|
|||||||||||||
Printer-Friendly
Email this Story
Post a Comment (0)
A discouraging afternoon in Culpeper
Had Andrew Byrd's long, towering fly ball cleared the left field fence for a three-run homer, Fauquier might have rallied to beat Culpeper.
Had Garrett Cole not raced to the warning track and nabbed Byrd's blast, the Falcons may have avoided Friday's road loss.
FHS coach Paul Koch was not so sure. "If that ball goes out, we might get a little more emotion, but I'm not sure it's going to make our guys figure out all of a sudden how to hit," said an agitated Koch, minutes after his team's 8-0 road loss.
Byrd's bomb turned into a loud, deep out. And it was just the cherry on top of a frustrating afternoon for Fauquier (4-9 overall, 2-7 Cedar Run District).
The Falcons mustered just five hits off Culpeper's staff, and stranded eight runners. "Pathetic performance by our offense," Koch said.
Culpeper (6-7 overall, 3-4 district), meanwhile, solved FHS junior starter Nick McMahon. The Blue Devils plated five runs (four earned) against McMahon on nine hits in just four plus innings.
CCHS scored twice in the first, but then McMahon appeared to settle — putting up zeros in the second and third. A pair of errors allowed Culpeper to take a 3-0 lead in the fourth, and the Devils broke it open in the fifth...
See the Wednesday print edition of the Fauquier Times-Democrat for the complete story.
You must be logged in to post a comment.