By PBR Staff
Prep Baseball Report of NC

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In an effort to continue to bring the best of North Carolina high school baseball to one place, Prep Baseball Report’s staff is out each week watching games, teams, and players.  The NC High School Notebook series is your place to see scores, game notes, and highlights from some of the games PBR attends.

Saturday April 29th

Garner Edges Durham Jordan

A Saturday non-conference match-up pitted two teams with a lot of underclass talent on display.  Garner scored twice in the third, and held on as both teams played well defensively.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Garner	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
Jordan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	3

Win:       Dylan Wheeler                  4IP, 2H, 1R, 4BB, 2K
Loss:      Ben Miller                          3.1IP, 4H, 2R, 3BB, 1K
Save:     Noah Gallogly                   2IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K

Keys to the Game:

Garner
+ Nolan McLean (C, 2020) goes 1-3 with a double.  Squared the ball up in all three at-bats
+ Wellington Guzman (INF, 2017, Winston Salem State commit) 2-3 with a hard liner to LF that scored two
+ Xavier Bussey (OF, 2019, South Carolina commit) 1-3 with a stolen base.  Made the game ending catch showing advanced speed

Jordan
+ Ryan Wilson (INF, 2020) 1-3 with a walk
+ Luke Hutchinson (RHP, 2020) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
+ Dillon Terwilliger (OF, 2017) made 2 running catches to save runs and give the Falcons a chance to make a run. 

Friday April 28th

Big Innings Propel Charlotte Christian to Series Win

On Friday, Charlotte Christian visited Providence Day to cap off their three game series, with each team taking their home game earlier in the week.  Providence Day would strike first, setting the tone on the mound and in the box.  Charlotte Christian would fight back, scoring four in the third, all with two outs, to take control of the game and series.

 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Charlotte Christian	0	1	4	0	5	0	1	11	19	2
Providence Day	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	4

Win:      Matthew Siverling            6.2IP, 4H, 3R, 0ER, 1K, 3BB
Loss:    Justin Murray                    4.1IP, 16H, 9R, 6ER, 6K, 0BB

Keys to the Game:

Charlotte Christian
+ Posted a 4 run third with two outs, stringing together six consecutive hits
+ Siverling entered the game with 2 outs in the first, relieving JT Killen. Sitting 79-82 throughout, Siverling stabilized the game, throwing strikes and getting weak contact.
+ 5 Run fifth was propelled by a Reid Mayers double and Drew Donathan 2-Run HR to dead center field.  All with 2 outs.

Providence Day
+ Chased the Knights starting pitcher with 3 consecutive singles to open the game, followed by a SAC Fly, 2 walks and a HBP, leading to 3 runs
+ Justin Murray threw 77% strikes, working ahead of 23 of the 30 batters he faced.  Five of his six strikeouts came the first time through the order, each on a breaking ball.
+ Zach Iverson worked the final 2.2 innings on the bump.  Young Harris commit was up to 89, giving up just 1 ER in the outing.

Panther Creek Over Apex

The Catamounts of Panther Creek jumped out early and exploded for six more runs in the fourth and fifth innings putting the game away.  Panther Creek pounded out thirteen hits in the 9-3 win.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Panther Creek	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	9	13	0
Apex	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	5	3

Win:       Koen Moreno                    6.2IP, 5H, 3R, 2BB, 1K
Loss:      Alex Carlson                      1.2IP, 3H, 1R, 4BB, 1K

Keys to the Game:

Panther Creek
+ Koen Moreno (RHP, 2020) wins his second game of the week.  Kept Apex hitters off balance and was extremely effective through 6 innings.
+ Ben Laspaluto (INF, 2017, Gardner Webb commit) 2-3 with 2 doubles
+ Alec Dumas (2017) 3-3 on the afternoon
+ Ty Birling – 3-4 in the game

Apex
+ Tucker Jackson – 2-3 in the game