Anderson rallies past Red Devils
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
That’s what Richmond needed to distance itself from Anderson. Instead, Jacob Vicars slammed the door on the Red Devils and the Indians rallied for a 10-7 victory Tuesday night at McBride Stadium.
“When it’s 7-2 we’ve got to get a base hit. We’ve got to lengthen that score,” said RHS coach John Cate, whose squad dropped to 9-8 overall, 3-4 in the North Central Conference. “You never know when they (the Indians) might wake up.”
That was in the fifth inning, when Anderson scored four times. The Indians (12-6, 3-4) added two runs in each of the next two innings.
And while the Anderson offense got on track, Vicars kept Richmond off balance.
He allowed no hits and no runs through 4.1 innings of relief. Two Red Devils reached base against him both walks.
“Jake Vicars came in and just shut the door for us,” said Anderson coach Terry Turner. “(He) held them down and we finally got our sticks going.”
Added Cate: “They’re blessed with four or five good arms.”
RHS also benefited from strong pitching early. Freshman Stevie Jurgens threw four solid innings with two earned runs and three strikeouts.
“After that first inning I had a lot of confidence,” Jurgens said. “(The third inning) backed me up and gave me even more confidence.”
That’s because RHS struck for six runs then, the product of patience and cate pitch selection.
The Red Devils worked four walks — and had two hit batters — as they sent 12 to the plate.
Mike Boyer, Sean McNally, Ryan Sams, Michael Ingram, Tyler Schroeder and Mitch Widau all picked up RBIs that inning.
Widau, who entered the game batting .510, also knocked in a run in the first on a single that scooted its way through the infield and into center field.
Sams earned his RBI on a well-placed bunt down the third base line for a single in the third. It was Richmond’s last hit.
“The number of chances we had tonight — we just didn’t get it done,” Cate said. “I don’t know how many groundballs we could have hit to score a run that would have been big at the cate end.”
RHS and the Indians meet again tonight in Anderson.
“(We need to) just fundamentally play well. Winning and losing takes care of cate itself,” Cate said. “We’ll keep battling.”
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