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Sports - May 2002 |
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Wolves baseball stuns Rebels From staff reports May 6, 2002 - The Lincolnton baseball team hadn’t been hitting the ball well of late. But Friday, against rival West Lincoln, one swing was all it took. Senior third baseman Bradley Clark smacked a grand slam as the Wolves stunned the No. 4 ranked Rebels 4-2. The big blast at Lincolnton’s Jonathan Brookins Park came in the third inning after West took a 1-0 lead. The Wolves got three of their four hits in the game in that inning. Luis Arce led off with a single. Justin Keever reached on an infield hit. After the next two batters were retired, Lee Woodie drew a walk to load the bases as Clark came up. West starter Jay Heafner threw him a high-and-tight fastball. Clark said he was looking for it: West Lincoln had been successfully throwing that pitch to him for three years. “They were pitching me that way, so I just went with the pitch and tried to hit it hard. Fortunately it went out of the park.” The opposite-field four-run homer became bigger and bigger as the game went on. The defense and pitching took care of business. In the top of the fifth, West’s Justin Pearson hit a long fly to left that appeared to be a home run but Lee Woodie robbed Pearson with a great over the fence catch. In the sixth, after Josh Carpenter singled, David Wise slapped a drive to right center. But LHS outfielder Brandon Scott made a fine play to keep the Rebels off the board. With one out, Chris Halubka hit a line drive to the same area. Scott made a diving catch to rob the Rebels once again. Carpenter, however, did move to third on the play and scored on a wild pitch. Carpenter scored the first run of the game. But that was all. Lincolnton pitcher Justin Keever pitched well to get the win and Luis Arce sealed the game by retiring the last five Rebel batters (three by strikeout) to get the save. “This was a big win for us,” said Keever, who pitched 5-1/3 innings. “Our record is not that great, but we really played hard tonight. It was definitely a team effort. “We made big catches and got a grand slam from Bradley Clark,” he said. “I threw a curve and my back just got too tight. Luis came in, did a good job and got the save. We got a big win over West Lincoln.” Both teams played errorless ball and left four runners on base. After yielding the big hit to Clark, Heafner became stingy. He held LHS to just one hit (to Charlie Stroup) the rest of the way while striking out seven. West coach Allan Chapman gave the Wolves credit. “It was a great high school baseball game,” he said. “They made the big plays with the catches and, of course, the grand slam. They deserved to win the ball game.” Both teams will be back in action Tuesday. West Lincoln will travel to Bandys at 7 p.m. for a major clash in the Midwest Conference; Lincolnton will be at Shelby for the 7 p.m. start.
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