Rockingham County Baseball League
  • Home
  • PointStreak
  • News
    • Articles
    • Pro Players
    • Radio Broadcast
    • 2024 All Star Game
    • 2023 All Star Game
    • 2022 All Star Game
    • 2019 All Star Game
    • 2018 All Star Game
  • History
    • RCBL 100th
    • Champions
    • MVP's
    • Museum
    • Hall of Fame
    • Class of 2025
  • Teams
    • Bridgewater Reds
    • Broadway Bruins
    • Clover Hill Bucks
    • Elkton Blue Sox
    • Grottoes Cardinals
    • Montezuma Braves
    • Massanutten Mountaineers
    • Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks
  • Awards
    • 2024 Season Awards
    • 2024 All RCBL Team
    • 2023 Season Awards
    • 2023 All RCBL Team
    • 2022 Season Awards
    • 2022 All RCBL Team
    • 2021 Season Awards
    • 2021 All-RCBL Team
    • 2020 Season Awards
    • 2020 All-RCBL Team
    • 2019 Season Awards
    • 2019 All-RCBL Team
    • 2018 Season Awards
    • 2018 All-RCBL Team
    • RCBL Spirit Award
  • Contact
  • Sponsors
  • Home
  • PointStreak
  • News
    • Articles
    • Pro Players
    • Radio Broadcast
    • 2024 All Star Game
    • 2023 All Star Game
    • 2022 All Star Game
    • 2019 All Star Game
    • 2018 All Star Game
  • History
    • RCBL 100th
    • Champions
    • MVP's
    • Museum
    • Hall of Fame
    • Class of 2025
  • Teams
    • Bridgewater Reds
    • Broadway Bruins
    • Clover Hill Bucks
    • Elkton Blue Sox
    • Grottoes Cardinals
    • Montezuma Braves
    • Massanutten Mountaineers
    • Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks
  • Awards
    • 2024 Season Awards
    • 2024 All RCBL Team
    • 2023 Season Awards
    • 2023 All RCBL Team
    • 2022 Season Awards
    • 2022 All RCBL Team
    • 2021 Season Awards
    • 2021 All-RCBL Team
    • 2020 Season Awards
    • 2020 All-RCBL Team
    • 2019 Season Awards
    • 2019 All-RCBL Team
    • 2018 Season Awards
    • 2018 All-RCBL Team
    • RCBL Spirit Award
  • Contact
  • Sponsors

Articles

Stay up to date with news straight from the rcbl staff

Clover Hill improves to 5-0 after big win in Elkton

6/9/2018

0 Comments

 
By Nick Stevens

ELKTON - It’s not where you are in the standings two weeks into the season, but where you end up at the end of the year. However, the Clover Hill Bucks are the only undefeated team in the RCBL (5-0), and are playing the most complete baseball in the league.
 
On Friday evening in Elkton, the Bucks defeated the Blue Sox 9-0 behind their starting pitcher, and reigning RCBL Pitcher of the Year, Corey Armentrout.
 
Armentrout put on a clinic in throwing changeups last night, yanking on the strings down and in, and following up with the high heat effectively all night. In his six innings of work, he gave up 0 runs, two hits, and one walk, while striking out 11 Elkton hitters.
 
It may not look like it if you take a quick glance at the final score, but the first seven innings of this contest was a classic pitcher’s duel. Elkton’s starting pitcher Kris Lalk outdueled Armentrout, tossing seven innings of shutout baseball, giving up zero hits, just two walks, and striking out 12 Clover Hill batters.
 
Tied 0-0 heading into the 8th inning, Matt Larson battled for a leadoff walk in what would become a six-run inning for the Bucks. Ross French’s slap bunt, and diving reach to beat the defense to first base, proved to be the spark to ignite the Clover Hill lineup.
 
This has been the Clover Hill MO all season: stay competitive through the first six or seven innings before a relentless attack to end the game. Any team that makes these adjustments game after game is one to watch very closely as the season unfolds.
 
Over the final two innings, the Bucks drew five walks and recorded seven hits, including two big hits from cleanup hitter Cody Swisher.
 
Jordan Showalter and Eric Yankey came in to close out the game for Head Coach Chris Coffer, who will take his undefeated team into Broadway tonight to take on the Bruins. The Bruins are coming off a big win against Bridgewater during which they stuck out 19 Reds hitters.
 
As for Elkton, they will look for their first win on Sunday with a home contest against the Grottoes Cardinals. 

Categories

All
Bridgewater
Broadway
Clover Hill
Elkton
Grottoes
Montezuma
New Market
Stuarts Draft

Archives

June 2018
May 2018

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

    Archives

    March 2025
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    October 2022
    September 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    January 2021
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    April 2020
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018

    Categories

    All
    Bridgewater
    Broadway
    Clover Hill
    Elkton
    Grottoes
    Montezuma
    New Market
    Stuarts Draft

    RSS Feed

see you at the ballpark!

Pointstreak

news

contact us

Copyright @ 2025 Rockingham County Baseball League