Grissom Baseball Weekly Recap Week of 3/1 – 3/9

by Jerimy Lee · March 14, 2022

Tuesday – 3/1 @ Hazel Green

Grissom 3, Hazel Green 6

In his first start of the 2022 season, Wallace State signee Rynzo Crutcher was cruising through 2 innings before the Trojan bats got hot in the 3^rd inning. Crutcher suffered the loss (0-1) despite striking out 5 and only allowing 3 hits through his 3.2 innings of work.

Junior Ty Sanderson led hitters on the day with 3 hits, including a double and 2 RBI’s. Lawson State signee Christian Sutphin tacked on 2 hits himself and worked a scoreless bottom half of the 7^th even though the Tigers fell short.

Thursday – 3/3 @ Westminster

Grissom 6, Westminster 2

After falling behind early 2-0, the bats finally woke up in the 3^rd inning for the Tigers as they brought across 4 runs off of a Charlie Cassingham RBI single and an RBI double from Snead State signee Jack Carson and Junior Ty Sanderson. John Melvin University signee Trevor Broome led the team with 3 hits while Sanderson led the team with 2 RBI’s.

Junior Ty Sanderson also picked up his first Win of the season (1-1, 2.33 ERA) working 6 innings, striking out 5 and allowing only 1 Earned Run. Junior Trent Wagoner worked a perfect 7^th inning striking out 1 to cap off the road victory for the Tigers.

Saturday – 3/5 vs. 7A #5 Spain Park

*Game played at Toyota Field*

Grissom 0, Spain Park 13

The Jaguars managed to scrape across 4 1^st inning runs on Saturday which proved to be enough to put away the Tigers. Junior Trent Wagoner suffered the loss (1-1, 3.11 ERA) despite his 3 innings of work. Freshman Charlie Cassingham led the team with 2 hits, as senior Gage Harmon and junior Ty Sanderson picked up the only other hits on the morning for Grissom.

Saturday – 3/5 vs. Fort Payne

*Game played at Toyota Field*

Grissom 5, Fort Payne 1

The Tigers were able to bounce back in the afternoon contest with the Wildcats from Fort Payne. Freshman Charlie Cassingham (0-0, 1.75 ERA) was stellar in his Varsity pitching debut as he went 4 innings allowing only 1 earned run with 8 Ks and 0 BBs in the No Decision. Junior Hayden Mai picked up his first Win of the season in relief working the final 3 innings allowing only 1 hit and striking out 5 of his own.

After back and forth scoring in the early innings, the Tigers tacked on 2 runs in both the 5^th and 6^th innings to cap the 5-1 victory over Fort Payne. Cassingham was the also the team leader in hits with 2 on the day, along with 1 RBI. Seniors Logan Davis, Trevor Broome, and Christian Sutphin picked up the other RBIs in the afternoon matchup for Grissom.

Monday – 3/7 @ Madison Academy

Grissom 6, Madison Academy 5

On short notice, the Tigers picked up on Monday afternoon and traveled to Madison Academy for a tough road contest against the Mustangs. After trading runs through the first 5 innings, the Tigers held on to a 3-2 lead heading into the bottom of the 6^th. Following an error and a couple of HBP’s by the Tigers bullpen, Madison Academy took back the lead up 5-3 needing just 3 more outs in the 7^th to put away Grissom. Back-to-back singles by Lawson State signee Christian Sutphin and Junior Chris Lynam started a rally and put the Tigers back in business to open the 7^th inning. Following a Mustangs’ error and multiple wild pitches, the Tigers took back the lead 6-5 heading into the bottom half of the 7^th and were able to hold on to that lead to compete the comeback victory.

Wallace State signee Rynzo Crutcher (0-1, 3.81 ERA) picked up a No Decision after working 5 solid innings, allowing only 1 earned run with 7 Ks. It was the Junior Mitchell Grigsby (2-0, 0.00 ERA) who came up huge out of the bullpen and picked up the Win after working the final 1.2 innings allowing 0 runs on 2 hits, striking out 4 of the 8 batters that he faced.

Wednesday – 3/9 vs. Hazel Green

Grissom 5, Hazel Green 10

An early RBI single by Junior Chris Lynam gave the Tigers a 1^st inning lead, but it was an inning-ending double play that put the Grissom rally to rest. The Trojans responded with 1 of their own in the 3^rd while the Tigers bounced back with 2 more to take a 3-1 lead into the 4^th inning before the game really turned around in favor of the Trojans. Hazel Green was able to take advantage of the Grissom mistakes in both the 4^th and 7^th innings to cap off the 10-5 loss for the Tigers despite having more hits than the Trojans.

Juniors Ty Sanderson (.394 AVG) and Chris Lynam each had 2 hits, while Senior Gage Harmon and Freshman Charlie Cassingham added a couple of huge RBI base hits of their own during the contest.

Ty Sanderson (1-1, 2.92 ERA) picked up a No Decision in his 3^rd start of the season working 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits with 5 Ks. Junior Trent Wagoner suffered the loss (1-2, 4.50 ERA) in relief while Junior Hayden Mai and Freshman Charlie Cassingham worked a combine 3.2 innings combining to strike out 6 in the final game that the Tigers will play prior to Spring Break.

Upcoming Games

Tuesday 3/15 – Varsity @ Athens – 4:30
Thursday 3/17 – Varsity @ Lincoln County (TN) – 3:00
Thursday 3/17 – Varsity @ Riverdale (TN) (at LCHS) – 6:00
Friday 3/18 – Varsity vs. Trinity Christian (TN) (at HGHS) – 3:00; Freshman @ New Hope 4:30
Saturday 3/19 – Varsity vs. Knoxville Catholic (at HGHS) – 1:00; Freshman vs. New Hope 12:00