Clams Trounce Tobs
July 3, 2016 - Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain)
Edenton Steamers News Release
EDENTON,NC - The Edenton Steamers finished off the first half of their season with a 10-3 win over the Wilson Tobs on Saturday night. Edenton (12-16) matched its largest winning margin of seven, while Wilson (14-13) dropped its second consecutive game. Trevor Houck grabbed the win for the Steamers. Houck (1-1) surrendered three runs, one earned, on seven hits while walking one and fanning five batters in six innings. Coulton Lee earned his first save, hurling the final three innings and allowing only two hits and one walk with five strikeouts. Jeff Thompson took the loss for the Tobs. Thompson (0-3) lasted four innings, giving up five runs, four earned, on seven hits and one walk to two strikeouts. Edenton broke open the scoring with two runs in the first. Richie Cunningham and Trey Hair reached on consecutive singles, putting runners on first and third with no outs. Aaron Aucker knocked a sacrifice fly to center to bring in Cunningham, and the throw came in to an unmanned first base, allowing Hair to move to third. Tony Rosselli added a second sac fly to center to score Hair and give the Steamers a 2-0 advantage. Ryan Byers added a run for the Clams with a solo homerun in the second, and Wilson came back with a run on two hits in the third to bring the score to 3-1. Edenton rallied for two more runs in the bottom of the inning as Cunningham and Hair put two men in scoring position with a single and double, respectively. A wild pitch from Thompson scored Cunningham and put Hair on third, and Aucker made it a 5-1 lead with a single in the next at bat. The Teal and Black blew the game wide open with a four-run fifth inning. Aucker doubled to lead off the frame and Rosselli drew a walk in the next at bat to put two on with no outs. Thatcher Coleman came to the dish and knocked a moonshot over the wall in left to add three runs. Stefan Van Horn reached on a dropped third strike that got away from catcher Spencer Brown, moving to second on a Bobby Schuman single. After Van Horn moved third when Byers grounded into a double play, Cunningham knocked his third single to give the Steamers a 9-1. Wilson had its best offensive inning with two runs in the sixth, but they would get no closer than 9-3. The Edenton Steamers begin their second half schedule on the road against the Peninsula Pilots this Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Steamers' next home came comes next Wednesday against the Gastonia Grizzlies. For more information, fans can call (252) 482-4080 or visit edentonsteamers.com. The Coastal Plain League is the nation's hottest summer collegiate baseball league. Celebrating its 20th season in 2016, the CPL features 16 teams playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The CPL has had nearly 1,300 alumni drafted and 81 of those - including 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young winner Justin Verlander - make their Major League debut; while another notable alum - Russell Wilson - won Super Bowl XLVIII. For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com and follow us via Twitter @CPLBaseball.
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- Clams Trounce Tobs - Edenton Steamers
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