American Legion Baseball Roundup: June 13, 2023

Pleasure Island Post 129 15, Port City Post 545 13

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The wild three-hour contest featured 28 runs, 20 hits, seven errors and 23 walks.

Both teams had an inning in which they scored at least 10 runs, and a total of 333 pitches were thrown.

In the end, Pleasure Island (2-0) picked up the home victory by breaking a 12-12 tie with a three-run bottom of the sixth inning despite not managing a hit.

Pleasure Island sent 16 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Dylan Welch (Ashley) led off with a double and scored the first run on a base hit up the middle from Coleman Cross (Ashley). 

Quinn Bentley (Ashley) added to the lead with a single. The advantage grew to 7-0 later in the inning when Hudson Hauck (Ashley) cleared the bases with a double. 

Hauck had a big night by going 2-for-3 at the plate and throwing out two runners trying to steal. Isaiah Hunter (Wilmington Christian Academy) reached base four times and scored twice. Cross finished with two RBI and two runs scored.

Port City (1-3) scored twice in the top of the third inning and then grabbed a short-lived lead with a 10-run fourth inning that featured eight hits and three walks.

Jack Holliman (Laney) and Davis Croom (Laney) had back-to-back RBI hits. Dalton MacCallum (Laney) blooped a base hit to right field that scored TJ Ziermann (Laney) to cut the deficit to 11-9.

Gavin Boughton (Laney) followed with a triple to the wall in center field to bring home Jason Sproull (Laney) and MacCallum and tie the score. Boughton scored the go-ahead run on an infield single from Ayden Rogers (Laney).

Pleasure Island’s Yates Jernigan (Ashley) worked a one-out walk and crossed the plate on a wild pitch in the bottom of the frame to even the score.

A bases loaded walk to Cross in the bottom of the sixth inning put the home team on top for good. Hauck and Jackson Lee (Ashley) added insurance runs by scoring on wild pitches.

MacCallum led Port City offensively by going 4-for-5 with two runs scored. Croom, Holliman, Rogers and Ziermann all collected a pair of hits.

Hampstead Post 167 7, Wilmington Post 10 Patriots 6

Grady Swinson (Topsail) hit a walk-off double to center field to keep Hampstead unbeaten in Area II North Division play.

Hampstead (3-1, 3-0 Area II North) trailed 6-5 entering the bottom of the seventh inning. Andrew Schmidt (Topsail) got the rally started with a double. Rhett Britt (Topsail) worked a one-out walk, and both runners were able to score on Swinson’s hit.

Schmidt finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Swinson, Gibson Todd (Topsail) and Ryan Garmendiz (Guilford/Topsail) each had a pair of hits.

Tyler Wilson (Topsail) drove in two runs and crossed the plate twice. 

Walker Dixon (Topsail) scattered one hit and struck out three batters in four scoreless innings out of the bullpen to earn the victory.

Wilmington’s (0-1, 0-1) Dominic Libretto (Coastal Christian), Andrew McIntosh (New Hanover) and Toby Southerland (New Hanover) all had one hit and one run scored.

Hope Mills Post 32 7, Hampstead Post 167 6

Hampstead couldn’t complete the doubleheader sweep despite building a 5-3 lead after three innings.

Walker Dixon (Topsail) was 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored. Hampstead (3-2) also got an RBI single from Rhett Britt (Topsail) in the second inning.

Britt and Gibson Todd (Topsail) both stole a pair of bases. Todd pitched 2 1/3 innings and didn’t allow a hit. 

Hope Mills (1-4) scored three runs – all with two outs – in the top of the fourth inning to grab the lead for good.

Brayden Lepley (Gray’s Creek) worked a leadoff walk and scored on a wild pitch. Ryan Seagroves (Terry Sanford) crossed the plate on a walk, and Cam Seagroves (Terry Sanford) tripled home Graysen Stafford (Freedom Christian Academy).

Wayne County Post 11 11, Wilmington Post 10 5

Wilmington fell behind 8-0 after three innings and couldn’t catch back up in the road loss.

Trey Pierce (Wilmington Christian Academy) and Davis Hartman (Cleveland CC/Topsail) each collected three hits for Wilmington (3-1). 

Leadoff batter Luke Nixon (New Hanover) had an RBI double in the fifth inning. He also worked a walk and was hit by a pitch. Jack Cuba (New Hanover) was the only Wilmington player to scored twice. 

Wayne’s (12-2) Nate Smith (Mount Olive/Midway) went 2-for-2 with a double, triple, two walks and two runs scored. Wyatt Lassiter (Rosewood) had three hits and three RBI. 

Area II Standings

South Division

(Overall record, Division record)

Pleasure Island Post 129 (2-0, 1-0)

Hamlet Post 49 (4-2, 1-0)

Wilmington Post 10 (3-1, 0-0)

Hope Mills Boosters Post 32 (1-4, 0-1)

Brunswick Post 543 (0-1, 0-1)

North Division

(Overall record, Division record)

Hampstead Post 167 (3-2, 3-0)

Port City Post 545 (1-3, 1-1)

Carteret Post 99 (0-1, 0-1)

Jacksonville Post 265 (0-3, 0-1)

Wilmington Post 10 Patriots (0-1, 0-1)

 

 

 

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