Post 64 Wins Opener In Mid Atlantic Regional Play

Wicomico Post 64 baseball opened up Regional play yesterday with a first round win over West Virginia in a match up of two explosive offensive teams. West Virginia opened up with three runs in the 1st off started Zack Sterling (Team MD; JMB 2011). Salisbury went up 5-3 with 2 in the second and three in the third inning. Sterling settled in and gave up one run over the next seven innings. With Wicomico up 8-4 in the 7th the MD starter ran out of gas and left with the score 8-6. Salisbury added on 2 more in the 8th with a single by Connor Shockley and back to back bunt singles by Josh Wyatt and Tyler Illian followed by RBI s by Seth Illian and Jake Ross.KJ Trader who came on in relief of Sterling in the 8th gave up a lead off double in the 9th followed by back to back singles to make the score 10-7. He then got the next three hitters to fly out to secure the 1st round win.

"This was a BIG win" said Coach Bill Cropper. The W VA kids were big kids and swung the bats well against Sterling. To score 6 off of him is not the norm They could hit it. We also got timely hittting from Wyatt, Tyler Illian, and Connor Shockley.as well as Canaan Cropper making a couple of defensive plays that were big at third base. .KJ Trader came in and shut them down late. To be only 15 and 16 year olds and step up on this level is what we needed from our young guys to win.

Today's matchup at 4pm will be against DE who defeated NY yesterday in opening round play by a score of 13-8. Live coverage begins at 4pm at www.baseball.legion.org on Gametracker..