Saturday Night Recaps

Grottoes Gets To Mountaineers’ Bullpen In Home Opener
Grottoes scored five runs in the sixth inning and six runs in the seventh inning as they rallied to defeat Massanutten by a final score of 12-10.

Massanutten catcher Ben Rossi tripled and then scored on an RBI single by Kaplan Ambrose to open up the scoring in the second. Ambrose would then score on an error later in the inning to give the Mountaineers a 2-0 lead. It would remain 2-0 until the top of the 5th when Kaden Spaid hit a two-run home run off the left field foul pole to give Massanutten a 4-0 lead heading into the sixth.

Mountaineers’ starting pitcher Nick Harris was brilliant in his five innings of work, allowing no runs, just two hits, and striking out six. The Mountaineers went to the bullpen to start the bottom half of the sixth, and from there, Grottoes’ offense erupted and they plated five runs on seven hits in the inning to take a 5-4 lead.

Massanutten responded with four runs of their own in the top of the seventh, but Grottoes answered with six runs on four hits in the home half of the inning.

The Mountaineers tried to mount a comeback down 12-8 entering the 9th and scored two runs and got the tying run to the plate, but Cameron Irvine got a strikeout to end it and perserve the Cardinals’ victory.

For Grottoes, six players had two hits each: Dalton Nicely, Clayton Michael, Austin Nicely, Dylan Nicely, Cameron Irvine, and Elijah Grogg, while Jaden Rose, Tucker Garrison and Kevin Saylor each had one hit.
For Massanutten, Spaid, Rossi, and Kemper Omps each had two hits, while Ambrose drove in a run, scored three times, and stole two bases. Spaid had four RBIs in the loss.

Grottoes (1-1) is back in action on Tuesday night when they host Clover Hill, while Massanutten (0-1) is back at it on Wednesday when they travel to Stuarts Draft.

Stuarts Draft Defeats Elkton
Will Decker had three hits and three RBIs while Zach Roberts, Charlie Pausic, and Maddox Warren each had two hits as Stuarts Draft won at Elkton, 10-4.

Trever Mitchell went the first four innings on the mound for the Diamondbacks, allowing just one run while striking out four. Warren went the next three before veteran Tommy Weaver took over for the eighth and ninth innings.

For Elkton, Josh Tayman had two hits while Jacob Cude, Kealo Smith, Calib Shifflett, and Tyler Stobbs all had one hit.
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Stuarts Draft (1-1) will host Massanutten in their next game on May 28, while Elkton (0-2) will play again tonight when they travel to Broadway to take on the Bruins.

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