The Shadow
LOW MOOR, VA – There were a whole lot of hits, and a whole lot of runs.
The Alleghany Mountaineers (12-0/5-0) and Floyd County Buffaloes (5-12/0-7) battled it out on the baseball diamond on Tuesday with plenty of offense to go around.
The only difference was the Buffaloes did not have Wyatt “Papi” Griffith (2-for-4).
Griffith was a nightmare at the plate for the Buffaloes pitching staff as he drove in a game-high five runs, including two extra base-hits with one of them being a two-run home run in the fourth inning which had put the team ahead 15-7.
The Mountaineers lineup had four players who had a multi-RBI day. Along with Conner McPeek (2-for-3) and Chris Harden (1-for-2) each had three RBIs in the win.
Anthony Webb (W, 1-for-4) pushed his record to 5-0 on the mound this season following his win over the Buffaloes. The Buffaloes did knock Webb for nine runs (eight earned), but Webb overcame an early deficit with the help of an even greater offense to get the run support he needed.
After the Buffaloes scored three runs in each of the first two innings, the Mountaineers trailing 6-5, put together their second straight five-run inning which was highlighted by Harden’s bases-clearing three-run triple that put the team ahead 10-6. The Mountaineers didn’t look back after that.
Garrett Greenman (L/2-for-3), J.D. King (2-for-3), and Isaiah Cantrell (2-for-2) led the team with two hits each, while Greenman, King, and Camden Italiano (1-for-2) led the team with two RBI’s each. Greenman suffered the loss after allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits, while walking three, and striking out one in just one inning on the mound.
The Mountaineers have six games left to go with five of their six games being district games. The team is off until Monday when they host the Radford Bobcats in a district matchup.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
FCHS 3 3 0 1 2 X X 9 9 7
AHS 5 5 1 4 4 X X 19 11 3
Buffaloes Box Score
Player AB R H RBI BB SO
Chaffin, C 2 2 1 1 1 0
Underwood, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0
Italiano, 3B 2 1 1 2 1 0
Goff, RF/P 2 1 0 0 0 0
Greenman, 1B/P 3 2 2 2 0 0
King, 2B/P 3 1 2 2 0 0
Cockram, CF/P 3 0 0 0 0 0
Cantrell, P/CF 2 0 2 1 0 0
Harris, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
Slaughter, SS 3 1 0 0 0 1
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TEAM 25 9 9 8 2 1
PITCHING
Player IP H R ER BB SO
Cantrell 1 5 7 5 3 1
Greenman (L) 1 3 4 3 3 1
Cockram 2 1 4 0 2 3
King 0 1 3 2 1 0
Goff 0.1 1 1 1 3 0
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TEAM 4.1 11 19 11 12 5
Mountaineers Box Score
Player AB R H RBI BB SO
Weese, SS 3 2 1 1 1 0
McPeek, 2B 3 3 2 3 1 0
Via, LF 2 2 1 0 3 1
W. Griffith, 1B 4 2 2 5 1 1
Webb, P/3B 4 0 1 0 0 2
DePriest. CF/P 3 3 2 1 1 1
Caldwell, 3B/RF 3 2 1 2 1 0
D. Griffith, RF/CF 1 3 0 1 2 0
Harden, C 2 1 1 3 2 0
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TEAM 25 19 11 16 12 5
PITCHING
Player IP H R ER BB SO
Webb (W) 4 8 9 8 1 0
DePriest 1 1 0 0 1 1
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TEAM 5 9 9 8 2 1
