Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Shorecrest vs East Lake - Lee Byers Invitational Tournament

Saturday, February 19, 2011
Lee Byers Invitational Tournament
Shorecrest 3, East Lake 4
Spencer H.
 Shorecrest finished 4th in the Lee Byers East Lake Tournament losing a very well played, hard fought game against East Lake. The Chargers scored a run in the top of the 2nd inning on a walk to Jon O. and an RBI single by John S. East Lake scored a run in the bottom of the 2nd inning to tie the game 1-1. John R. led off the 3rd inning for the Chargers with a single. Brent R. drew a base on balls. Spencer H. hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a run for the Chargers to give them a 2-1 lead. East Lake scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning on a walk, an infield error and a 2 base hit to take a 3-2 lead. The Chargers scored a run in the 5th inning on a lead-off walk to John S. Jake B. hit into a fielders’ choice. John R. walked. Brent R. singled to load the bases and Spencer H. walked to force in a run tying the game up 3-3. The game remained tied going in to extra inning. The Chargers were unable to score in the 8th inning. East Lake scored a run in the bottom half of the 8th inning to win the game with a base on balls to lead off the inning. Spencer H. threw the runner out trying to steal for the 1st out. Then a batter was hit by a pitch. The next batter got a base hit to put runners on 1st and 3rd. The winning run scored on a wild pitch.

The Chargers played very good defense the entire game. Jordan L.  pitched an outstanding game. He worked 7 innings, giving up 2 earned runs, 5 hits, struck out 6 and walked only 1.

Jordan L.
Leading for the Chargers were:
Spencer H. with 1 double, 2 RBI’s, 1 sacrifice fly and 2 bases on balls
Brent R. with 1 hit and 2 bases on balls
John R. with 1 hit, 1 base on balls and 1 run scored
Jason K. with 1 hit
Jordan L. with 1 hit
John S. with 1 hit and 1 base on balls
Jon O. with 1 base on balls and 1 run scored
Jake B. with 1 run scored

The Chargers will play their first district game at Admiral Farragut at 4:00 pm on Thursday, February 24