FLORENCE — Post 1 hit three home runs and beat Conway 10-0 in a run-ruled game Tuesday night at Legion Field.
The season opener for both teams also saw Florence starting pitcher Robbie Brown turn in a solid performance, allowing just five hits in six innings of shutout ball.
Chandler Smetana and Spencer Jordan each hit two-run home runs and Phillip Herring added a solo shot to pace Florence’s 12-hit attack.
Herring, Smetana and Dustin Britt each had two hits for Florence, which plays Manning at old Manning High School in a non-league game at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Tripp Faulk was 2-for-3 with a double for Conway.
Florence got to Conway starter Jarrett Hooks in the third for three runs, and chased him in the sixth.
Hooks was responsible for nine runs — seven earned — and struck out three.
C 000 000 0 — 0 5 2
F 003 043 x — 10 12 0
WP — Robbie Brown (1-0, 6 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 6 K, 1 BB)
LP — Jarrett Hooks (0-1, 5 IP, 9 R, 7 ER, 3 K, 1 BB)
LEADING HITTERS — C: Tripp Faulk 2-3, 2B. F: Phillip Herring 2-3, HR, R, RBI; Chandler Smetana 2-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI; Dustin Britt 2-4, 3B, 2 R; Spencer Jordan 1-3, HR, 2 RBI.
RECORDS: F 1-0. C 0-1.
NEXT GAME: Florence at Manning at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at old Manning High School.
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