In its first game back after spring break, Gunn endured giving up a season-high and nightmare- inducing 10 walks, but came from behind three times to defeat visiting Pinewood, 12-10, in nonleague baseball action on a day better suited to indoor activities. The Titans record moved to 11-5, while Pinewood went to 5-3.
Senior southpaw reliever Charlie Smith got the win for Gunn, pushing his record to 3-1. But, it was definitely a team effort, with junior Chris Rea getting the start, and with junior Kevin Sharp, senior Jon Wong, and senior Ryan Gorman also getting in some relief work and enduring a muddy, horrendous pitching mound.
The story was not limited to Smith getting the win, but how he did it. In the bottom of the sixth inning, with two on, he drilled his first career homer over the right-center wall, getting three RBI to retake the lead for the final time. Senior Jake Verhulp, a future Bellarmine University Knight in Louisville, Ky., hit his second home run of the season, also for three RBI, a laser shot over the right-field wall. Both Smith and Verhulp had two hits on the day, with Verhulp also contributing a double.
The Titans next take the field Friday, hosting Harker in another nonleague game. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30.
Nonleague
Pinewood 114 110 2 -- 10 8 3
Gunn 206 004 x -- 12 10 4
Bell, Sweat (3), Tracy (4) and Fraioli, Fick (5); Rea, Sharp (3), Wong (3), Smith (5), Gorman (7) and Sampson. WP -- Smith (3-1). LP -- Tracy (n/a).
HR -- Verhulp, Smith (G). 2B -- Verhulp (G). 3 hits -- Lewis (P). 2 hits -- Jones (P); Verhulp, Smith (G). 3 RBI -- Verhulp, Smith (G). Records: Pinewood 5-3; Gunn 11-5
posted by BigRed, parent on Apr 10, 2012 at 8:56 pm
