Baseball

Sectional Loss
A sports article by Marcus Constantino
Published: 5/15/2008

The Bluefield Beavers baseball team rallied for an 11-2 win against Mount View on May 7th, a team they had not beat all year. They went on to the sectional championship game on Friday, May 8th, where Bluefield lost by a final score of 2-5. Bluefield finishes the season with a 9-12 record.

 

Beavers win over Bobcats
A sports article by Marcus Constantino
Published: 5/5/2008

The Beavers baseball team gained a victory on Friday with a 12-8 win over the Summers County Bobcats to finish the season with a 6-10 record.

The Beavers picked up their first run in the bottom of the first, when the Summers County shortstop missed a ground ball off the bat of John Lyons, allowing Chase Joyner to cross the plate and bring the Beavers to a 1-0 lead.

Bluefield continued to shine defensively in the top of the second with a great catch and throw-out by Matt Keczan at shortstop, holding the Bobcats scoreless.

Cody Wassum took ball four in the top of the second with the bases, bringing Jacob Powell in to score the Beavers� second run. Craig Cardwell and Chase Joyner soon followed, both coming home on wild pitches to bring the Beavers to a commanding 4-0 lead.

Matt Keczan lead the Beavers forward in the third inning, bringing Jacob Powell across the plate with an RBI single. Jake Lilly followed up with an RBI groundout, scoring Craig Cardwell for the Beavers� 6^th run of the game.

The Bobcats got on the board in the top of the fourth with a 2-run double by Mark Stiltner. Another run was scored later in the inning with a ground ball fielders choice by Timmy Wynes to make it a 6-3 ballgame.

Bluefield let loose in the fourth inning, beginning with Nick Williams� rip to center field, bringing Alex Morris across the plate, who was pinch running for Warren Furrow. Craig Cardwell continued his hitting streak with an RBI single, bringing Lyons across the plate for an 8-3 lead. Matt Keczan came up with his second hit of the night, a line drive that tipped off the top of the glove of Summers County second baseman Joey Lilly, scoring another run for the Beavers. With 1 out, Jake Lilly took a high pitch for a ride into deep left-center field for a two-run double, widening the Beavers� lead to 11-3. Lilly stole third base and then scored by a wild pitch, making it a 12-3 Bluefield lead.

Summers County responded in the 6^th inning, starting with an RBI single by Nick Bennett. They later scored two runs off two Bluefield errors. Shawn Weikle drove in an additional run with an RBI single. The Bobcats picked up their 8^th run off of a balk committed by pitcher John Lyons, who had just been brought in to relieve Warren Furrow on the mound.

John Lyons got two strikeouts in the top of the 7^th to finish the ballgame with a 12-8 final score.

The Beavers will start sectional play on Monday, May 5^th with a trip down the road to Mount View High School to take on the Iaeger Cubs at 6 PM. The winner of Monday's game will play against the Golden Knights of Mount View Tuesday at 6 PM at Mount View High School for the sectional championship!