Monday Dixie Youth results

MAJORS RESULTS
Surfside Beach 5 Midland 2

FLORENCE, SC – Trevor Bigham hit a solo homer and struck out 10 batters in a complete-game pitching effort as Surfside Beach beat Midland 5-2 in a winners’ bracket game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball Majors State Tournament, Monday night (July 27) in Florence.

Midland’s Grant Petrey laced an RBI single down the left field line in the top of the first frame for a 1-0 advantage.  Bigham used heads-up base running to score from second on a fielder’s choice grounder and knotted the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the inning. 

Surfside Beach scored an unearned run in the third to lead 2-1, and then scored three times in the fifth inning.  In that inning, Bigham homered to center field, and one batter later, Tyler Dillon ripped a two-run shot to right.

Austin Price scored Midland’s other run in the sixth inning when he doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Petrey.

Both Price and Petrey had two hits for Midland.  Righty Conor Crouch was the losing pitcher.

Dillon had two hits for Surfside Beach.

Surfside Beach advances to play on Tuesday at 8 p.m. against Hartsville National.  Midland will play on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Gregg Park.

McLeod Park 9 Laurens 1

FLORENCE, SC – Austin Drummond homered for the third straight game, a three-run shot, to help lead McLeod Park to a 9-1 victory over Laurens in an elimination game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball Majors State Tournament, Monday (July 27) in Florence.

Drummond’s homer and an RBI walk by Weston Lewis gave McLeod Park a 4-0 lead in the top of the third inning. 

Rip Carter drove in Laurens’ lone run with an RBI ground out in the bottom of the third.

The score remained 4-1 until McLeod Park erupted for five runs in the top of the sixth and final inning.  A two-run double by Grayson Cottingham and a two-run single by winning pitcher Steven Calcutt highlighted that frame.

Cottingham finished the game 3-for-4, while Calcutt was 2-for-2.

Darius Harvey led Laurens with a 2-for-2 effort.  Qua Parks was the losing pitcher.

McLeod Park stays alive in the tournament to play on Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Lake Marion.

Lake Marion 10 York Central 7

FLORENCE, SC – Wyatt Rucker hammered a three-run home run and pitched two scoreless innings to earn a save and lead Lake Marion to a 10-7 victory over York Central in an elimination game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball Majors State Tournament, Monday (July 27) in Florence.

Luc Greene, who was 2-for-3, hit a two-run single and later scored to give York Central a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Lake Marion answered with five runs in the second frame, and after York Central went back ahead 7-5 in the top of the fourth, Lake Marion scored five more times in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Will Spiers had two hits, including a double, for Lake Marion.  Josh Long was the winning pitcher.

John Moorfield hit a three-run homer in York Central’s fourth-inning rally.  Mitchell Trotter, Greene, and Moorfield all had two hits.

Lake Marion stays alive to play on Tuesday at 6 p.m. against McLeod Park.

Gregg Park 17 Maple Park 3

FLORENCE, SC – Trailing 3-2 entering the top of the fifth inning, Gregg Park exploded for 15 runs in that frame to claim a 17-2 win over Maple Park in an elimination game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball Majors State Tournament, Monday night (July 27) in Florence.

Both Jackson Veronee and Joseph Whitt were 3-for-4 with a home run and three runs batted in to lead Gregg Park.

Brandyn Quiller was the winning pitcher.

Alex Ward stroked an RBI single for Maple Park, while William Goodwin had an RBI ground out.  Adam Martin was the losing pitcher.

Gregg Park survives to face Midland on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

AAA RESULTS
Parks Field American 7 Mid Carolina 6

FLORENCE, SC – Zach Horton struck out the final two batters of the game to strand the tying and winning runs on base in scoring position and help Parks Field American to a thrilling 7-6 win over Mid Carolina in an elimination game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball AAA State Tournament, Monday (July 27) in Florence.

Parks Field American led 7-3 entering the final inning, but Mid Carolina scored three times before Horton snuffed out the rally.

Parks Field American managed only three hits, but got an RBI single from Jonathan Watts in a key five-run third frame.  Parker Bass was the winning pitcher and he also doubled.

Trey Kinard, Will Lever, Curtis Graham all had run-scoring singles for Mid Carolina.  Kinard was the losing pitcher.

Parks Field American stays alive to play on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against North Myrtle Beach.

Seneca 14 Gregg Park 5

FLORENCE, SC – Gus Johnson homered twice and drove in five runs to lead Seneca to a 14-5 win over Gregg Park in an elimination game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball AAA State Tournament, Monday (July 27) in Florence.

Joseph Edgar singled and doubled and drove in four runs for Seneca.  Jack Fassino had two hits and a pair of RBIs.  Cayde Hamilton was the winning pitcher, striking out three in a complete-game effort.

Seneca pulled away with a six-run fifth inning that included a Johnson homer.

Nicholas Clary was 3-for-3 with an RBI for Gregg Park, while Noah Bentley had two hits and scored twice.

Remy White was the losing pitcher.

Seneca survives to play on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. against Pineview.

Pineview 12 Dillon 2

FLORENCE, SC – Pierce Trotter rapped out two hits, drove in two runs, and pitched a complete game with five strikeouts to lead Pineview to a 12-2 victory over Dillon in an elimination game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball AAA State Tournament, Monday (July 27) in Florence.

In addition to Trotter, Jacob Jeffcoat, David Cannaday, and Christian Sharpe all had two hits and two RBIs for Pineview, which led 9-0 after three innings.

Layne Scott had two hits for Dillon, including a run-scoring triple.  Jordan Hyatt recorded a single and a double in his two at bats.

Ray McGirt was the losing pitcher.

Pineview stays alive to play on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. against Seneca.

Maple Park 18 North Myrtle Beach 8

FLORENCE, SC – D’Juan Scudder had two hits and three RBIs, while also tossing a complete-game pitching effort, to lead Maple Park to an 18-8 victory over North Myrtle Beach in a winners’ bracket game of the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball AAA State Tournament, Monday night (July 27) in Florence.

Maple Park lead-off batter Benj Jones was 3-for-3, including a three-run homer in a decisive nine-run fourth inning.

Maple Park trailed 3-0 after the first half inning, but scored four times in its first at bat.  Maple Park led 9-8 entering the fourth frame.

Zyier Turner added three hits and two runs batted in for Maple Park, which totaled 15 hits.  Harrison Crouch tied a tournament record with four runs scored.

Michael Genovese, the losing pitcher, had an RBI double for North Myrtle Beach.  Garrison Gause gave NMB its early lead with a three-run double in the opening frame.

Maple Park advances to play on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. against Sumter American.  North Myrtle Beach will face Parks Field American on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.