Three Surry County Legion Baseball groups wrapped up the 2023 season in early July.
Surry Pleasure
The Surry Pleasure Junior Legion Workforce break up the ultimate two video games of the 2023 season, defeating Randolph and falling to West Forsyth.
The Pleasure traveled to Randolph on July 5 and gained 10-7. Surry led by eight runs at one level, then held off a late comeback try by the house staff.
Surry went scoreless within the first inning, then Forsyth took its solely lead with a pair of runs within the backside.
Surry’s Will Pardue (Elkin) was walked within the second inning, then scored on an RBI from Ian Hooker (Surry Central).
The Pleasure added 4 runs within the third. Brayden Woodring (Surry Central) was hit by a pitch, Jax Whitaker (Surry Central) and Zack Stewart (Elkin) singled, then Pardue hit a triple. Pardue himself went on to attain within the inning.
Surry adopted a scoreless fourth inning by including 5 runs within the fifth. Stewart and Dru Gaddy (Surry Central) had been every walked within the inning, Joseph Johnson (Elkin) singled, Whitaker doubled and Jonas Johnson (Elkin) hit a house run.
Randolph trailed 10-3 getting into the underside of the seventh. Every of the staff’s first 4 batters scored, and the primary six received on base.
Gaddy threw a strikeout for the primary out, walked his subsequent batter, Surry pressured a floor out then Gaddy ended the sport with a strikeout.
Surry Pitching vs. Randolph
Will Pardue – 6.0 IP, 5BB, 6H, 3R
Ian Hooker (Surry Central) – 1BB, 1H, 2R
Dru Gaddy – 1.0 IP, 2K, 3BB, 1H, 2R
Scoring
Surry – 0, 1, 4, 0, 5, 0, 0 = 10
Randolph – 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4 = 7
Surry wrapped up its season with a 13-1 loss to Forsyth.
The Pleasure scored their solely run within the backside of the seventh inning. Jonas Johnson and Kasen White (Surry Central) every received on base by way of error, then Gaddy scored Johnson with a line drive to middle discipline.
Stewart completed the sport with three hits, adopted by Gaddy, White and Garrett Higgins with one every.
Surry Pitching vs. Forsyth
Jax Whitaker – 3.0 IP, 5K, 1BB, 1HP, 3H, 3R
Joseph Johnson – 2.1 IP, 2K, 1BB, 6H, 3R
Jonas Johnson – .1 IP, 3BB, 3H, 5R
Zack Stewart – .2 IP, 2H, 2R
Scoring
Forsyth – 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 0, 7 = 13
Surry – 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 = 1
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Foothills Publish 123 Juniors
The Foothills Juniors closed the common season with a 12-3 victory over Stokes Co. Publish 290, then fell to West Rowan within the first spherical of the postseason.
Stats weren’t out there for Foothills’ victory over Stokes.
Foothills traveled to No. 1 West Rowan on July 10. Rowan scored 4 runs by 4 innings, then was held to only one hit by the ultimate two innings.
Publish 123 scored its run within the high of the fifth. Camden Easter (Millennium Constitution) was walked to start out the inning, then superior to second on a handed ball thrown to Sid Sutphin (East Surry). Sutphin hit a line drive to middle discipline that scored Easter and earned the batter a single.
Bryson Gray (Mount Ethereal) adopted Sutphin’s single with considered one of his personal. Gray’s hit to proper discipline moved Sutphin to scoring place, however Rowan ended the inning earlier than Foothills may rating once more.
Gray had Foothills’ solely different hit of the sport with a single within the high of the seventh. Gray’s hit moved Sutphin, who was beforehand walked, to second, however Rowan as soon as once more left Publish 123 gamers on base.
Jonah Adams (North Surry), Easter and Sutphin had been every walked as soon as within the recreation.
Foothills Pitching vs. West Rowan
Phillip Byrd – 4.0 IP, 6K, 2BB, 6H, 4R
Jonah Adams – 2.0 IP, 2K, 1BB, 1H
Scoring
Foothills – 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 = 1
West Rowan – 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, X = 4
Foothills Publish 123 Seniors
The Foothills Seniors break up their last two video games: defeating Chatham and falling to Randolph.
Foothills confronted Chatham in a double header on July 2. Chatham took the primary recreation 9-5, then Foothills used a four-run seventh inning to win the rematch 5-4.
4 of Foothills’ eight hits got here in simply the seventh inning.
The inning started with Clay Whitaker (Surry Central ‘23) being hit by a pitch. Dakota Mills (Surry Central ‘22) despatched his second pitch to middle discipline for a double that additionally scored Whitaker, chopping Chatham’s result in 4-2.
Chatham picked up the primary out of the inning, then Brodie Robertson (North Surry ‘23) singled to attain Mills. Aiden Shropshire (Surry Central ‘23) then joined Robertson on base with a single.
Robertson, the potential game-tying run, stole third, then Chatham recorded the second out of the inning. Shropshire stole second with Hank Porter (East Wilkes ‘24) on the plate.
Porter confronted a 2-0 depend earlier than hitting a tough floor ball to middle discipline to attain each Robertson and Porter.
Foothills pressured a floor out and two flyouts within the backside of the seventh to safe the victory.
Foothills scored its earlier run when Tristen Mason (East Surry ‘22) reached the plate due to a sacrifice fly from Kamden Hawks (Mount Ethereal ‘24).
Foothills Pitching vs. Chatham
Aiden Shropshire – 4.0 IP, 2BB, 7H, 4R
Hank Porter – 1.0 IP, 1K, 1BB
Beau Callahan (Elkin ‘23) – 2.0 IP, 1K
Scoring
Foothills – 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4 = 5
Chatham – 0, 3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 4
Publish 123 closed its season at dwelling in opposition to Randolph on July 5.
Randolph opened with six runs off three hits within the first inning, then solely scored one run on one hit for the rest of the sport.
Whitaker singled within the backside of the primary, then scored on a Callahan double. Foothills added its second run within the third inning, then a sacrifice fly from Bryson Bennett (North Stokes ‘23) scored Ashton Gwyn (Mount Ethereal ‘23) within the sixth.
Pitching vs. Randolph
Brady Edmonds (Surry Central ‘22) – 1.0 IP, 2K, 3BB, 1HBP, 3H, 6R
Ashton Gwyn – 2.0 IP, 3BB, 1R
Hank Porter – 2.0 IP, 2K, 2BB, 1H
Scoring vs. Randolph
Randolph – 6, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, X = 7
Foothills – 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, X = 3