomery delivers a pitch during the P-15’s 5-0 victory over Hartsville on Wednesday at Riley Park. Montgomery struck out 11 in six innings of work.
By PATRICK ENZOR penzor@theitem.com
Jordan Montgomery needed a few strikeouts to get out of some early jams against Hartsville Post 53 on Wednesday at Riley Park.
The Sumter P-15's southpaw got those that he needed and then added a few more.
Montgomery struck out 11 in six innings of work as Sumter remained unbeaten with a 5-0 American Legion Baseball League III win. Sumter is now 7-0 and Hartsville is 4-3.
"We just have to play our best every night," said Sumter head coach Wallie Jones. "If we're good enough, we'll be there. If we aren't, we'll go in as second, third, fourth or whatever.
"Our objective is to get better every game," he added.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/local_sports/article_acb14524-2d74-5f21-97b0-082bc7e2005a.html (full story)
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| P-15's top Post 68 to stay perfect |
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
The Sumter P-15's remained unbeaten with an 8-2 American Legion baseball League III victory over Manning-Santee Post 68 on Monday at Riley Park.
The P-15's improved to 6-0 on the season, maintaining a one-game lead on Camden, which beat Dalzell-Shaw 8-1 on Tuesday. Manning, coming off a 17-13 victory over Cheraw on Monday, fell to 2-4.
Jeremy Buckner worked six effective innings to get the win for the P-15's. He scattered six hits while striking out six and walking just two.
Sumter jumped on Manning starting pitcher Matt Mays for three runs in the first inning. Blake Graham hit a hard shot just inside the first base line for a leadoff double. He stole third when the base was left unoccupied as Buckner showed bunt. Buckner delivered Graham with a single.
A walk to Bruce Caldwell and a bunt single by Michael Blackmon loaded the bases. Patrick Gordon's sacrifice fly scored Buckner and centerfielder J. Tyler Smith's single drove in Caldwell to make it 3-0.
http://www.theitem.com/sports/local_sports/article_b5393e17-981a-51d6-8306-d7d765974ef6.html (full story)
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