Grissom Baseball Weekly Recap – Week of 2/17-2/22

by Jerimy Lee · February 24, 2020

Friday – 2/21 vs Albertville

Varsity – Grissom 10, Albertville 6
JV – Grissom 19, Albertville 3

Varsity – The Tigers fell behind early with Albertville scoring 3 in the first inning, but the Tigers would respond with 1 run in the bottom of the first, 3 runs in the second, and 4 runs in the 3^rd to make the score 8-2. the Tigers would eventually seal the win 10-6.

Hunter Sullivan got the win pitching in relief. Hunter threw 5 2/3 innings giving up 2 hits 0ER striking out 10. Landon Wissman came into to record the final 3 outs to close the game for the Tigers. Offensively, the Tigers were led by Noah Lam and Jack Carson who both had 2 hits.

JV – After falling behind 3-0 in the top of the 1^st, the Tigers answered with 6 in the bottom half of the inning and scored in every inning after that to pull away with the 19-3 victory.

Ian Lee started on the mound for the Tigers pitching 2 innings, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits. Rynzo Crutcher came in relief of Lee and pitched 2 innings striking out 4. Offensively, Eli Kelly had a big day at the plate going 3 for 3 with 5 RBI.

Saturday – 2/22 vs Austin

Varsity – Grissom 2, Austin 5
JV- Grissom 6, Austin 5
Freshman – Grissom 5, Austin 3

Varsity – Grissom was handed their first loss of the season by Austin. The Tigers scored 2 in the first and would not score the rest of the game after leaving 11 runners on base.

John Allen Stogner started on the mound for Grissom, pitching 4 innings allowing 1ER and striking out 9. Jacob Foss took the loss in relief allowing 3 runs in 2 innings. Offensively, Christian Sutphin had 2 hits to lead the Tigers.

JV – The Tigers fell behind 5-0 after 4 innings but rallied to score 2 in the 6^th and 4 in the 7^th to win 6-5. Trevor Broome had the big hit in the bottom of the 7^th that scored Chris Lynam for the walk off win.

Ty Sanderson started on the mound pitching 3 innings allowing 1ER. Josh Hammonds and Chris Lynam both came in relief keeping the Tigers within striking distance.

Freshman – Grissom scored 4 in the bottom of the 4^th to take a 5-1 lead and would eventually hold onto that lead to win 5-3. Blake Moon started on the mound pitching 2 innings, allowing 1ER and striking out 3. Hayden Zuidema led the Tigers with 2 hits.

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